Black Ops 4 reveal.

Treyarch confirms Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 won’t have single-player campaign

Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 won’t have a single-player campaign, according to Treyarch studio head Mark Lamia.

In a press briefing, Lamia confirmed earlier press reports that Treyarch decided to drop the traditional single-player campaign from Call of Duty’s latest installment, which debuts on the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC on October 12.

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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.