Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War will launch on the present technology of consoles on November 13th, and like different games out there now or popping out round that point, it’ll additionally launch for next-gen consoles. Playing the game on both the PlayStation 5 or the Xbox Series X will deal with gamers to some options not discovered on the present technology of consoles that’ll reap the benefits of the ability of the next-gen methods. Some of these options have already been confirmed with others nonetheless unannounced for now.
Over on Activision’s help web site for Black Ops Cold War, a number of options had been listed for the next-gen variations. If you’ve seen a number of talks about options like ray-tracing and minimal load occasions made doable by the next-gen consoles, you may sit up for seeing these in Black Ops Cold War if you buy the next-gen model.
“Both digital console versions of Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War offer upgrades, within the same console family, from PlayStation 4 to PlayStation 5 and Xbox One to Xbox Series X that will support higher framerate, hardware-based ray-tracing, shorter load times, and more,” Activision mentioned concerning the plans for the next-gen variations of Black Ops Cold War.
There are a couple of caveats to getting these options although. If you need ray-tracing and the decrease load occasions, it seems that for now you’ll should get the digital version of the game, not the bodily one. You additionally gained’t be capable of reap the benefits of these options for those who plan on enjoying the current-gen model of the game on the brand new consoles by way of backwards compatibility.
“Both current generation versions (PlayStation 4 and Xbox One) will be playable on their respective next-generation console via backwards compatibility by downloading the game from your account’s digital library,” Activision mentioned. “But, the game will not include any of the next-generation features, such as higher framerate, hardware-based ray-tracing, faster load times, and more.”
Both the PlayStation four and Xbox One variations can have choices out there to patrons to improve them by way of the consoles’ respective shops at any time when the next-gen variations launch. If you wish to save your self the trouble of doing that, you would all the time buy the next-gen upgrade bundle that comes with the present model and the upgraded one at any time when it’s launched. It prices a bit extra at $69.99 as an alternative of the conventional value, however Activision has already confirmed that’s how a lot the next-gen model will price anyway.
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War releases on November 13th.
