Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War is the next game in the series.
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War is the next game in the series.
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Activision confirms Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War reveal coming August 26

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Activision released a video dubbed “Know Your History” that confirms that the formal reveal of Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War is coming August 26. The company released the video after fans uncovered the bread crumbs leading to it inside the current battle royale game Call of Duty: Warzone.

It’s not exactly a secret. Doritos accidentally leaked information about the next game, corroborating others that point to a 1960s Cold War setting, based on 2010’s Call of Duty: Black Ops.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.