Issue 041 — July 2026
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About Call of Duty®: Black Ops Cold War

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Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War is the direct follow-up to the original Black Ops, and it drops players squarely into the tense geopolitics of the early 1980s. This chapter of the FPS series builds its single-player Campaign around the paranoia and shifting loyalties of the era, where appearances are rarely trustworthy and the line between ally and enemy stays deliberately blurred.

The story sends you across the globe, bringing you face to face with real historical figures and uncomfortable truths as the volatile geopolitical struggle plays out. From the divided streets of East Berlin to the jungles of Vietnam, from Turkey to the heart of Soviet KGB headquarters and beyond, the campaign moves through a run of iconic Cold War locales, each rendered as a fresh battleground in a fight that stretches around the world.

Grounded in the paranoia of the early 1980s, it is a gripping, globe-spanning shooter for PC players drawn to the shadowy espionage, shifting loyalties, and hard choices that have long defined the Black Ops name.