Call of Duty: Black Ops 4’s Blackout is free-to-play on all platforms this month

Treyarch’s Black Ops Four replace sees battle royale mode, Blackout, go free-to-play till April 30 and the brand new Alcatraz map is dwell on PS4.

The April 2 replace for Black Ops Four sees new options and content material throughout each mode, together with the close-quarters Alcatraz map announced yesterday for PS4 gamers, and Zombies: Ancient Evil – the final chapter for the mode this season – obtainable on all platforms. Blackout is now additionally free-to-play on all platforms till the top of the month.

Treyarch shared a abstract of the replace on Twitter, however the patch notes have been detailed in full on Reddit.

Over in multiplayer, the Barebones playlist rolls out on Xbox One and PC, “with no Specialist Weapons, Special Issue Equipment, Gear, or Operator Mods allowed”. Meanwhile, PS4 gamers will get to expertise the fan-favourite Infected beginning on April 9.

In as we speak’s #BlackOps4 replace:

• Alcatraz map in Blackout (PS4)
• Blackout Free Access
• #AncientEvil on all platforms
• Server/Splitscreen Pause in Zombies
• Barebones MP on all platforms
• Weekly Events/Bonus Pool in League Play
+ extra

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— Treyarch Studios (@Treyarch) April 2, 2019

Here are the patch notes courtesy of Reddit:

SUMMARY

• Blackout
  • New Alcatraz map now dwell on PS4.
  • Blackout Free Access now obtainable on all platforms by April 30.
  • After Action Report up to date to supply additional information after every match, together with new Challenge development.
  • Homewrecker melee weapon now obtainable in Contraband Stashes on Xbox One and PC.
• Zombies
  • “Ancient Evil” now dwell for Black Ops Pass holders on all platforms.
  • Server Pause now obtainable for on-line non-public match hosts on consoles.
  • Splitscreen Pause now obtainable for native splitscreen matches on consoles.
  • New Zombshell Perk now obtainable on Xbox One and PC.
  • New Elixirs now obtainable on Xbox One and PC: Suit Up, Dividend Yield, Talkin’ Bout Regeneration, Bullet Boost, and Quacknarok.
  • New Talismans now obtainable on Xbox One and PC: Glowing Phylactery and Battered Dragon Scale.
• Multiplayer
  • Barebones game mode now dwell on all platforms.
  • Barebones Moshpit continues as Featured Playlist on PS4 and added as Featured Playlist on Xbox One and PC.
  • Hardcore Barebones Moshpit, Stockpile, Mercenary Deathmatch Moshpit, and One within the Chamber (Strife with Stiletto Operator Mod) added to Featured class on all platforms.
  • Various stability enhancements.
  • World League Hub
  • League Play Events now span the course of your complete week.
  • Bonus pool is now unfold out by the whole lot of an occasion (now not day by day bonuses with rollovers).
  • Increased penalty for intentional teamkilling in League Play matches.
• General
  • Free Weapon Crate with assured free MKII Signature Weapon now obtainable within the Black Market on Xbox One and PC.
  • Voice calibration setting added to PC.

ALL PLATFORMS

Blackout

• Free Access
  • Access to Blackout is free for a restricted time for all gamers on PS4, Xbox One, and PC by April 30.

Multiplayer

• Game Modes
  • Featured class up to date to incorporate:
  • Barebones Moshpit
  • Hardcore Barebones Moshpit
  • Stockpile
  • Mercenary Deathmatch Moshpit
  • One within the Chamber (Strife with Stiletto Operator Mod)

PS4

The following updates are dwell on PS4, with different platforms to comply with:

Blackout

• New Map: Alcatraz
  • Alcatraz map now obtainable in Blackout on PS4, added as Featured Playlist.
  • Quads with 40 most gamers per match.
  • Up to five complete redeployments per participant earlier than the ultimate circle, so long as one member of the squad stays alive on the time of every redeploy.
  • Deploy by way of portals into close-quarters fight on Alcatraz island.
  • New named locations, together with the Warden’s House, Docks, New Industries, and Cellhouse.
  • Players can decide up Wall Buy weapons all through the map that disappear after pickup.
  • New Zombies-themed weapon obtainable within the Mystery Box.

PS4 AND XBOX ONE

The following updates are actually dwell on consoles, with PC to comply with:

Blackout

• After Action Report
  • AAR now gives additional information after every match, together with Challenge development.
• Weapons
  • Purifier
  • Increased Purifier injury in opposition to zombies.

Multiplayer

• Game Modes
  • Barebones
  • Added new well being regen UI.
  • Resolved a problem the place the After Action Report would present Defeat even when the participant was on the successful crew.
• Maps
  • Gridlock
  • Improved collision close to the western spawn.
• Stability
  • Various stability enhancements.

