Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 is being developed for the first time in the series with a special focus on PC. But what does that mean? Are there good anti-cheat tools? And what about mods and eSports? We asked the developers all of this in an interview.
At the EGX 2018 gaming fair in Berlin we met the Black Ops 4 developers Jason Blundell (Sr. Executive Producer, Zombies, Treyarch), Thomas Wilson (Co-Studio-Head Beenox), Jonathan Moses (Senior Producer PC, Treyarch), David Vonderhaar (Studio Design Director, Treyarch) for a major interview.
In the first part of the conversation, we discussed the new Battle Royale mode Blackout. The second part was about zombies and multiplayer modes. In the third and final part of the interview, the PC version of Black Ops 4 is the topic. This has been specially developed by the studio Beenox and optimized for PC.
- Part 1 Blackout: Developer promised us: “Black Ops 4 will remain current for 3 years”
- Part 2 Zombies and MP: This is how zombies are supposed to bring Black Ops 4 fans to battle royale
Interview on Black Ops 4 – Part 3: Details about the PC version
MeinMMO: Call of Duty has mainly been popular on consoles so far. Now the PC version is also supposed to receive a lot of love. How do you want to attract PC players in particular?
Treyarch: We offer everything that PC players demand: customization options, graphical features. The more players we have, the better it is for us. We have adapted the UI for PC players and optimized the controls with mouse and keyboard as well as the gameplay.
MeinMMO: What about cheating? How will you protect yourselves and what happens if someone cheats? Cheating is a big problem, especially on PC.
Treyarch: This time we are working closely with Blizzard and can rely on their resources, experience, and security team.
But we really have the best anti-cheat and security system in place. We have implemented the necessary tools across all platforms to quickly find and ban cheaters. We can also quickly find and fix exploits and loopholes.
MeinMMO: How will you deal with caught cheaters?
Treyarch (David Vonderhaar): We’ll eat them!
MeinMMO: Probably not…
Treyarch (David Vonderhaar): We will consistently ban them. We already did this in Black Ops 3. The banhammer is strong and we will use it! We have no place for a toxic community in our game. If someone wants to cause trouble, they should play something else. But I have blocked my access to the banhammer myself, so I don’t accidentally ban someone who got me in the game.
Mods on PC?
MeinMMO: Will you implement mod tools into the game for the PC version?
Treyarch: We have nothing to announce on that yet. We want to release the game first. We’ll see what comes in the future.
MeinMMO: Are you also focusing more on PC because you want to establish yourselves in eSports?
Treyarch: We don’t have anything new on that yet. So far, the competitions are on PS4, but what comes next is still undecided. What I know is that certain previews will take place on PC. There are definitely possibilities.
And even though the big league is currently on console, PC players still have access to all the competitive game modes just like everyone else. No feature will be left out on PC. Including the eSports features.
