Tag Archives: Black Ops 4

Call of Duty has suffered many controversies with regards to its loot boxes. For a number of years, the First person shooter would launch without any microtransactions in sight, only to add them in later, once sales began to slow down. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare seems to be breaking …

Going back to its roots and reimagining the 2007 smash hit that was Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, seems to be paying off as, if the UK sales charts are any indication to go by, Call of Duty Modern Warfare (2019) is outpacing the sales of last year’s Black …

The conversation surrounding video game developer crunch continues, this week with Treyarch in the spotlight. According to current and former studio workers bringing their concerns to the public, year-long crunch at Treyarch was sustained during the development of Black Ops 4 and QA testers are treated particularly poorly. As usual, …

Despite being the first game in the series to not feature a campaign mode, Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 received a lot of praise when it came out. A large portion of that came down to the Blackout mode, a Triple A take on Battle Royale. For the rest …

Contrary to Activision’s usual business choices, the publisher surprisingly allowed Treyarch to release Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 without controversial loot boxes. Sadly, 4 months of bliss has come to an end, as Operation Grand Heist introduces paid Reserve Crates. The change isn’t entirely unexpected given that the series …

Today marks your last chance to try the battle royale mode within Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 before the free trial comes to an end tomorrow, January 24. Before that however, Activision has one more surprise in store, unveiling a brand new Blackout game mode that allows players to …

Update: The addition of yellow warning symbols next to those that haven't purchased DLC is reportedly caused by a bug that developer Treyarch has since patched. Original story: As of patch 1.11, Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 players noticed a new icon appearing next to their name when matchmaking, …

While Fortnite might have successfully jumped on the battle royale bandwagon popularised by PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds back in 2017, the subsequent barrage of copycats has made it difficult to know which ones are worth it and which ones aren’t. It seems as though Activision realises this, and will now be offering …

While its battle royale mode might be stealing a lot of the limelight with Blackout, Call of Duty Black Ops 4 still has a relatively popular multiplayer. Maps within the mode might be receiving an overhaul in the near future, introducing rain and night time variants. Dataminers are digging deep …

Over the weekend, Treyarch found itself called out by fans after it was discovered that the servers for Black Ops 4 had their server update rates downgraded at launch. During the beta, the game's servers operated at a 60Hz rate while the official release saw this chopped down to just …

Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII launched over the weekend and the game is already breaking records. The lack of single-player campaign this year doesn't seem to be bothering many, physical sales for the game are down but launch day digital sales have gone through the roof. Activision has announced …

After a very well received beta test, Treyarch is ready to launch Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 this week. The multiplayer-focussed entry to the series includes new hero shooter elements for standard multiplayer modes, an all new Battle Royale mode called Blackout and Zombies. If you’re waiting to jump …

Treyarch's Call of Duty Blackout beta wrapped up late last night and so far, the new battle royale mode seems to be a big success. As always though, there will be a few changes made before the final release. Today, Treyarch revealed the patch notes for the release version of …

Treyarch will be breaking new ground for Call of Duty next week, testing the waters of its battle royale mode, Blackout. It seems as though the developers aren’t holding back too much with stress testing, revealing that there will be up to 80 players per match during the beta period. …

Update (21/08/18): We already knew that the Black Ops 4 Blackout beta would be kicking off for PS4 owners on the 10th of September. However, we now have dates for PC players. In an update last night, Treyarch tweeted out that the Blackout PC beta will go live on the …

The multiplayer beta for Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 has wrapped up and Treyarch has since had a chance to look over all of the feedback. Now we know what the studio plans to change for the game's final release, including nerfs to the new body armour mechanic. For starters, …

The Call of Duty Black Ops 4 multiplayer beta may have concluded, but those of you who downloaded it might want to hang on to the files for a bit longer. Activision has confirmed that a multiplayer beta update will be arriving in September. We've known for a while that …

The team at Treyarch is trying something different for Call of Duty this year, shifting away from single-player and focussing all efforts on multiplayer. A few weeks ago, the game's beta dates were announced for PC and consoles, and now, the minimum and recommended system requirements for Black Ops 4 …

The team at Treyarch is trying something different for Call of Duty this year. Black Ops 4 will be the first game in the series to ditch the single-player campaign mode, refocussing all efforts on multiplayer. The standard multiplayer and Zombie modes will be returning, alongside a Battle Royale mode …

Activision held its Call of Duty Black Ops 4 reveal event last night, confirming that rather than having a single-player campaign, this time around Treyarch is focussing on additional multiplayer modes. This year's Call of Duty will have a bigger focus on zombies, in addition to a new Battle Royale …

It looks like Call of Duty could be set to make some major changes this year, with reports claiming that Black Ops 4 will be the first game in the series to not feature a single-player campaign. Instead, Black Ops 4 is said to be multiplayer only, with a larger …

After several weeks of rumours and leaks, Activision has officially announced Black Ops 4 as this year's Call of Duty game. The publisher has even given the game an earlier release date than usual, in an effort to get out before Rockstar's Red Dead Redemption 2, which is expected to …

After the success of Call of Duty: WWII and the return to ‘boots on ground' style gameplay, we've been left wondering what's next for the series. This year's Call of Duty instalment will be handled by Treyarch and not so surprisingly, this has led to rumors of Black Ops 4. …

After the success of Call of Duty: WWII and the return to ‘boots on ground' style gameplay, we've been left wondering what's next for the series. This year's Call of Duty instalment will be handled by Treyarch and not so surprisingly, this has led to rumors of Black Ops 4, …

After the success of Call of Duty: WWII and the return to ‘boots on ground' style gameplay, we've been left wondering what's next for the series. This year's Call of Duty installment will be handled by Treyarch and not so surprisingly, this has led to rumors of Black Ops 4. …