World League Hub

• Weekly League Play Events
  • Each League Play Event now spans the course of your complete week.
• Bonus Pool
  • Bonus pool is now unfold out by the whole lot of an occasion — now not day by day bonuses that rollover day-to-day.
• Teamkill Penalty
  • Players who kill teammates 6 occasions will now be kicked from League Play matches.

Zombies

• Server Pause
  • Hosts of on-line non-public matches can now pause the game mid-match for all gamers.
• Splitscreen Pause
  • Players in native splitscreen matches can now pause the game mid-match on consoles.
• Ancient Evil
  • Addressed numerous points that might typically trigger the Wonder Weapon to turn out to be unusable.
• Miscellaneous
  • Addressed a problem that precipitated duplicated character icons to seem within the End Game display screen.
• Stability
  • Various stability enhancements.

XBOX ONE AND PC

Multiplayer

• Game Modes
  • Barebones
  • Barebones added as Featured Playlist.
  • 6v6 with no Specialist Weapons, Special Issue Equipment, Gear, or Operator Mods allowed.
  • Equipment is now single-use with no cooldowns. Equipment is absolutely charged on every respawn.
  • Spawn Select disabled.
  • Playlists embrace Team Deathmatch and Domination.

Zombies

• Maps
  • Ancient Evil
  • New “Ancient Evil” map added for Black Ops Pass holders.
• New Perk
  • Zombshell
  • Basic zombies have an opportunity to blow up when killed, forsaking a contamination subject that slows enemies and will increase injury dealt to them.
  • Modifier: Players with the modifier are ignored by zombies whereas standing within the contamination subject. Weapon reload velocity is elevated.
• New Elixirs
  • Suit Up (Epic)
  • Player and close by teammates get full Armor, which lasts till destroyed.
  • Instant activation.
  • Dividend Yield (Legendary)
  • Some of the factors earned create further bonus factors for all gamers.
  • Instant activation. Lasts 5 minutes.
  • Talkin’ Bout Regeneration (Rare)
  • The participant’s well being continuously regenerates whereas shifting.
  • Instant activation. Lasts Four minutes.
  • Bullet Boost (Common)
  • Applies or re-rolls an alternate ammo kind to the participant’s present weapon (if supported). Weapon injury just isn’t affected.
  • Instant activation.
  • Quacknarok (Classic Whimsical)
  • Zombies now put on a duck float with hilarious outcomes.
  • Instant activation. Lasts 5 minutes.
  • NOTE: Quacknarok is a sturdy Elixir quite than a consumable Elixir.
• New Talismans
  • Glowing Phylactery (Epic)
  • Start the match with an additional self-revive.
  • Battered Dragon Scale (Legendary)
  • Activating your Special Weapon provides elevated armor, which lasts till destroyed.

Blackout

• Contraband Stashes
  • Homewrecker melee weapon now obtainable in Contraband Stashes.

PC

Multiplayer

• Weapon Tuning
  • Submachine Guns
  • Cordite – Increased sprint-out velocity.
  • Daemon 3XB – Extended 6-shot vary from eight meters to 11.5 meters.
  • MX9 – Increased ADS-out velocity, and elevated sprint-out velocity.
  • Saug 9mm – Increased sprint-out velocity.
  • Switchblade X9 – Increased journal measurement from 26 to 30, and gamers now spawn with Three further magazines as an alternative of two.
  • Assault Rifles
  • KN-57 – Extended 4-shot vary from 16 meters to 17 meters, and prolonged 5-shot vary from 46 meters to 57 meters.
  • Tactical Rifles
  • ABR 223 – Increased ADS-in velocity, ammo elevated from 30 to 36, and prolonged 4-shot vary from 32 meters to 38 meters.
  • Sniper Rifles
  • Paladin HB50 – Increased journal measurement from 5 to six, and diminished reload velocity.
  • SDM – Increased fireplace fee.
  • Pistols
  • RK 7 Garrison – Increased injury. Now takes 1 much less bullet to kill in any respect ranges.
  • Mozu – Extended 3-shot vary from 19 meters to 24 meters, prolonged 4-shot vary from 25 meters to 32 meters, and prolonged 5-shot vary from 32 meters to 38 meters.
  • Strife – Increased fireplace fee.
• Friendly Fire
  • New Friendly Fire system added to all World League and Hardcore game modes:
  • Ricochet Friendly Fire is now enabled for the primary 15 seconds of a match or spherical.
  • After the primary 15 seconds, the primary Three teamkills will likely be true pleasant fireplace, the place the sufferer will take full injury.
  • After the primary Three teamkills, any subsequent injury dealt to a teammate will ricochet again to the attacker as an alternative of damaging the teammate.
  • Once transitioned to the Ricochet system, additional Ricochet teamkills will incur an escalating respawn delay penalty.
  • The participant will then be allowed 3 Ricochet teamkills earlier than being faraway from the match.
  • Damaging a teammate who’s planting or defusing a bomb will ricochet injury again to the attacking teammate in World League.
• XP
  • Increased XP earned for all Scorestreak kills to 100 XP.
  • Increased XP awarded for killing the K9-Unit to 100 XP.
  • Increased XP awarded for Ice Pick Shutdown to 100 XP.
  • Increased XP awarded for destroying an RC-XD to 100 XP.
  • Increased XP awarded for killing a Swat Team unit to 250 XP.
  • Increased XP for the Forward Position Medal to 250 XP.
• Game Modes
  • Kill Confirmed
  • Increased rating for accumulating an enemy canine tag in Kill Confirmed to 100.
  • Search and Destroy
  • Addressed a problem the place spectating in Search and Destroy may trigger crew colours to show incorrectly on the scoreboard.
  • Heist
  • Addressed a problem the place the top of the spherical pips might be on the improper crew.
• Specialists
  • Nomad
  • Added pathing and spawning enhancements for Nomad’s K9-Unit.
  • K9-Unit now correctly takes injury from Razor Wire.
  • Outrider
  • Players hit by a fully-charged Sparrow shot will now correctly hear the influence sound of the bolt.
• Perks
  • Tactical Mask
  • Players with Tactical Mask who’ve been downed by an enemy Tempest now not chain to teammates after the Tempest standing impact wears off.
• Scorestreaks
  • Care Package
  • Addressed a problem the place being killed whereas claiming a Care Package may trigger points with controllable Scorestreaks.
  • Addressed a problem the place the Care Package wouldn’t drop from the helicopter if a participant known as it in alongside the water in Madagascar.
• Custom Games
  • Addressed a problem the place the Bonus Maps tab was not showing in Offline Local Games.
  • Fixed a crash in Custom Games associated to turning the Specialist Draft off.

