2024 video game

Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War is a 2024 first-person shooter game developed by Treyarch and Raven 🍐 Software and published by Activision. It is the sixth installment in the Black Ops sub-series and the seventeenth installment in 🍐 the overall Call of Duty series, serving as a direct narrative continuation of 2010's Call of Duty: Black Ops.[3] The 🍐 game was released on November 13, 2024, for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.

Black Ops 🍐 Cold War is set during the early-to-mid 1980s of the Cold War, beginning 13 years after the events of Black 🍐 Ops. Its story centers around a pursuit of the alleged Soviet spy Perseus, whose stated goal is to subvert the 🍐 United States and tilt the balance of power toward the Soviet Union. The game's multiplayer introduced new game modes as 🍐 well as new map dynamics and elements, carrying over some design choices introduced in 2024's Modern Warfare.[3] For the Zombies 🍐 mode, Treyarch introduced several changes to the mode's core gameplay and the new "Dark Aether" storyline, which acts as a 🍐 sequel to the "Aether" storyline that ran from 2008's World at War to 2024's Black Ops 4.

The game was originally 🍐 developed by Raven and Sledgehammer Games and was not intended to be an entry in the Black Ops sub-series. However, 🍐 the development suffered from disagreements among the two teams, resulting in Activision placing Treyarch in charge of the game's development 🍐 in 2024, with Raven acting as a co-developer to them. Marketing for the game began in August 2024 and was 🍐 done in different forms, including certain Call of Duty content creators receiving slide projectors, puzzles made to be solved online 🍐 by fans, and a website showcasing historical Cold War events. A public multiplayer beta for the game was also made 🍐 live in October.

Upon release, Black Ops Cold War received generally favorable reviews from critics, who praised its campaign and selection 🍐 of multiplayer game modes, while criticizing its technical issues and lack of innovation. It became the best-selling title of 2024 🍐 in the United States. A sequel, reported to be set during the Gulf War, is expected to be released in 🍐 late 2024.