Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
2020 video game
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| April 2 2025 | Third seasonal update for Black Ops 6 released, continuing to expand game content. |
| February 13 2025 | Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 was nominated for multiple D.I.C.E. Awards, including Action Game of the Year, Online Game of the Year, and Outstanding Achievement in Animation |
| 2024 | Black Ops 6 achieved the largest launch weekend in the Call of Duty franchise's history, becoming the best-selling video game in the United States for the year. |
| December 2024 | Black Ops Cold War reached 30 million copies sold. |
| October 25 2024 | Black Ops 6 officially released for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S, with availability on Xbox Game Pass and cloud gaming platforms. |
| May 2024 | Marketing for Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 begins, with fictional advertisements published on the front pages of multiple newspaper outlets. |
| March 2023 | Windows version of the game made available on Steam platform, expanding its distribution |
| November 2021 | Onslaught game mode was made available to all platforms, expanding beyond its initial PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 exclusivity. |
| October 7 2021 | Sixth and final seasonal update released, concluding the game's post-launch content cycle |
| August 13 2021 | Fifth seasonal update introduced, featuring new content and potential crossover characters |
| June 17 2021 | Fourth seasonal update released, continuing to expand game content |
| April 22 2021 | Third seasonal update launched, adding new maps, weapons, and characters |
| February 2021 | Ranked as the twentieth best-selling video game in the U.S. by lifetime dollar sales. |
| February 25 2021 | Second seasonal update released with new playable content |
| December 16 2020 | First seasonal update released, introducing new content to multiplayer and Zombies modes |
| November 2020 | In Japan, the PlayStation 4 version sold 84,475 physical copies in its first week, becoming the best-selling retail game that week. |
| November 2020 | SuperData Research reported the game sold 5.7 million digital units in November. |
| November 2020 | Black Ops Cold War was the best-selling game in the United States according to NPD Group. |
| November 13 2020 | The game debuted at the top of the UK digital charts, with sales nearly 39% higher than Modern Warfare. |
| November 13 2020 | Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War was released for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S. |
| October 15 2020 | Second weekend of open beta starts, available on PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One, running from October 15 to October 20 |
| October 8 2020 | First weekend of open beta begins, exclusively for PlayStation 4 players, running from October 8 to October 12 |
| September 30 2020 | Full reveal of the Zombies mode for Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War. |
| September 23 2020 | Teasers for the Zombies mode began appearing on PawnTakesPawn.com. Call of Duty YouTubers like NoahJ456 and MrDalekJD received crates containing 1980s technology and ciphers. |
| August 2020 | Activision officially announced that Treyarch and Raven Software would co-develop the game, with Raven confirming they would lead the game's campaign development. |
| August 26 2020 | Full game reveal occurred as part of an in-game event in Warzone. |
| August 19 2020 | A teaser trailer for the game was revealed after ciphers were solved, featuring an interview with KGB defector Yuri Bezmenov. The trailer was subsequently banned in China due to a brief clip of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests. |
| August 14 2020 | Fans began watching VHS tapes on PawnTakesPawn.com, featuring news segments and footage from the Cold War era, with hidden ciphers and coordinates. |
| August 10 2020 | Influencers uncovered the marketing website 'PawnTakesPawn.com', beginning an interactive teaser campaign for Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War. |
| August 7 2020 | Activision shipped locked crates to Call of Duty community influencers, instructing them to open the crates on August 10. |
| May 2019 | Activision assigned Treyarch as the lead developer for the game after disagreements between Raven and Sledgehammer Games during initial development. |
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