Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War’s New Outbreak Mode Accidentally Playable Early

Cunning Call of Duty: Cold War Black Ops players figured out how to play the game’s new Zombies mode, Outbreak, a day earlier. Outbreak is a “large-scale” Zombies experience that Continue the Dark Aether storyline, with new enemies, objectives and rewards. It is supposed to be launched on Thursday after being teased via a raft of Easter eggs found in Warzone, but players are already enjoying it.

As reported by Eurogamer, players who download the latest game update can access the new mode by logging out and creating a custom offline Zombies match, where players can select the new Outbreak Mode and play on the new Alpine, Ruka, and Golova. It’s a good way to check it out and practice before its official online release tomorrow.

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As you might expect, there is a lot of Outbreak gameplay on YouTube and Twitch right now. here are some Unpunk YouTube user images. In the Outbreak loading screen, we can spot a brief overview of how the mode works. In the loot phase, players will move through a region towards an objective, killing zombies and gathering resources.

In the Thrive phase, they will then complete objectives such as escorting a rover or stalking enemies via satellite tracking to earn rewards and reveal the beacon site. In the survival phase, they will then use the beacon to warp to a new region with increased difficulty or initiate an exfiltration attempt.

In other Cold War news, we recently learned that the latest entry in the Call of Duty franchise is one of the best-selling games in US history. You can verify our review of the game here, which covers each mode individually.

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