“But as we’ve been working on it, we’ve have a lot of ideas and cross-pollination between different parts of the game. How do you translate the fast, claustrophobic combat associated with Call of Duty to such a huge expanse? “It’s been a different and new challenge,” says Bunting. Yes, it’s a battle royale mode, taking place on a map Treyarch describes as being a thousand times larger than a regular multiplayer map.
Perhaps the most significant, and least surprising, new addition to the series is Blackout. With so many great competitive online games available on PC right now, some of which don’t cost anything to play, Treyarch has a tough fight ahead of it. It’s nice to see Treyarch ensuring the PC version is up to scratch it will have to be if the studio wants this to be a game which people play for years to come. Black Ops 4 will also be joining Destiny 2 as the second non-Blizzard game to find a home on the online service. The combat has been tweaked to accommodate a mouse and keyboard (for instance, a faster, snappier camera while using one of your character’s special abilities). The PC version will have support for HDR, native 4K and ultra-wide monitors. We truly want to make a game that makes Call of Duty a significant experience on PC and makes Black Ops something people trust and love and keep coming back to.” Battle station “The PC team alone is eight to ten times larger than anything we’ve done before,” says Bunting.
Treyarch is investing significant time and effort into the PC version of Black Ops 4, with help from development studio Beenox.