THE first major multiplayer update for Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War has been pushed back by game developer Treyarch.
The worldwide launch of Season One will now take place on December 16, almost a week after the previously planned date of December 10.
In a blog post announcing the delay, Treyarch said developers needed more time to prepare the “unprecedented amount of free content” on the way.
“We’re taking a few more days to finalise everything before unleashing this massive drop of new, free content to the community,” the firm wrote.
Season One will merge Black Ops Cold War – which hit shelves last month – with Call of Duty’s free-to-play battle royale game mode, Warzone.
Once the download drops, players’ progression and stats will synchronise across both titles.
In the blog post, Treyarch excitedly talked Season One up as the “largest free content drop in Black Ops history”.
Warzone is getting a new map and mode, while Black Ops Cold War will receive a fresh suite of multiplayer maps – including Raid from Black Ops 2.
Treyarch’s battle royal game will also benefit from the addition of more than 30 Black Ops Cold War weapons.
On top of all that, the California developer is adding new Zombies modes.
“It’s an unprecedented amount of free content,” Treyarch said.
“The teams are currently prepping for the biggest Season One launch week ever seen.”
When Season One drops, players can expect a hefty file to hit their consoles that will likely take a fair chunk of time to download.
The most recent update to 2019’s Call of Duty Modern Warfare took up a whopping 50GB of gamers’ hard drive space.
