The latest update for Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War was released last week, bringing new game modes, playlists, and League Play maps. One of the other things it unintentionally added was the R1 Shadowhunter crossbow. After realising they’d released it too early, Treyarch removed the weapon and its associated challenges, but not before players had made progress in the latter. Now Activision has announced a compromise for those upset that their time and progress had been wasted, a solution that should appease everybody affected.
The weapon hadn’t been mentioned in the update’s patch notes. Despite not being playable in Call of Duty: Warzone, the R1 Shadowhunter was available in a bundle on the Warzone Store for 1200 COD Points. The weapon could be used in Black Ops Cold War, though, and there was even a challenge in that game to unlock the base version of the weapon upon its completion. All players had to do was use a weapon with no attachments to get three One Shot, One Kill medals in 15 separate games. Some players had managed to unlock the weapon before Treyarch realised their mistake. Because the weapon had been released too early, the developer pulled it from the store and removed its associated challenges. Those who had purchased the bundle were given refunds, and Activision promised the bundle and challenges would reappear at a later date. At the time, Treyarch’s Community Manager Josh Torres revealed those who unlocked the weapon through th...