Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War launch sets a record, more features outlined
The company also issued a statement as part of the announcement. Let’s check the new information around the Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War game here.
Activision Blizzard recently launched the latest title in its popular Call of Duty franchise. As noted previously, the latest title is called “Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War”. Hours after the launch, the company shared a new announcement regarding the game. As per the announcement, the game has made a new world record for the franchise. Black Ops Cold War became the most sold game digitally on the launch day in the Call of Duty franchise. The company also issued a statement as part of the announcement. Let’s check the new information around the Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War game here.
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War launch announcement, details
According to a statement to GameSpot, the game, “a new record as the highest first-day digital sales worldwide in franchise history.” Anna Malmhake, a Blizzard executive thanked Call of Duty players around the world for their support. She also stated, “Launch is just the start. This new title is releasing into the largest and most engaged Call of Duty community ever.”. It went on adding, “We look forward to delivering an incredible amount of free post-launch content, events, and support for the entire community as Black Ops Cold War evolves just as we did last year following the release of Modern Warfare.”
It is also worth noting that the company did not share any hard numbers around the record. So, we don’t know the actual number of units sold or even the title which held the world previously. As noted in the past, the company recently announced a unique synchronized XP and leveling system across Modern Warfare, Warzone, and Cold War.
Beyond this, the game developer Treyarch also outlined some features that make Black Ops Cold War better for streamers. Checking a report from Polygon, the developer has added several new features to the game. One of the features includes hiding the matchmaking timer while streaming. It does not really hide the timer, but it does randomize the actual time when it starts looking for matches. The game automatically changes (and delays) the actual matchmaking by a random number of seconds after the streamer clicks on the button.
However, if the stream sniper manages to get in the march, Black Ops Cold War comes with the feature where the game can turn the username of the streamer into a “randomly generated anonymous tag”. It can do the same for all the names of the players in the game. One can toggle them on or off in the “Content Filter” area inside the game.