Just before the official reveal of CoD 2020, fresh details about the new Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War were leaked – including information about the campaign and the Zombies mode. We summarize the most important points for you.
This was discovered: In Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Warzone, there was a major Mid-Season Update for the current Season 5 today. This patch not only brought various new features for MW and the accompanying battle royale into the game, but also proved to be a goldmine of information for the new CoD 2020.
In short: As reported by CoD Tracker, data miners found extensive information in the new game data regarding Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War, which will apparently be introduced in Warzone tomorrow, August 26, at 7:30 PM: Tomorrow is the reveal of CoD Black Ops Cold War – Here’s how you can join live
The leak reveals about Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
As part of this, the entire game description as well as some other details about the new CoD were leaked.
The most important details from the leak:
- Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War will not be a reboot of the series, but will story-wise connect directly to the popular Black Ops 1
- Iconic Black Ops characters like Woods, Mason, or Hudson are present
- The setting is the Cold War in the early ’80s
- There will be some new heroes
- In the single-player campaign, you will follow an elite operator chasing a shady figure named Perseus
- The journey leads from East Berlin through Turkey and Vietnam to a KGB headquarters
- It is mentioned that there will be a “next generation of multiplayer”
- The beloved Zombies mode will also be back
- You will have access to an arsenal of weapons and equipment from the Cold War era
- There will be a Battle Pass (also with Tier-Skip-Bundle as in MW and Warzone)
- There will be an Open Beta (minimum 2 days)
- Frank Woods will be a playable character in CoD MW and Warzone (via pre-order)
How reliable is this information? These are not officially confirmed details, so you should treat them with caution. However, the information comes directly from the current CoD installment. The likelihood is therefore quite high that these details could prove to be true.
By the way, what we know so far about CoD 2020 can be found here: Call of Duty 2020: Everything we know so far – Release, leaks, Easter eggs
