New Season 5 for Black Ops Cold War and Warzone is already in the game
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In celebration of the new season, the game developers didn’t hold back and released a gameplay trailer that looks truly impressive. The next season is about to begin very soon, on August 12th. Currently, it’s not entirely clear what awaits players in the new season. Activision will provide more details closer to the start of the season. For now, all we can do is wait.
In the video, we can only notice a new character, who has already been introduced in other parts of the series. The new character is a girl who breaks into and hacks every radio station. She is immediately pursued by a Squad of people but manages to escape easily. At this point, it’s just a video that doesn’t reveal much about the storyline.
New weapons will be added to the game, specifically the TEC-9 pistol. This weapon will make its debut in the game series.
Season 5 Roadmap
As always, let’s list all the main innovations first and then focus on each of them.
Cold War Additions
- 2 new modes
- 5 new maps
- New scorestreak
Zombies Additions
- New perk
- New Outbreak map
- New field upgrade
- Tank as transportation in Outbreak
- HARP
- New Outbreak quest
Warzone Additions
- New mini-locations
- A new-ish mode
- 2 new exclusive perks
3 new operators, a battle pass (with a twist), 4 weapons, and new bundles.
New mid-season event
New Cold War Mode – “Infiltration” and It’s Awesome
The coolest thing is that this mode essentially reflects the seasonal storyline.
It’s a mix of hide-and-seek, Among Us, and Mafia (the real-life game), and I really liked it. It will be great to play with friends. Here are the rules:
Start with up to 10 players in the lobby, each with their own role:
- Double Agents – must eliminate everyone or plant bombs
- Detectives – must identify Double Agents based on evidence and share it with everyone
- Operators – must work together to identify the Double Agents
Everyone starts with a pistol, and during the preparation phase, you need to collect your gear in specific locations on the map.
Exclusive to Double Agents: Counter-Spy Plane, Gas Mines, Combat Bow, Attack Helicopter, and Radiation Protection
Exclusive to Detectives: Active Defense, Stimshots, Hand Cannons, and they can see footprints.
They can also mark suspicious players. Voice chat is encouraged. I think this is a very interesting mode, and if executed well, it could overshadow entire games.
New Cold War Mode – “Sabotage”
The attackers must detonate bombs, while the defenders must prevent them from doing so.
Available later in the season.
5 New Maps for Cold War
- Echelon 6v6
- Slums 6v6
- Showroom 2v2 and 3v3
- Drive-In 6v6, coming later in the season
- Zoo 6v6, also coming later in the season (surprisingly not a Fire/Multiteam map)
Flamethrower – New Scorestreak
No surprises here; it’s just a flamethrower. Interestingly, it was actually leaked back in Season 2 – Cold War will soon have a flamethrower, which is cool. It will likely also be added to Warzone, which may not be as cool. On the other hand, it could be a killstreak like the bow or war machine.
Prestige Shop is Open
You can buy unique emblems or calling cards there for prestige keys (you get 1 every 50 levels).
New Perk in Zombies
The Death Perception perk, unexpectedly enough. What does it do? It marks hidden zombies, seemingly to prepare for new waves, but they say the true value of the perk is revealed after it’s upgraded.
New Field Upgrade in Zombies
Tesla Storm – activates a chain of lightning between you and your allies, injuring and stunning regular zombies. When upgraded, it speeds up the team, injures and stuns special and elite enemies.
New Outbreak Map and More for Outbreak
The first map for Outbreak outside of the Ural Mountains is Collateral. Story-wise, Outbreak is now after Mauer der Toten. They will add a lot of things from there, such as disciples, suicide bombers, and possibly some fantastic weapons.
New Objective for Outbreak
Transport – you must board and control the transport and deliver it to a specific location.
Tank – New Vehicle in Outbreak
Very slow, it fires from a cannon and a machine gun, but effective against hordes.