World League Hub

• New Ranks
  • Added Ranks 21-30 to League Play.
• UI
  • Players will now get a notification that they’ve obtained a Calling Card once they attain ranks that award them.
  • Rank up animations will now begin on the participant’s present rank as an alternative of their ultimate rank.
  • Players within the Top 5 will likely be labeled as “Top 5” as an alternative of “Top 10” of their League Play Event outcomes display screen.
• Create-a-Class
  • Addressed a problem with restricted gadgets showing in Custom Classes.
  • Addressed a problem the place restricted Scorestreaks may seem as chosen.

Blackout

• Weapon Tuning
  • Submachine Guns
  • Cordite – Increased sprint-out velocity.
  • MX9 – Increased ADS-out velocity, and elevated sprint-out velocity.
  • Saug 9mm – Increased sprint-out velocity.
  • Switchblade X9 – Increased journal measurement from 26 to 30.
  • Sniper Rifles
  • SDM – Increased fireplace fee.
  • Pistols
  • RK 7 Garrison – Increased injury. Now takes 1 much less bullet to kill in any respect ranges.
  • Strife – Increased fireplace fee.
• Map
  • Reduced glare depth when wanting towards the solar within the authentic Blackout map.
• Weapons
  • Outrider’s Sparrow can now be present in Supply Stashes.
• Equipment
  • Zero’s EMP Disruptor grenade can now be discovered within the Blackout map.
• Vehicles
  • Added co-pilot help for the Little Bird and the Cargo Truck.
  • Made enhancements to Muscle Car collision to repair cases the place a Muscle Car driver was unable to kill enemies.
• Low-Population Regions
  • Added Australia and New Zealand to low participant inhabitants group with consolidated playlists for sooner match begin occasions and higher matchmaking.
• Customization
  • Addressed a problem with numerous camos not showing correctly on the MX9 Tactical.
• Stability
  • Fixed a uncommon crash that might happen when swapping and equipping an merchandise.
• Miscellaneous
  • Re-enabled the power to carry the Use button constantly to make use of a number of Armor Plates and activate Perks with no need to launch the enter.
  • Removed blur from the Victory Screen.
  • Addressed cases the place characters’ foyer animations may turn out to be corrupted.
  • Addressed a problem that prevented mode-specific loading display screen suggestions from being correctly displayed.
  • Addressed a problem the place customers may discover Seraph’s Annihilator inside a Supply Stash.

