Coming November 13, Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War is a return to Treyarch?s Black Ops roots. Not a complete reboot of the Black Ops franchise in the same way 2019?s Modern Warfare reset the canon, Black Ops Cold War being billed as a direct sequel to the original Black Ops. Set (mostly) in 1981, its narrative falls in the large gap between Black Ops and Black Ops II. It sees the return of beloved characters like Alex Mason, Frank Woods, and Jason Hudson, while adding a few new faces to the mix, including the enigmatic Russell Adler, a CIA black box with a kind of dark charisma that will most certainly become a new favorite. Whether he turns out to be hero, villain, or someone that falls in that dark area in between remains to be seen. Developers Treyarch and Raven sat down with us (via remote presentation) to offer a first look at the upcoming game. First, the elephant in the room. Yes, the Cold War is not traditionally the war you?d think of when it comes to Call of Duty?s explosive battlefields that present an interactive theater of combat. By definition, the Cold War was not fought in the public eye or on a strictly defined battlefield. But Black Ops games have always been about reading between the headlines, the conspiracy, and the propaganda. By definition they are about off-book black ops. So what happened during Cold War that the public wasn?t aware of" The secret missions, the espionage, and the paranoia of double agents and ?spies next door.?

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