Harpoon
I was waiting for this to be added. It was in Blackout. It’s tactical equipment and looks very cool and useful.
2 New Perks, Final Weapon Balance, More Updates
Activision mentions that we should expect the most from the Warzone update, which is already presented (I will tell you about it soon).
Weapon balance – this is what they’ve been working on in previous seasons, so if they said it, it means they won’t change it significantly anymore, especially considering yesterday’s mini-update.
Now, 2 new perks:
- Combat Scout – highlights injured enemies for you in bright orange for a short time. Demonstrated in the video.
- Toughness – one armor plate now gives 75 health, but using this perk from the second group allows you to wear only 2 armor plates.
And, as we know, Awareness can detect dead silence. I think these are cool perk changes for aggressive players.
Mobile Broadcasting Stations in Verdansk
I was both close and far:
The trailer showed 2 new trucks – mobile broadcast stations. They are obviously needed for operator hypnosis, but it looks like an update for the precious cargo.
I think this is a new permanent mode for Warzone. Or maybe these mobile stations are new mini-locations, like satellites, with tasks to complete, but their main purpose is to diversify/change the terrain.
We don’t know exactly what they do, but we do know that they appear in a new location every game and provide specific loot. It seems you can stay near them for a short time. The plot will be tied to them.
Updated Gulag
Now it’s based on the Rush map. It’s cool that they keep changing it, but honestly, nothing beats the original showers, and it’s a shame.
Clash – New Mode for Warzone
Actually, it’s an updated Rumble, which they’ve already leaked a long time ago, but it’s also a mix with Assassins.
Here are the conditions:
- Quads fight in limited areas of Verdansk
- Limit of 200 points
- This is essentially a team battle
- Loadouts from the start
- Unlimited respawns
- Added armor plates, magazines, random events, contracts, vehicles, and cash from Warzone
In the description, they explicitly say it’s multiplayer in Warzone; collect guns, unlock camos, and test loadouts.
Available later in the season.
New Mid-Season Event
I have no doubt it will also be in Cold War, but the description is primarily Warzone-oriented.
For now, nothing is known except:
- Mobile broadcasting stations will be involved somehow
- Red doors too, and they don’t take you to safe rooms
Later in the season. I think they will send us to closed locations like mines or bunkers.
3 New Operators for Warzone and Cold War
- Kitsune – from the Battle Pass
- Striker – available later in the season through challenges
- Hudson – available later in the season through challenges
4 New Weapons for Cold War and Warzone
Treyarch seems to have run out of standard weapons unlockable through levels and they started to get creative:
- EM2 – Assault rifle, available at Tier 15 of the Battle Pass. Very accurate and comes with a low-magnification optic by default.
- TEC-9 – Submachine gun (imagine), but it’s semi-automatic and long-range. Available at Tier 31 of the Battle Pass, likely can be dual-wielded.
- Cane – another melee weapon, available at the start through a challenge
- Marshal – the most powerful pistol in Cold War, double-barreled. Available later in the season.
You Need to Get the Battle Pass in the First 2 Weeks if You Want to Get This…
Such a thing has never happened before, but in the Battle Pass, you get a skin for Kitsune in the first tier and an ultra-rare skin for Kitsune at tier 100.
But, if you get the Battle Pass in the first 2 weeks of the season, you’ll get another Kitsune skin.
What They Didn’t Show or Say, But You Should Expect in Season 5
Activision themselves said that the information for Warzone is incomplete:
- Zombie camos in Warzone, almost certain
- Call of Duty Vanguard event announcement – definitely, and it’s coming in August
- FOV for consoles – unlikely, but I hope so
- Some weapon balance for Warzone and Cold War
- New blueprints in the Prestige Shop, well, they have to add them
Want to Play Warzone and Cold War? Update Windows
Warzone and Modern Warfare will stop supporting Windows 7 on September 8th, and Cold War on September 7th. So, update your Windows; there’s still time. Smells like anti-cheat.
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