Thats something we essentially already referred to as well.
The video game will be developed by Treyarch and Raven Software, which had formerly each tweeted that they d been working with each other, and Raven particularly stated that it was establishing “this years Call of Duty”– suggesting that Cold War may ship before the year is out.
The game will be officially revealed on August 26th. Up until then, there isnt a lot more to share– other than maybe the video games tagline, “Know your history or be destined duplicate it,” and that its YouTube description points out the name “Verdansk,” which so happens to be the place of Warzones primary map and was likewise included in Modern Warfare.
According to bits of text that flash throughout the teaser video, gamers may play– or interact with– an alleged Soviet spy codenamed “Perseus” whose objective was to “subvert the U.S. to make sure Soviet supremacy in the arms race.” The real-life CIA has at least one short article about a “Perseus” also, who was apparently among the spies that stole United States nuclear secrets from the Manhattan Project at Los Alamos. That part would have occurred throughout World War II, though.
Activision has promised that Warzone will be connected to future video games in the Call of Duty series, and it sounds like that might be starting now. As Polygon mentions, there was also an ARG leading up to this teaser:.
Thats according to the main YouTube teaser you can view above, which leaves us with numerous, lots of questions, mostly 1) what does the game actually look like, 2) is it next-gen, and 3) how does one effectively punctuate the video games name? (Is it Call of Duty: Black Ops: Cold War? Most likely not.).
The teasers release was timed with members of the Call of Duty community completing a multi-day ARG that included numerous kinds of Cold War-style code breaking, which led them to secret spaces inside the Verdansk map in Call of Duty: Warzone– which appears to imply there could be a connection in between Black Ops: Cold War and Warzone. The ARG also consisted of a variety of video tapes, each representing a year in Cold War history, with similar clips to the ones in this teaser.
Thats according to the main YouTube teaser you can enjoy above, which leaves us with lots of, lots of questions, mostly 1) what does the video game really look like, 2) is it next-gen, and 3) how does one effectively punctuate the video games name? (Is it Call of Duty: Black Ops: Cold War? That part would have taken place during World War II.
It does, however, assure that the game will be “motivated by real events,” and features a genuine speech by a genuine KGB defector to assist highlight its point. Compare to this video:.
Call of Task: Warzone might have rather overshadowed the rest of the Call of Duty franchise, with the fight royale racking up 75 million downloads as of this month– but of course Activision likewise wishes to establish a new flagship Call of Responsibility project, and its name has actually just been revealed as Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War.
And here are a couple of old short articles about Bezmenov that the real-life CIA filed away in its reading library.
