Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War officially confirmed

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After weeks of teases, Activision has revealed the title for Call of Duty 2020

After months of rumors and a steady dripping of teases in recent weeks, Activision has revealed Call of Duty 2020 will be Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War .

In a new trailer titled 'Know Your History,' we see the live-action setup to the geopolitical events that will shape the narrative in Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War. To be clear, we don't actually get any gameplay footage or cinematics, but it's the first official announcement from Activision after nothing but whispers and teasers. Likewise, it's been announced that the bigger, "worldwide reveal" for Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War will be happening August 26, exactly a week from today.

Recent reports claim that Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War will release sometime in October or early November and introduce a new Call of Duty: Warzone map, a new zombies mode, and a full campaign of its own. You can see the Warzone Black Ops teasers appearing on the map right now here: 

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Judging from the harrowing footage seen in the first trailer, there's no doubt now that the new title has a robust story-driven campaign. "Know your history or be doomed to repeat it," reads the description below the trailer.

What we still don't know is whether the next installment in the Call of Duty franchise will release as one final swan song for the PS4 and Xbox One, or instead be a cross-gen release on PS5 and Xbox Series X. We're hoping to learn that and a lot more with the upcoming worldwide reveal later this month - stay tuned.

For what to play right now, here are the best games of 2020 so far.

Jordan Gerblick
Jordan Gerblick

After earning an English degree from ASU, I worked as a corporate copy editor while freelancing for places like SFX Magazine, Screen Rant, Game Revolution, and MMORPG on the side. I got my big break here in 2019 with a freelance news gig, and I was hired on as GamesRadar's west coast Staff Writer in 2021. That means I'm responsible for managing the site's western regional executive branch, AKA my home office, and writing about whatever horror game I'm too afraid to finish.