THE HAUNTING BEGINS OCT. 19

Do you like scary movies? We sure do.

Spooky season is our favorite time of year, and it’s coming to Call of Duty®. The Haunting Event begins at 10AM PT today with new Halloween-themed content in Multiplayer, Zombies, and Warzone™ through November 2nd. Take on 18 challenges to unlock new seasonal rewards, and complete a full set of challenges in either Black Ops Cold War or Warzone to unlock the LAPA SMG.

Here’s what’s coming to Black Ops Cold War, starting at 10AM PT:

“GHOST OF WAR” VANGUARD PRE-ORDER BONUS

Ready to get even spookier? Digitally pre-order Call of Duty: Vanguard and get the “Ghost of War” Ultra Skin in Black Ops Cold War and Warzone for a limited time, starting Oct. 22nd. Already pre-ordered? This new Operator Skin will automatically be added to your inventory on Friday.

Here’s what to expect when The Haunting begins at 10AM PT:

GLOBAL

Events

• The Haunting
  • The Haunting Event live from October 19th to November 2nd in Black Ops Cold War and Warzone.
  • Complete event challenges in both games to unlock new in-game rewards, including the new LAPA SMG.

 Weapons

• LAPA
  • New SMG available via event challenges.
  • Complete a full set of 9 challenges in either Black Ops Cold War or Warzone during The Haunting Event to unlock the LAPA.

 MULTIPLAYER

Maps

• Nuketown Halloween
  • Special Halloween version of Nuketown ‘84 added to Multiplayer rotation during The Haunting Event.

Modes

• Scream Deathmatch
  • Scream Deathmatch added to Multiplayer Featured Playlists.
  • Two random players will become Ghostface and must eliminate all Survivors.
  • Survivors will have no weapons and must run and hide from the killers.
  • Survivors will periodically scream throughout the match, giving away their position and forcing them to stay on the move.
  • The match ends when the killers have killed all Survivors, or when a final Survivor rises up to defeat the killers.
• Infected
  • Infected added to Multiplayer Featured Playlists. Supports up to 18 players.
  • Zombies attempt to kill the Survivors to add them to the undead team.
  • The remaining Survivors win if they beat the clock, or the Zombies win if they turn every Survivor.
  • Survivors will earn a bonus with each Zombie they kill:
    • Bonus to reload speed
    • Bonus to ADS speed
    • Bonus to movement speed
    • Bonus to slide speed
• Nuketown Halloween Prop Hunt
  • Nuketown Halloween Prop Hunt added to Party Games and Nuketown Halloween Featured Playlists.
  • New Halloween-themed props include skulls, jack-o’-lanterns, spiders, and more on the Nuketown Halloween map.

 Scare Packages

• Call in Halloween-themed Care Packages for some tricks and treats. :)

 Playlists

• Nuketown Halloween
  • Nuketown Halloween added to Featured Playlists.
  • Includes Team Deathmatch, Domination, Kill Confirmed, and Nuketown Halloween Prop Hunt. Mode voting enabled.

Featured Playlists

• Nuketown Halloween [NEW] (includes Nuketown Halloween Prop Hunt)
• Scream Deathmatch [NEW]
• Infected [NEW]
• Gunfight Tournament [NEW]
• Face Off 6v6
• 12v12 Moshpit
• Party Games (includes Nuketown Halloween Prop Hunt)
• Multi-Team

ZOMBIES

Halloween Updates

• Jack O’Lantern Drops
  • Zombies have a chance to drop the new Jack O’Lantern item for additional rewards, including Wonder Weapons, Support Weapons, Ammo Mods, Chalices, Aether Tools, and high-level Armor.
• Scare Packages
  • During The Haunting Event, Scare Packages containing high-value rewards will spawn every five rounds in round-based maps, and in every Outbreak Region.
• Pumpkin Heads
  • Zombies with pumpkin heads will appear in all modes. These weak points have low health and can be shot off for Essence bonuses.
• Spooky Soundtrack
  • Added new Halloween in-game music during The Haunting.

