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Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War

November 13, 2020ShooterESRB M

Overview

About Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War

The iconic Black Ops series is back with Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War - the direct sequel to the original and fan-favorite Call of Duty: Black Ops. Black Ops Cold War will drop fans into the depths of the Cold War’s volatile geopolitical battle of the early 1980s. Nothing is ever as it seems in a gripping single-player Campaign, where players will come face-to-face with historical figures and hard truths, as they battle around the globe through iconic locales like East Berlin, Vietnam, Turkey, Soviet KGB headquarters and more. Beyond the Campaign, players will bring a Cold War arsenal of weapons and equipment into the next generation of Multiplayer and Zombies experiences. Welcome to the brink. Welcome to Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War.
Story setup
As elite operatives, you will follow the trail of a shadowy figure named Perseus who is on a mission to destabilize the global balance of power and change the course of history. Descend into the dark center of this global conspiracy alongside iconic characters Woods, Mason and Hudson and a new cast of operatives attempting to stop a plot decades in the making.
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At a glance

Released
November 13, 2020
Platforms
PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S
Genres
Shooter, Action
Play modes
Single Player, Multiplayer, Co-op, Online Multiplayer, Local Couch Co-op, Split-Screen
Age rating
ESRB M
Multiplayer
By platform
Media

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Playing together

Multiplayer by platform

How Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War supports playing with other people, broken down per platform.

Multiplayer capabilities for Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War by platform. Capabilities with no published information are marked "not documented".
PlatformLocalOnlineLANSplit-screenCo-op campaignDrop-in/out
Xbox OneYes, up to 20 playersYes, up to 40 playersNoYesNoNo
  • Supported (a number is the player cap)
  • Not supported
  • Not documented for this platform
Content

Age ratings

How rating boards around the world have classified Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War. Open a board for its content descriptors.

ACBMA 15+
CEROZ
  • Violence
CLASS_IND18
  • Violência Extrema (Extreme Violence)
ESRBM
  • Blood and Gore
  • Intense Violence
  • Strong Language
  • Suggestive Themes
  • Use of Drugs
  • Drug Reference
GRAC19+
  • Language
  • Alcohol, Tobacco, Drug
  • Violence
PEGI18
  • Violence
  • Bad Language

Cut scenes include depictions of strong violence, including a sequence in which a foreign intelligence operative is restrained and subjected to questioning. When he refuses to answer he is shot in his head. In multiplayer mode there are occasions when the use of explosive devices, such as a missile or an explosive vest, results in a human character being blown apart. The use of 'zombie' mode results in sight of decapitations, dismemberment and blood. There is use of strong language (‘fuck').

USK18
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