Blackout (Black Ops 4)

"In Blackout, Black Ops comes to life in one massive battle royale experience, combining Black Ops signature combat and the biggest map in Call of Duty history. Play as fan-favorite characters and battle through iconic settings from the Black Ops universe. It’s a collision course bringing together the worlds of Black Ops in an all-out survival and elimination experience featuring weapons; equipment; land, sea, and air vehicles; RC-XDs; traps; and even Zombies in an experience that is uniquely Black Ops."

— Official Descritpion

Blackout is a new battle royale game mode featured in Call of Duty: Black Ops 4. It replaces the Campaign from the previous Call of Duty installments. The map will include other maps from the Black Ops series, and is stated to be the largest map to ever appear in a Call of Duty game.

Each game will contain a maximum of 100 players who can chose between Solo, Duo, and Quad modes. Players drop onto the map and start looting for equipment, battling enemies, and mobilizing to stay within the circle that limits the map's playable area.

Players can equip weapons, health kits, armor, ammo, attachments, and perk consumables. The areas of the map inspired by Zombies, such as Asylum or Lighthouse, will host AI enemies that drop Zombie loot like the Ray Gun or Cymbal Monkey.

Beta

A beta for Blackout took place between September 10th, 2018 and September 17th, 2018. Started first on PlayStation 4 and followed by the Xbox One and PC on September 14th. The beta was opened to all players on PC on September 15th.

80 players and A.I.-controlled zombies were announced as part of the beta, with the possibility of more players at launch or after launch.. On September 11th, the number of players were raised to 88. On September 16th, the Blightfather was introduced in the graveyard section of Blackout as an event. On September 17th, the beta was extended to 12PM PST (instead of 10AM PST) and the number of players was raised to 100. The Blightfather was removed from Blackout.

Four vehicles were confirmed, and were playable during the beta:

• Cargo Truck (1 pilot, 3 passengers (additional space included))
• ATV (1 pilot, 1 passenger)
• Zodiac boat (1 pilot, 3 passengers)
• MH-6 Little Bird helicopter (1 pilot, 3 passengers (five total seats))

Map

The map spans roughly 4x4 km (16 square kilometers).

An interactive version of the map is available here, with helicopter spawns, mystery box spawns and loot areas marked out.

Gallery

Pre-release Blackout map

Turbine with Diego, Alex Mason and Woods.

A building top under construction, with a Helicopter.

Raid with Recon and Nikolai Belinski.

Scarlet, Bruno, Edward Richtofen and Firebreak are both entering the ATV. Note the Helicopter is driving towards the ATV.

Wingsuits revealed in Blackout.

Diego being shot at the helicopter.

Cargo.

Light Machine Guns and Assault Rifles firing the ATV, killing both Scarlet and Bruno.

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Shelter with Nikolai Belinski and Battery.

Destroyed Nuketown with Takeo Masaki and a classified character.

Verrückt with Zombies.

Videos

Official Call of Duty® Black Ops 4 – Blackout Introduction

Reveal trailer.

Official Call of Duty® Black Ops 4 – Multiplayer Beta Trailer

Multiplayer, along with the Blackout Beta trailer.

Official Call of Duty® Black Ops 4 – Blackout Battle Royale Trailer

Official Call of Duty ® Black Ops 4 — This is Blackout

Call of Duty Black Ops 4 — Shadowman Blackout Character PS4

Trivia

• The map is set in California, as evident by the California State Route 1 sign being found on the main highway along the coast.