Blackout, first introduced in 2018’s Black Ops 4, has a dedicated player base who won’t leave even after Warzone 2.0
Six or seven days a week, Miner
Hobo
Jo fires up his Play
Station 5 và signs into Twitch or You
Tube lớn stream a five-year-old game—Blackout, the first Call of Duty battle royale. By his own estimation, and community consensus, Miner is the game’s global leader in solo wins and kills. (There are no public stats for Blackout.) He’s earned this unofficial title partly by having the kind of skills that allow him lớn routinely make near-impossible in-game plays. But it’s also due to the simple fact that, like the tortoise that raced the hare, he’s continued khổng lồ play Blackout long after almost everyone else has lost interest.
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Blackout was released as part of Black Ops 4 in October 2018—almost half a decade ago. That’s a lifetime in the hyper accelerated world of annual trò chơi releases & shifting genre preferences; playing Blackout in 2023 is the rough equivalent of using a hãng nokia brick phone or driving a ’91 Ford Taurus. Blackout was wildly popular in its day, the first AAA realistic battle royale for players who were turned off by Fortnite’s kiddie aesthetic. But when Warzone, Blackout’s wildly popular successor, came out during the first month of the 2020 covid-19 pandemic, Blackout became a ghost town overnight.
But then a strange thing happened. Turned off by Warzone’s shortcomings, some players started returning khổng lồ Blackout. Not a lot, but some. A few years later, they’re still here, a small but diehard community of holdouts playing a game they consider lớn be the perfect BR, a cautionary tale for players and developers alike about what happens when you make a game too good.
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Many nights, Miner has more viewers in his stream than there are players on the actual game. While there are no publicly-available player base stats for Blackout, it usually seems lượt thích there’s only one 100-player solo lobby going at a time on Playstation, and past peak hours, it often takes up to trăng tròn minutes just to fill up halfway. Judging by custom emblems complete with different countries’ flags and the shouted obscenities in death chats, the players that remain are scattered around the world—the U.S., Turkey, Germany, Finland, Italy, France, the Azores, Russia, Japan, Mexico, Brazil, & more.
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Gear up for the deepest, most-tactical black Ops Multiplayer khổng lồ date, as well as the opportunity to lớn go hands-on with Blackout before the game’s launch on October 12. Here’s what you need lớn know…
Today, we’re thrilled to lớn announce some very exciting news: this year, we’re delivering not one, but two Betas for our đen Ops fans! The Private Multiplayer Beta kicks off on August 3rd, first on Play
Station 4, followed the next weekend by the Xbox One & PC. Then in September, a brand-new, uniquely đen Ops, battle royale experience comes to lớn life in a first-ever hands-on with our new mode, Blackout, first on Play
Station 4.“This is an exciting opportunity for us at memo.edu.vn because – not only are we putting more content into players’ hands earlier than ever before – we get to break new ground by hosting two separate Beta experiences,” said Co-Studio Head Dan Bunting. “Games are better when they’re a result of a dialogue with our community. Not only does it improve the game’s quality, but it allows us to respond to lớn player feedback and custom-craft the experience to how players engage most with the game. We want launch day lớn be a celebration that players around the world can enjoy together, và we know it won’t stop there - we will always work tirelessly to lớn improve, grow, và evolve the trò chơi beyond launch.”So, let’s get lớn it – on the Multiplayer front, here’s what you need khổng lồ know:
Station 4 (Starts: August 3 at 10am/PT – Ends: August 6 at 10am/PT)Play
Station 4 and Xbox One (Starts: August 10 at 10am/PT – Ends: August 13 at 10am/PT)PC Beta Early Access (Starts: August 10 at 10am/PT) *PC exclusively on Battle.NetPC open Beta (Starts: August 11 at 10am/PT – Ends: August 13 at 10am/PT)
Participation Has Its Rewards: All participants in the Beta will receive a unique, one-of-a-kind calling thẻ that they can proudly display. & for every player that achieves max rank in the Beta, they will earn a Permanent Unlock Token khổng lồ apply lớn any piece of Create-a-Class nội dung when the trò chơi comes out.