Zombies

• Weapon Tuning
  • Submachine Guns
  • Cordite – Increased sprint-out velocity.
  • MX9 – Increased ADS-out velocity, and elevated sprint-out velocity.
  • Saug 9mm – Increased sprint-out velocity.
  • Tactical Rifles
  • ABR 223 – Increased ADS-in velocity.
  • Sniper Rifles
  • Paladin HB50 – Reduced reload velocity.
  • SDM – Increased fireplace fee.
  • Pistols
  • Strife – Increased fireplace fee.
• Global
  • High-Round Stability
  • Fixed a uncommon crash that might happen when displaying sure textual content strings, notably throughout high-round matches.
  • Perks
  • Closed a Mule Kick exploit that allowed gamers to accumulate multiple Wonder Weapon on a number of maps.
  • Improved the readability of the outline for the Stamin-Up Perk.
  • Special Weapons
  • Addressed a problem that typically precipitated the XP bar to show an inaccurate worth whereas charging up a weapon.
  • Armory
  • Addressed a problem inflicting the Cordite Zero G Mastercraft menu to show incorrect visible stage info for the weapon.
  • Create-A-Class
  • Addressed a problem that prevented the mannequin preview from updating appropriately when switching between tabs within the Talisman and Elixir Menus.
  • Lobby
  • Addressed a problem that prevented the Solo button from functioning till the choice was unselected and again to the button after backing out of a match.
  • UI
  • Addressed a problem that precipitated the self-revive immediate to stay seen within the Options menu.
  • Addressed a problem that typically prevented a participant’s identify from being displayed correctly whereas reviving.
  • Addressed a problem the place Prestige Master icons remained locked after reaching the suitable stage.
  • Host Migration
  • Addressed a problem that might hardly ever trigger host migration to fail, ensuing within the match ending.
  • Addressed a problem that prevented with the ability to be part of an relevant game in progress after the match had migrated hosts.
  • Addressed a problem that precipitated Perk icons on the HUD granted by the Perk Up Elixir to vanish after migrating hosts.
  • Addressed a uncommon difficulty that precipitated sure lights to show off after migrating hosts.
• Custom Games
  • Stability
  • Fixed a crash that might happen when buying a Perk reward with all Perks disabled.
  • Custom Rules
  • Addressed points that precipitated a number of customized guidelines for the Enhanced AI class to perform incorrectly.
  • Addressed a problem that precipitated the Headshots Only customized rule for primary zombies to use to all enemy varieties.
  • Added higher descriptions that element which enemy varieties are affected by choice teams within the Enemies Menu.
• Miscellaneous
  • Gauntlets
  • Addressed a problem that prevented rewards from being granted when gamers disconnected earlier than the top of the match.
  • Addressed a problem that prevented weapons with the Kill Counter or Clan Tag hooked up from counting as a weapon with out attachments on “Hellcatraz”.
  • Addressed a problem that hardly ever prevented Pack-A-Punch sound FX from taking part in whereas upgrading a weapon on “Hellcatraz”.
  • Added a HUD indicator to tell customers that they can not fireplace whereas aiming down sights with the Brazen Bull through the “Shoot From The Hip” spherical on “Veni, Vidi, Zombie!”
  • Rush
  • Addressed a problem that precipitated zombies to cease spawning through the third protection location if the person was downed earlier than the timer ran out.
  • Blood of the Dead
  • Closed a number of exploits in places that might be exploited to keep away from hazard from zombies.
  • Addressed a problem that precipitated visible FX on the Warden’s Key to cease showing when switching targets.
  • Addressed a problem that precipitated lack of performance when spawning a Spoon whereas the Ragnarok DG-5 was geared up.Addressed a problem that precipitated sure boards to turn out to be unrepairable.
  • Dead of the Night
  • Fixed a crash that might happen when hitting a Bat with the Ethereal Razor geared up.
  • Voyage of Despair
  • Addressed a problem that prevented development of the Portal Pass aspect quest when utilizing alternate ammo varieties through the vent step.
  • Addressed a problem that prevented development of the Skeleton Rider aspect quest if the Shields Up Elixir had been used.
  • Tutorial
  • Rearranged columns on the scoreboard for consistency in comparison with different game modes.

GENERAL

• Voice Calibration
  • Added a Voice Calibration characteristic within the Audio settings. Players can press the file button to listen to their voice alongside a quantity indicator to regulate their chat quantity to their choice.
• Flinch
  • Reduced the utmost quantity of flinch a participant can exhibit whereas not aiming down sights.
• Reactive Camos
  • Reactive Camos are actually obtainable on all weapons, not solely on these with Gold camo unlocked.
  • Reactive Camo begins wrapped on all weapons.
  • Any weapon can be utilized to finish the unwrap requirement.
• Theater
  • Fixed a crash that might happen when skipping by playback of Blackout matches.
  • Fixed numerous crashes associated to taking part in again Zombie Gauntlet footage.
  • Addressed a problem the place facial animations may cease throughout playback and rewind.
  • HUD parts ought to now not seem when taking part in again Hardcore Blackout footage.
• Mesh Mines
  • Increased the peak of the Mesh Mine hint in Multiplayer and Blackout for extra constant detonations.
• Paintshop
  • Addressed a problem the place the scroll indicators have been reduce off if the participant had greater than 10 paintjobs.
• UI
  • Addressed a problem within the Social menu the place participant Emblems and ranks weren’t displaying accurately.