New Season of Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Content Begins Today with Operation Absolute Zero
December 11 2018 - 1:00PM
Business Wire
Available First on PlayStation®4, First
Post-Launch Release Delivers Free New Content Drop Across
Multiplayer, Blackout and Zombies Modes, Includes Massive Addition
of Personalization Items, Gear and Map Updates
Limited-Time December Event Also Brings
Additional Holiday-Themed Items
Black Ops Pass Owners Gain Access to Two New
Multiplayer Maps, New Blackout Character Reaper and New Zombies
Experience “Dead of the Night” Starring Kiefer Sutherland, Helena
Bonham Carter, Charles Dance and Brian Blessed
The new community celebration and seasonal event for Call of
Duty®: Black Ops 4 begins now on PlayStation®4,
with other platforms to follow. Titled Operation Absolute
Zero, the content drop delivers new content and game updates
across all modes, including a new Specialist, new Blackout map
location and vehicle, a special holiday-themed event,
personalization items and accessories, new gear and much more.
“Operation Absolute Zero is a giant community celebration
and the next wave in our commitment to make Black Ops 4 the
most supported game in our studio’s history,” said Dan Bunting,
Co-Studio Head, Treyarch. “We’re bringing a ton of new content for
the entire community to enjoy with Operation Absolute Zero,
and we’re also delivering updates to the game across the board that
are directly inspired by community feedback that we’ve received
since the game’s launch.”
“For Blackout, we knew that regular post-launch updates would be
essential to keep the game world alive and evolving,” said Mark
Gordon, Co-Studio Head, Treyarch. “Since the start of the beta in
September, we have continuously used a combination of in-game
telemetry and player feedback to help balance the gameplay
experience and maintain the fun. In Operation Absolute Zero,
we are making some changes to Blackout that we know fans will
enjoy, including a brand new destination, and the map’s first new
vehicle, which is an armored ground vehicle with a turret machine
gun. We are excited to go on this journey with our community – this
is all just the beginning.”
Operation Absolute Zero includes an exhaustive list of
free, new content, including:
- New Specialist – Players can
reprogram the flow of combat with Zero, a new Specialist available
in both Multiplayer and Blackout modes. Zero can disrupt and
distract enemies with powerful hacking, altering the flow of
battle.
- New Black Market Gear –
Operation Absolute Zero brings a brand-new Assault Rifle and
fast-firing SMG to the Black Market which players can unlock by
playing through Contraband Tiers. Plus, fans can collect new
tactical outfits, personalization accessories, new characters to
use in Blackout, and special gift-wrapped melee weapons – all in
time for the holidays.
- New Blackout Location and
Updates – Hijacked is the newest destination in Blackout,
inspired by the intense classic multiplayer map from Call of Duty®:
Black Ops II. Fans can loot the luxury yacht to gear up for a
firefight and battle opponents on their way to the final circle.
Also, players can hop into a new armored vehicle called the ARAV
once they’re back on dry land and eliminate enemies with its
turret-mounted machine gun.
- New Festive Holiday Event –
After Operation Absolute Zero arrives, the holidays will come to
Blackout with special event tiers of seasonal items to unlock,
thematic map decorations, and even throwable snowballs in Blackout
that allow players to mount a festive assault on their
enemies.
- New Zombies Features – Daily
Callings provide new gameplay challenges that reward Zombies
players with bonus XP and Nebulium Plasma upon completion, the
Black Ops Authenticity Stamp system gives players the ability to
verify and share the results of their game online with a
personalized code generated at the end of each match, along with
Daily Tier Skips for Zombies, which allow players to earn Black
Market Tier progression bonuses by playing Zombies each day.
In addition to the Operation Absolute Zero free content,
owners of the Black Ops Pass gain access to their first drop of
content, available first on PlayStation®4:
- New Multiplayer Map, Elevation – A
medium-sized map set in a cliffside town in the mountains of Nepal,
Elevation features winding streets that snake around vertical
positions where players will battle it out through close-quarter
interiors and tight alleyways.
- New Multiplayer Map, Madagascar – A
larger map set on a rural plateau in Madagascar, the town sits atop
a hill where a medical-relief convoy that has been ambushed, and it
is surrounded by flanking routes with diverse, natural environments
and powerful cover for players trying to dominate the hill.
- New Zombies Experience, Dead of the
Night – This all-new undead experience is set in 1912 and drops
players into a lavish estate owned by the famed relic-hunter
Alistair Rhodes, where they’ll step into the role of a new set of
characters. As the unlikely crew of heroes bands together, they’ll
equip all-new weapons to fight the mysterious force that has taken
over the party. Players will also take on a variety of Zombies,
including new enemies such as vampires and werewolves, and much
more, to survive the nightmarish evening. Dead of the Night stars
an iconic cast of actors who lend their voice and likeness to the
game: Madame Mirela (Helena Bonham Carter), Gideon Jones (Kiefer
Sutherland), “The Brigadier” (Brian Blessed) and the Butler,
Godfrey (Charles Dance).
- New Blackout Character, Reaper – Owners
of the Black Ops Pass get instant access to the cyborg mercenary
Reaper, a fan-favorite Specialist character from Black Ops III, now
coming to Blackout.
The Black Ops Pass* is included in the Digital Deluxe
Edition, the Digital Deluxe Enhanced Edition, the Pro
Edition, and the Mystery Box Edition of Call of Duty:
Black Ops 4, and can also be purchased standalone digitally or
at participating retailers.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 is published by Activision and
developed by Treyarch with additional development support from
Raven Software and PC development with Beenox. For the latest intel
check
out: www.callofduty.com, www.youtube.com/callofduty and
follow @CallofDuty and @Treyarch on Twitter, Instagram
and Facebook. The game is rated M for Mature (Blood and Gore,
Drug Reference, Intense Violence, Strong Language).
*Black Ops Pass (BOP) content is not final, is subject to
change, and may not include all downloadable content available for
the game. BOP content may not be available in all countries, and
pricing and release dates may vary by platform. BOP content should
be downloaded from the in-game store only; do not purchase
separately, or you will be charged again. BOP content may be sold
separately.
About Treyarch
Treyarch is an award-winning video game studio, driven by the
desire to create epic gameplay experiences that are enjoyed by as
many video game fans as possible. It is an approach that has helped
to make the studio behind the Call of Duty®: Black
Ops series of games an industry-leading developer. Call
of Duty: Black Ops set an entertainment launch opening record
upon its release in 2010 and continues to be one of the
best-selling games of all time, according to NPD and GfK
Chart-Track; Call of Duty®: Black Ops II set world-wide
launch day records; and Call of Duty®: Black Ops III held the
biggest entertainment opening weekend of 2015, and was the #1
console game globally for the calendar year. Call of Duty: Black
Ops 4 is the studio’s most recent release. Additionally, Treyarch
is the birthplace of Call of Duty’s Zombies. Treyarch is wholly
owned by Activision.
About Activision
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is a leading global producer and publisher of interactive
entertainment. Activision maintains operations throughout the world
and is a division of Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ: ATVI),
an S&P 500 company. More information about Activision
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