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Xbox fans can look forward to an additional bonus if they purchase a slightly marked up Xbox Series X version of the game. Each of the pre-order bundles comes with additional content, and fans that pre-purchase the game early can get access to the beta. RELATED: Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War Multiplayer Reveal Date Confirmed Xbox fans that intend on buying the Xbox Series X can rest easy knowing that if they purchase a physical Series X copy of Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War it will come with an Xbox One copy as well....

Following the news that the controversial Skill Based Matchmaking will be making its return into Black Ops Cold War’s multiplayer, some good news has also been leaked which may balance things out. Call of Duty insider ModernWarzone reports that the popular cross play feature is coming back and will largely function that same as it does now in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. RELATED: Rumor: Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War Has Zombies, But Reveal Will Come Later...

Normally, day one patches fix last-minute content before the game officially goes live. For a game as large as Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War, a day one patch could mean engine optimization, file compression, or even weapon balancing that did not make it into the last patch, but needed to be added before the game officially launched. RELATED: Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War Season 1 Start Date and More Details Confirmed...

A rather lengthy Reddit post claims to have uncovered and leaked a massive amount of info about Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War’s Zombies mode, detailing a bunch of new features that have already generated mixed feelings within players. It should be noted, of course, that this info may not be accurate and should be taken with a pinch of salt. Though given how much accurate info has been leaked in the past, including Black Ops Cold War’s very existence, it does seem quite viable....

The contents of the crates have led fans back to the PawnTakesPawn website, which was previously used by Activision to tease the Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War campaign. Those decrypting the clues were initially led to a a “Waves of Attack” page on the PawnTakesPawn site, which asks visitors to head to the “TV” page on Wednesday, September 23 at 12pm ET. Right now, the page just shows a screen with static, and has little else in the way of clues....

Call of Duty Warzone also introduced the gaming community to a new form of playstyle heavily focused on quick movements. One of the most divisive movements ever discovered was that of “slide canceling,” which would make a player move quicker than intended. With Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2, Infinity Ward had finally decided to fix it, but it didn’t take long for players to discover a new slide-canceling movement....

Foppoli’s announcement came six weeks after a report by the San Francisco Chronicle first detailed sexual assault allegations by several women in April. The alleged incidents took place in California from 2002 to 2019 and include claims of forced oral sex and rape. For weeks, Foppoli maintained innocence and refused to resign from his post. However, the Windsor mayor said Friday that he would immediately leave office following the news that a ninth woman—Farrah Abraham—had accused him of sexual assault in Palm Beach, Florida....

Updates on the preliminary “unofficial election results” will be posted on the website of the California Secretary of State (SOS), who is responsible for overseeing recalls of state officers, including the governor. The results will be unofficial as they need to be certified by the SOS. Preliminary Recall Election Results Polls open at 7 a.m. and close at 8 p.m. local time on Tuesday. Voters can see the live preliminary results for their county at the SOS website starting from 8 p....

Newsom announced that an “emergency brake” was being pulled on the state’s “Blueprint for a Safer Economy” guidelines, in response to a COVID-19 surge that has seen daily cases double over the past week. More than 94 percent of the state’s population live in counties that meet the “purple” risk level, the tier with the most restrictive public health measures. “We are sounding the alarm,” Newsom said in a statement obtained by Newsweek....

The incident occurred in the San Diego suburb of Coronado late Thursday night. In a statement on Instagram, the Coronado Police Department (CPD) said that they received a 911 from an out-of-town woman claiming to be the real homeowner. The caller said that a nearby relative had reportedly seen “suspicious activity” at the house, including lights inside being switched on and off. When officers responded to the home, CPD said that they found the lock on the front door damaged, along with “metal shavings on the ground and pieces of old lock”....

Barbee’s official title is “special assistant to the head coach,” and he’ll take over the administrative operations duties left vacant by Rod Strickland’s departure to the University of South Florida. “Tony has been a part of my basketball family for over 20 years,” Calipari said in a release. “I’ve had the pleasure of watching him grow up and mature with this game since I started recruiting him when he was 16 years old....

[HTML1] It’s no secret that Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare is getting zombies. Rumors regarding the undead’s return started a few days before Advanced Warfare’s release, when someone with an early copy of the game leaked zombie footage online. A couple of days later, GameStop confirmed that zombies would be part of Advanced Warfare’s DLC content. More recently, Activision released a trailer officially spotlighting the game’s new “Exo Zombies.”...

Considered by many longtime players to currently be the apex of the Treyarch-developed Call of Duty titles, Black Ops 3 boasts more traditional Zombies maps than any other Call of Duty title thus far. There are even a few homages to Black Ops 3’s Zombies in Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War, including a callback to a certain song, a certain date, and more. RELATED: Call of Duty Zombies Fan Shows Off Amazing Samantha Maxis Tattoo...

Still, new content is not the only important feature of the beta. With the patch comes a whole set of gameplay updates, including a fix for the infamous slide exploit along with several other minor problems. Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War fans will be entering a new battlefield that has been adjusted thanks to community feedback. RELATED: Free Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War PC Beta Access Codes Available Through Twitch...

While past Call of Duty games gave players customization options in multiplayer, Black Ops Cold War is the first in the series to allow players to customize their player for the campaign. The new feature is a sign of developers Treyarch and Raven Software’s efforts to provide a more personalized experience for Call of Duty fans. Players will create and customize their own protagonist, who will join returning fan-favorite characters Frank Woods, Alex Mason, and Jason Hudson for a campaign set in the early 1980s....

Set to come to the game alongside other new content next week, Sanatorium is a health retreat, and a gorgeous one at that. Its menu image shows a massive cylindrical building, with smaller houses and locations surrounding Sanatorium’s primary location. With water and a beach also seen, as well as some detailed grass and foliage, the map is easily one of the prettiest Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War locations yet....

However, a recent glitch gave fans a new look at the map and suddenly players saw something very different. The Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War multiplayer map went from questionable to strangely improved, all due to a single glitch removing one small element. RELATED: Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War - How To Do The Nuketown ‘84 Easter Egg Reddit user CapAustria posted a series of photos showing Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War’s Cartel map without any bushes in the center....

To be fair, Treyarch has shown that it is willing to make big changes if the demand is high enough. For example, several Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War launch maps were reworked for Season 2, with Moscow’s size reduced and Cartel’s controversial bushes trimmed. With a smaller version of Miami set to come later this Season as well, Treyarch seems willing to make changes if it will improve the game’s quality....

While the initial Black Ops Cold War multiplayer reveal will likely impress some and disappoint others, there is a fraction of the community that is more interested in what multiplayer will become over time. Whether it is implemented upon release or phased in slowly over time, there are several core lessons that Black Ops Cold War can take from Modern Warfare’s multiplayer reception. RELATED: Every Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Base Game Multiplayer Map, Ranked...