 Outbreak

• Modes
  • Hallows’ Eve Outbreak
    • New Outbreak mode available during The Haunting.
    • Players must survive against increasingly aggressive hordes in a single Region for 10 minutes before Exfil begins.
    • Difficulty ramps up every 2 minutes, and zombie spawns are constantly at maximum. Zombies are always aware of the squad’s location.
    • The Orda battle is the only available World Event.
    • After 10 minutes, Exfil will begin at the location farthest from the squad.
• Outbreak Survival
  • Outbreak Survival mode now available in Private and Solo matches.

 Round-Based Maps

• “Forsaken”
  • Gameplay
    • Addressed an issue that allowed players to become invisible while playing an arcade game.
    • Addressed several erroneous out of bounds warnings within legitimate play spaces.
    • Addressed an issue that could cause players to be erroneously teleported while in the Observation Tower space.
    • Addressed an issue that caused the arcade activation prompts to appear when already occupied or during Exfil.
    • Addressed an issue that caused players to receive the previous rewards when restarting the Der Eisendrache pinball game but not participating.
    • Addressed an issue that could cause players to not retain Support items acquired during the Der Eisendrache pinball game.
  • Enemies
    • Addressed an issue that caused the Abomination to become stuck on the Main Street bridge.
    • Addressed an issue that caused the Abomination to use the Special enemy icon on the mini-map instead of the Elite enemy icon.
    • Addressed a rare issue that could caused the Abomination to be moved nearby after a charge attack.
    • Addressed an issue that could cause zombies to not visibly disintegrate properly when hit with the Abomination’s Beam Attack.
    • Addressed an issue that prevented the Abomination from being able to destroy respawned Aetherium crystals.
    • Addressed an issue that could allow the Disciple to follow players into arcade mini-games.
  • Wonder Weapons
    • Addressed an issue that prevented ammo from being granted when Pack-a-Punching the Chrysalax to Tier II or III.
  • Main Quest
    • Addressed an issue that caused Ammo Caches to disappear during the later steps of the Main Quest.
  • General
    • Addressed an issue that caused players to be granted 1,000 Essence instead of 500 when starting a new match.
    • Closed various exploit areas where players could not be reached by enemies.
    • Closed various exploits related to the use of PhD Slider or the Sai Melee weapon to slide to unintended areas.

 Stability

• “Forsaken”
  • Added stability fixes related to the Chrysalax Wonder Weapon.
  • Added stability fixes related to the Pizza Delivery side quest in “Forsaken.”
  • Added a stability fix related to the Aetherium Neutralizer in the “Forsaken” Main Quest.
  • Added a stability fix related to the Main Quest debris barricade in “Forsaken.”
• General
  • Added stability fixes related to the Abomination.
  • Added a stability fix related to the ARC-XD Support Weapon.
  • Added a stability fix related to Duel Wield weapons with Ammo Mods.
  • Added a stability fix for a crash that could occur when a player was downed.

 Perks

• Addressed an issue that caused a non-functional Tombstone Stash to spawn when dying without the Perk after having had the Perk during a previous life.

 Support

• Closed some invincibility exploits related to use of the ARC-XD.

 Wonder Weapons

• Addressed an issue that caused incorrect ammo to be granted to the D.E.A.D. Joltsurge Wonder weapon when receiving the Max Ammo power-up.

 Featured Playlists

• Hallows’ Eve Outbreak [NEW]
• Outbreak (Endless and 3 Region)
• Forsaken
• Mauer der Toten
• Firebase Z
• Die Maschine
• Dead Ops Arcade 3 (Standard and First-Person)
• Onslaught (PlayStation®)
• Onslaught Elite (PlayStation)
• Onslaught Containment (PlayStation)

 

– Treyarch