Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold Waris officially revealing details about its highly anticipated Season Five. The new season will add new things across nearly all ofBlack Ops Cold WarandWarzone’s modes, but fans are getting particularly excited for the new Zombies content, which includes a new field upgrade, a perk, and more.
Developer Treyarch and Raven Software’s seventeenth mainline entry in Activision’s long-runningCall of Dutyseries is coming up on being nine months old.Black Ops Cold Warhas been a pioneering title for the fan-favorite Zombies mode, introducing the open-world Outbreak and allowing players to start matches with preset loadouts. Fans were treated tothe new Mauer der Toten mapas part of Season Four Reloaded just a few weeks ago, and now have even more Zombies content on the horizon.
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Detailed in a blog post on the officialCall of Dutywebsite, Season Five will introduce several additional items to aid players in their never-ending fight against the undead. First, the fan-favorite perk Death Perception makes its return. Featured inCall of Duty: Black Ops 4, Death Perception grants the player who drinks it the ability to see obscured enemies through walls by giving them a bright outline highlight, making it much less likely to be caught off-guard. The blog teases the Perk’s true power resides through its Skill Tiers, which it has yet to reveal in full detail, although it does say Death Perception can increase “survivability, awareness, armor penetration, and even Salvage drop rates.”
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold Warhasn’t had a new Field Upgrade sinceToxic Growth from Season Three, but the drought is finally about to end. At the launch of the upcoming season, the all-new Tesla Storm will become available. When players utilize this Field Upgrade, lightning will shoot out between themselves and their allies, stunning and damaging normal enemies. As the Tesla Storm’s Skill Tiers are upgraded with Aetherium Crystals, the electricity will start affecting Special and Elite zombies, and can even boost the squad’s overall movement speed.
In addition to the Perk and Field Upgrade, the Flamethrower is arriving as the latest Support Weapon. However, one thing that Season Five doesn’t have is a new Survival map. Mauer der Toten is still a fairly fresh addition, but the number of available “classic” Zombies maps is currently sitting at just three. With just three maps over nine months, a sizable portion ofBlack Ops Cold War’s fanbase has made it known that they’d be willing to payfor a Zombies Chronicles 2.
Season Five forCall of Duty: Black Ops Cold WarandWarzonelaunches August 12, but with Fall fast approaching, some fans are already looking towardsCoD2021. It would seem that Activision is too, as aCoD 2021teaser is in Season Five’s artwork.
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold Waris available now on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S.
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