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Black Ops Cold War’s Large-Scale Outbreak Mode Shakes Up Zombies
Season Two of
Black Ops Cold War arrives today, with a new 6v6 multiplayer map, new weapons, more challenges to complete, and another 100-tier battle pass to grind. It also brings the most unique Zombies experience we’ve seen in a while, in the large-scale “Outbreak” Zombies mode.
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Black Ops
Cold War’s ongoing “Dark Aether” Zombies storyline, players step into the boots of a CIA-backed task force and research group sent to investigate mysterious global anomalies. These Dark Aether portals are gateways to another dimension a place of evil and they’ve spawned a whole mess of zombies and creatures to fight.
Spider-Man fans, without exaggeration, are starving for updates on the mysterious
Spider-Man 3. We donât know the movieâs plot. We donât have confirmations on the movieâs cast. We donât even know the movieâs title, and it allegedly comes out later this year. On Tuesday, it looked like we were finally going to get a peek behind the curtain, and at the very least learn what the title of the upcoming Marvel and Sony collaboration was going to be, which would go a long way towards helping us get excited. Only, it was a fakeout, and it left fans pretty frustrated.
The first post-launch
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War Zombies map, Firebase Z, is now available to play and it’s a lot of fun. The map is free for anyone who already owns
Black Ops Cold War, so all you have to do to try it out yourself is download the latest update and start playing.
Just like most other Zombies maps in
Call of Duty history, Firebase Z comes with a unique Wonder Weapon. The RAI K-84 is an incredibly strong gun that can be shot like an assault rifle or a grenade launcher. In its assault rifle form, the RAI K shoots Ray Gun-like ammo. You can switch to the gun s grenade launcher form by pressing up on the D-pad. This will allow you to shoot an energized blast that can be detonated by shooting at it with the gun s regular bullets.
The previous Call of Duty Black Ops: Cold War map provided a better chance of grabbing better weapons the higher rounds you got to, so that might make grabbing the Wonder Weapon easier from the Mystery Box.
For those interested, the Rai K-84 becomes unlockable after turning the power back on to the Base and Village.
You need to grab the blueprint from the Weapons Lab wall and then collect the part listed.
But while this will keep gamers occupied today, it won’t be long before the main Firebase Z Easter egg goes live on PS4, Xbox One and PC.