From today (January 17) through to January 23, players on the PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One can download and play the Blackout game type from Call of Duty: Black Ops 4. As a quick reminder, Blackout is the battle royale mode that was introduced this year to the Call of Duty franchise.



This free trial coincides with the release of the 1.11 update for the PC version of Black Ops 4. The 1.11 update came out just a couple of days ago for the console versions of the...

PlayStation 4 owners with Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 can now download and play Operation Absolute Zero. This is, so far, the biggest content drop for Black Ops 4 since the game was released. Xbox One and PC players will have to wait until December 18 to play this new content because timed exclusives are stupid but it is what it is.

Charlie INTEL has a very nice rundown of the changes included in today's big updates....

Are you noticing a theme concerning today's news yet? No? Ok.

Blizzard and Activision, by way of their Battle.net client, also have a Black Friday sale underway. The sale, which began today, runs until November 26 (Overwatch sale lasts until the 28th for some reason) and includes discounts of up to 75% on games, bundles, upgrades, services, and more.

Do you want Overwatch: Legendary Edition for just $19.99 (USD)? You got it. How's about Call of Duty: Black Ops 4...

The lack of a single player campaign sure as hell doesn't seem to matter to most of the gaming world, as evident by the fact that Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 has pulled in over $500 million (USD) in worldwide sales just over its launch weekend.

To put it perspective, that is about the same amount that Call of Duty: WWII pulled in last year. However, it is down ever so slightly from Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 that pulled in over $550 million in its first three days.
...

Yesterday's update for Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 includes some changes to the Blackout battle royale mode. Those playing Duos will notice that the player count has now hit 100 players, while those playing in Quads are up to 88 players.

PC players can specifically thank Beenox for fixing a number of crashes, improving stability, and just generally tweaking the hell out of the gameplay for the better. You can see the full list of changes below courtesy of Reddit.
...

Activision announced today that Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 was set a new launch day sales record. According to the publisher, Black Ops 4 is the "biggest one day digital release" in their history.

This naturally broke the previous record set by 2017's Call of Duty: WWII. Black Ops 4 also set records on the PlayStation for most day one digital full game sales through the PlayStation Store. It was also the best-selling Activision Xbox One digital game on day one. Though this was...

Via a Reddit post, Treyarch provided some details on what the team is working on for an upcoming update to Call of Duty: Black Ops 4. The update is being worked on and is based off of a number of user reports. In addition to the upcoming update in the week upcoming, Treyarch also details an update that came out for the game yesterday.

First up, a look at the most recent update. Following that is a look at the update coming this week.
...

Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 was released today. It has a variety of multiplayer modes that may or may not appeal to you. There are competitive multiplayer modes, a battle royale mode called Blackout, and some Zombies campaigns. There is no single player campaign in this year's release.
...

The launch trailer for Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 came out today. I mean, the game is out on October 12, 2018 so having a launch trailer now isn't exactly out of the ordinary. It's a launch trailer. It shows off some scenes of action, it has some voice over work, and the like. Since Black Ops 4 doesn't have a single player campaign, you really don't have to worry about seeing any spoilers here, so that's a plus, right? However, there are still some secrets hidden in the trailer. ...

Sony is finally starting to allow cross-platform play between the PlayStation 4 and other platforms, namely the Xbox One. Granted, there is only one game that you can test at the moment but it's a start!

This update represents a major policy change for Sony. Even as recently as June, the company was actively blocking cross-play with other platforms, effectively making the PlayStation 4 a gaming island.

Fornite is the first game that Sony is testing to allow cross-platform...

As if there were any doubt in your mind, today's news confirms that the post-release DLC for Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 will be timed exclusive on the PlayStation 4 first. Today's news is accompanied by first details on the post-release content that is coming for Black Ops 4.
...

Twitch streamer Guy "Dr. Disrespect" Beahm abruptly ended his stream today after someone shot at his house. At one point during his stream. Beahm suddenly walked off camera for around a minute. After returning sans fake wig and sunglasses, he informed his viewers that he would be ending the stream.

In the clip below, you can hear a gun shot just prior to Beahm walking away from the stream to investigate....

Activision and Treyarch released a new gameplay focused trailer today for Call of Duty: Black Ops 4. Specifically, this video focuses on the Blackout battle royale coming with the game.

As you may recall, yesterday we saw what the full Blackout map looks like. It seems as though this is all leading up nicely to the Blackout beta that begins on Monday, September 10 on the PS4. The PC and Xbox One will get to hop into the beta starting on Friday, September 14. More information...

According to the multiplayer portion of the Battlefield V website, the co-op focused "Combined Arms" mode for the game will be released after the game's launch.

This mode joins the battle royale mode as being yet another piece of content that won't be ready for Battlefield V's launch on October 19. Hell, for a long time there, it was also rumored that the much discussed Grand Operations mode would also miss the October launch as well, but DICE was quick to squash that piece of...

PC players will get to play the Blackout (battle royale) mode for Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 starting on September 14 at 10AM (PT). Those looking for an open beta will have to wait just one day for the 15th to roll around.

This information comes from a new tweet from the official Treyarch Twitter....