Blackout and Multiplayer in Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 have been getting a pretty strong amount of attention from Treyarch. But what about Zombies? Fortunately, a new update is live first for PS4 that brings new content and celebrates 115 days of the game. Double XP, double weapon XP, and double Nebulium Plasma are currently live in Zombies for PS4 until January 18th, 10 AM PST.
Ever wanted to fight through 30 rounds of Zombies, with each round having unique rules? That’s Gauntlets in a nutshell. The first is “Unsinkable”, in the Voyage of Despair map. Players must survive until rounds 10, 20, and 30 to earn medals and unique rewards (with a special reward for your Emblem if you finish all rounds without failing).
Each round has different modifiers, from health draining to time limits and weapon restrictions. Fail a round and that’s a strike. Fail three rounds and it’s game over. Check out some of the patch notes below. Gauntlets will go live for Xbox One and PC next week.
Summary
Multiplayer
- Chaos Control added as MP Featured Playlist.
- TDM 100, Team Tactical Moshpit, Mercenary Hardcore Moshpit, and Mercenary Deathmatch Moshpit added to MP Featured category.
- Elevation and Madagascar added to normal map rotation for Black Ops Pass holders.
- Updates to various game modes, Specialists, Perks, Scorestreaks, Gear, and Challenges.
- Fix for Killathon Reactive Camo requirements.
- Various gameplay and stability improvements.
Zombies
- 115 Day Celebration Event: Zombies 2XP, Zombies 2X Weapon XP, and 2X Nebulium Plasma live 10AM PT Jan. 15-18.
- “Unsinkable” Gauntlet in Voyage of Despair (PS4).
- Three new Epic Elixirs (PS4).
- Balance updates for six existing Elixirs.
- Adjustments to PhD Slider Perk.
- Reduced Crimson Nosferatu damage and spawn rates in Dead of the Night.
- Various gameplay and stability improvements.
Blackout
- Stash interface updated to grid layout for faster looting on consoles.
- Reduced Concussion grenade stack count to 1.
All Platforms
The following updates are going live today on PS4, Xbox One, and PC:
Multiplayer
Featured Playlists
Chaos Control added as Featured Playlist.
- Teams have unlimited lives.
- Capture time increased to 2 minutes per zone.
- Round time limit increased to 3.5 minutes.
- TDM 100, Team Tactical Moshpit, Mercenary Hardcore Moshpit, and Mercenary Deathmatch Moshpit added to Featured category.
Zombies
115 Day Celebration Event – Zombies 2XP, Zombies 2X Weapon XP, and 2X Nebulium Plasma live 10AM PT Jan. 15-18.
PS4
The following updates are going live today first on PS4:
Zombies
Gauntlets
- “Unsinkable” Gauntlet live in Voyage of Despair.
- 30 rounds of challenges with unique rules for each round.
- Players earn medals and tiered rewards for completing rounds 10, 20, and 30, as well as an additional reward for completing round 30 without failing a round.
- Players are issued a Strike by failing a round, with the game ending after three Strikes.
- All matches are timed for competitive speed-run support.
New Elixirs
- Perk Up (Epic): Gain 4 additional random Perks that are not in your loadout.
- Refresh Mint (Epic): Refreshes the cooldowns for Equipment, Perks, and Special Weapons for your entire team.
- Conflagration Liquidation (Epic): Spawn a Bonfire Sale power-up.