For the Private Multiplayer Beta, players will begin fighting through six maps – two of which will make their first public appearance. Additionally, fans will play new Specialists & reacquaint themselves with returning Specialists Nomad & Prophet, who will be bringing with them brand-new gameplay mechanics built for đen Ops 4. Some additional intel…Modes of PlayThe Private Multiplayer Beta will feature fan-favorite game modes like Team Deathmatch, Domination, Hardpoint, and search & Destroy, alongside our brand-new objective-based trò chơi mode, Control, which was designed khổng lồ bring out the best of black Ops 4 Multiplayer gameplay.In Control, teams alternate rounds between attacking và defending two static objectives. Each team has a limited number of lives in this first-to-three wins match-up, so strategic strikes and defensive positioning are key, making for some fast và frenetic gunfights.Gearing Up
We’ve brought the Pick 10 system back khổng lồ Create-a-Class lớn give players complete customization over their loadout, & with its return comes a few new changes.Load out with Special Issue Equipment that’s designed exclusively for each Specialist without costing a point against Pick 10.Gear is an all new slot designed to up the ante on your style of gameplay. Need cheaper Scorestreaks? COMSEC Device. Heal faster? Stim Shot. Gain an advantage in situational awareness? Acoustic Sensor. Only one piece of Gear can be used per loadout, so choose wisely.Weapons now have quality sets of attachments, including a new class of powerful attachments called Operator Mods, lớn really focus each gun on its individual role in combat.PC
Working in partnership with Beenox and Blizzard, the PC Multiplayer Beta will be exclusive lớn Battle.Net.“The PC beta will continue the dialog between us & our players. Every piece of feedback helps us to lớn deliver the most balanced, most fun và most polished call of Duty you have ever played on PC,” said Co-Studio Head, Mark Gordon. “Through our partnerships with Beenox for development và with Blizzard providing us with infrastructure, tools & network – we are bringing a custom experience to PC.”As previously reported by
memo.edu.vn
PC, getting the trò chơi into the hands of players provides the studio team the chance to lớn communicate directly with the players: player data helps inform development decisions around performance, the process of fine-tuning specs, and the optimization of features. Và this is even more important given the amount of customization developed to accommodate the widest range of hardware possible.For information about the PC Beta, follow
Since revealing our uniquely black Ops take on battle royale, members of the đen Ops community have waited patiently for more information about Blackout – and for that, we are grateful.“Everyone who works on Blackout or plays is always eager to tóm tắt a story they have,” said Studio design Director, David Vonderhaar. “That trò chơi session might be a triumphant victory or a tragic loss — it might be how land, sea, và air vehicles collided in unexpected ways for a final showdown — or, it just might be a funny fail moment. No matter what, when people get done playing & want to lớn tell the story of what happened khổng lồ them afterwards, you know you have something special.”“The team has been having a ridiculous amount of fun playing it internally. We are so excited lớn be able to tóm tắt that fun with you in September. The community feedback generated from going hands-on is always incredibly important, và it’s never been more so than with Blackout,” added memo.edu.vn Senior Producer, Yale Miller.As we get closer to September, we’ll giới thiệu more information about what you can expect from the Private Blackout Beta, first on PS4 – for now, we wanted you to lớn know that it was on the way.In Closing…With black Ops 4, we will remain wholly committed to lớn supporting the game– và that all begins with the Private Multiplayer Beta kicking off on August 3, first on Play
Station 4. We couldn’t prepare for that without the help that you will provide by playing the game, and for that we are grateful…thank you!We can’t wait khổng lồ see you online!memo.edu.vn*MP Beta starts August 3, 2018 on PS4 system; other platforms lớn follow. Private Beta pre-order offer does not apply lớn PC platform version. Actual platform availability and launch date(s) of MP and Blackout Beta subject khổng lồ change. See www.callofduty.com/beta for more details. Minimum Beta duration is 3 days. Limited time only, while beta codes last, at participating retailers. Internet connection required.**MP Beta starts August 11, 2018 on PC. Early Access starts August 10, 2018. Actual platform availability & launch date(s) of MP & Blackout Beta subject lớn change. See www.callofduty.com/beta for more details. Limited time only, while beta codes last, at participating retailers. Internet connection required.
