Battle in South Beach in Call of Duty: Black Ops -- Cold War.
Battle in South Beach in Call of Duty: Black Ops -- Cold War.
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My impressions of Call of Duty: Black Ops — Cold War multiplayer alpha

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Activision showed off the multiplayer alpha gameplay for Call of Duty: Black Ops — Cold War this weekend on Sony’s PlayStation 4. It’s coming out November 13, and as I played it, the five maps I played grew on me. But I agree with a lot of criticism on social media that there are tweaks that would improve the balance of the matches.

The alpha test will give much-needed feedback to Treyarch and Raven Software, which are running behind schedule in finishing up this year’s title. Normally, the multiplayer tests happen earlier in the summer. But this gives the devs some time to make some minor adjustments for the October 17 beta test.

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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.