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Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold war is getting a new Among Us-like game mode in Season 5: Double Agent. That’s the headliner feature of the upcoming Season 5 for both Black Ops Cold War and Warzone, but it certainly isn’t the only thing coming to the set of games. The full roadmap outlines five new maps for Black Ops Cold War, some exciting teases for Warzone, and new Operators and weapons being added across both titles.
Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War Warzone Season 5 Roadmap
Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War and Warzone Season 5 launches on August 12.
Black Ops Cold War Season 5
New Game Mode: Double Agent
A new party game mode where up to ten players are sent to execute a mission, but a few double agents may impede progress. Similar to other recent social mystery games like Among Us, players are assigned one of three roles—Double Agent, Investigator, or Operative—where each must work to fulfill their own objectives. The Double Agents are looking to kill everyone else or set off explosives on the map. Meanwhile, Investigators and Operatives are attempting to identify who is working against them.
Each role gains access to an assortment of unique abilities and weapons that help them fulfill their own mission. Treyarch recommends people hop on mic for this one, as it’s best played with everyone communicating and either trying to deceive others or figure out who the Double Agents are.
Game Mode: Demolition
Coming mid-season, Demolition is the return of a classic. Attackers try to take out two bomb sites, while Defenders try to hold them off.
New Maps
- Echelon (6v6) – Launch, new
- Slums (6v6) – Launch, returning from Black Ops II
- Showroom (2v2, 3v3) – Launch, new
- Drive-in (6v6) – In-Season, returning from Black Ops
- Zoo (6v6) – In-Season, returning from Black Ops
New Scorestreak: Flamethrower
Low cost scorestreak weapon to round out the selection.
Black Ops Cold War Zombies Season 5
New Perk: Death Perception
See enemies through walls, with additional abilities along its upgrade path.
New Field Upgrade: Tesla Storm
Shoot lighting out of your body and sun and damage enemies.
New Support Weapon: Flamethrower
Burn zombies to a crisp with this support carried over from the multiplayer’s new scorestreak option.
New Outbreak Content
A new Region (Collateral) and Objective (Transport) are coming to Outbreak, along with a tank and a grapple gun.
New Onslaught Content (PS Exclusive)
Onslaught is getting new maps from the multiplayer, specifically Echelon.
Warzone Season 5
New Perks: Combat Scout and Tempered
This is the first time that Warzone has received exclusive perks (past perks were tied to Modern Warfare). Combat Scout pings and highlights enemies that the player damages, excellent for effective team play. Tempered makes players Armor Plates are no more heavy duty, bumping armor values up to 75 from 50, but reducing the total a player can wear to two (for an equal total armor value).
New Points of Interest: Mobile Broadcast Stations and [REDACTED]
Mobile Broadcast Stations are boosting the numbers signal and activating sleeper agents. And [REDACTED] is thus far redacted for a reason, but it could have something to do with a mystery mid-season event coming up “soon.”
New Gulag: Rush
The new Gulag is a miniaturized version of the Rush map.
New Mode: Clash
Coming mid-season as a successor to Rumble, this is a 50v50 unlimited respawn deathmatch to a score of 200, however it divvies teams up into smaller squads at select locations around the map. Everything functions much as it would it in normal Warzone battle royale modes, which means you can test out weapons and loadouts in a respawn environment without worrying about being eliminated.
Mysterious Mid-Season Event
‘The red doors grow unstable.” The red doors scattered around the map have something to do with an upcoming mid-season event, and using them might offer some teasers about what’s coming as players are sent to other places. They tease that it might also involve the mobile broadcast stations.
Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War and Warzone Season 5
New Operators
- Kitsune (Battle Pass)
- Stryker (In-season Bundle)
- Hudson (In-season Bundle)
New Weapons
- EM2: Assault Rifle (Battle Pass Tier 15)
- TEC-9: SMG (Battle Pass Tier 31)
- Cane: Melee Weapon (Launch, Bundle or Challenge unlock)
- Marshal: Secondary (In-Season, Bundle or Challenge unlock)
Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War and Warzone Season 5 launches on August 12th. Updates will be available in Black Ops Cold War on August 10 at 9 pm PT and Warzone on August 11 at 9 pm PT.
[Source: Call of Duty]
