Black Ops Cold War January 7 Patch Notes & Mid-Season Preview

Treyarch has posted patch notes and details on whats to come in the new Mid-Season update for Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War. Check them out below:

New gameplay improvements and bug fixes across MP and Zombies have been implemented, including updates for Daily and Season Challenges, crash fixes in Zombies, a mini-map visibility fix for the H.A.R.P. in Hardcore, and more.

The Mid-Season update arrives on Jan. 14 with more MP and Zombies content! Read on below for details on what’s live today, and what’s to come.

Mid-Season Update Begins Jan. 14

Next week, Season One gets even bigger with new content in Multiplayer and Zombies! Get ready to drop into a massive new Fireteam map with your squad in Sanatorium, and fight for control of the nuclear codes in the all-new 6v6 MP mode, Dropkick.

In Zombies, we’re turning the intensity up to 11 in the new Cranked mode, where every zombie killed resets the timer counting down to your demise. And in Onslaught, Raid joins the map list along with new Dark Aether intel for Zombies fans on PlayStation. This mid-season update arrives Jan. 14th, with more Season One content to come.

Here’s what’s new for this week:

GLOBAL

Daily Challenges

• Addressed an issue that could prevent new Daily Challenges from appearing.
• Addressed issues preventing the following Daily Challenges from tracking properly:
  • “Team Deathmatch Challenger”
  • “Hardcore Challenger”
  • “Hardcore Champion”

Season Challenges

• Addressed an issue that could prevent progress from tracking for the “Mass Casualties” Challenge when using a Cruise Missile.

MULTIPLAYER

Featured Playlists

• Raid + Crossroads Strike 24/7 [NEW]
  • Includes TDM, Domination, Kill Confirmed, and Hardpoint on Raid and Crossroads Strike.
  • Hardcore version also available in Quick Play.
• Gunfight Blueprints [NEW]
  • 2v2 Gunfight matches using new randomized Weapon Blueprint-based loadouts.
• Fireteam: Dirty Bomb Duos [NEW]
  • Fireteam: Dirty Bomb played with 20 players (10 teams of Duos).
• Nuketown 24/7 [UPDATED]
  • Nuketown ’84 Holiday replaced with Nuketown ’84.
• Face Off
• Prop Hunt
• Fireteam: Dirty Bomb

Modes

• Gunfight
  • Added extra models and collision to prevent being able to kill enemies at their spawn in Game Show at the start of a match.
• Combined Arms
  • Adjusted time in Combined Arms: Assault when a zone is captured.

Scorestreaks

• H.A.R.P.
  • Addressed an issue in Hardcore modes where Spy Planes exiting the map could override the mini-map being active, even if a H.A.R.P. was still active.
• Care Package
  • Fixed a rare crash that could occur when calling in a Holiday Care Package.

Operator Missions

• Adjusted XP values for Operator Missions.

ZOMBIES

Stability

• Added various stability fixes.

Gameplay

• Closed various map exploit areas.
• Addressed an issue that prevented the Ammo Mod from appearing on the player’s weapon immediately after using the Pack-a-Punch.

Dead Ops Arcade 3

• Addressed an issue where the player could load into Dead Ops Arcade with the wrong Operator Skin.
• Addressed an issue where the player could be downed by walking underneath a spike trap.
• Addressed different effect issues occurring when transitioning from solo play.
• Addressed various particle effect issues.

Onslaught (PS4/PS5)

• Addressed an issue where a player could lose their Bronze chalice after a private match.

And from Raven Software:

WARZONE

Featured Playlists

• Verdansk
  • Verdansk Quads – 152 Players
  • Trios – 150 Players
  • Duos – 150 Players
  • Solos – 150 Players
  • Plunder Quads – 100 Players
• Rebirth Island
  • Resurgence Trios – 45 Players
  • Mini Royale Duos – 40 Players

Weapons

• DMR 14
  • Reduced headshot damage.
  • Increased recoil.
• Type 63
  • Reduced headshot damage.
  • Increased recoil.
• Mac-10
  • Decreased headshot damage multiplier.
• Handgun Charlie (Akimbo Only)
  • Decreased damage range.
  • Increased hip-fire spread.