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"Know your history or be doomed to repeat it."
— Tagline

Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War is an upcoming first-person shooter video game developed by Treyarch and Raven Software for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X and Microsoft Windows. The game is set to be released on November 13th, 2020.

Plot

According to Treyarch, the game is a direct sequel to the 2010 Call of Duty: Black Ops, set during the early 1980s, approximately 40 years before the events of Call of Duty: Black Ops II and about a century before Call of Duty: Black Ops III. The game will also be at least partially set during the Vietnam war, which was also covered in the first game.

Teasers

On August 7th, 2020, a short distorted clip appeared during matches inside the Verdansk map from Call of Duty: Warzone (within Modern Warfare). The clip showed two phrases "Know your history" and a phrase in Russian "обречены на её повторение" which translated to "doomed to repeat".

Pawn Takes Pawn

Main article: Pawn Takes Pawn

On August 10th, 2020, boxes sent by Activision to several influencers and media outlets were opened. The boxes contained a projector and several slides which led to the discovery of an ARG and a website called Pawn Takes Pawn.

The ARG lasted 9 days and was completed after the community uncovered a page of the website called "/playthegamefindthetruth" which featured the Black Ops Cold War teaser trailer "Know Your History".

Know Your History

On August 26th, 2020 at 10:30 PT, a brand-new playlist was added to Call of Duty: Warzone titled "Know Your History". When played, a group of four players would be tasked to carry out four contracts one after another, each rewarding a special item for completing them. Players were first tasked to acquire five files of intel from killing enemies and looting crates. Upon collecting all five, the location of a special key would be marked somewhere on the map for the team to collect, which could then be in turn used to open a special crate marked in another area of the map. Upon collecting the item inside, the team would be given map coordinates to a location on the map, where the player could locate Frank Woods. Interacting with him would reward the player the special "Bay of Pigs" blueprint for the SKS.

Once the match timer closed in on the final seconds, the announcer would say "Ascension", followed by several numbers before the screen would cut to the start of the Black Ops Cold War teaser trailer. However, not long after starting, all of the players in the match were redeployed near the Stadium, with the gas circle rapidly closing behind them. The player were forced to hastily run to the Stadium, all while escaping from the gas and dodging NPC airstrikes guarding the Stadium. Upon entering the Stadium, the rest of the teaser trailer played before the full reveal trailer, revealing the game's release on November 13th, 2020, as well as the multiplayer reveal on September 9th, 2020. After its conclusion, the match would automatically end.

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