Black Ops 4 Operation Grand Heist

Our adjacent major game update during Operation Grand Heist begins today along with our Shamrock & Awe Event on PS4, delivering a ton of new content, features, and gameplay improvements across Multiplayer, Blackout, Zombies, and the Globe League Hub. Hither's what's new in this calendar week'southward update:

Shamrock & Awe Event (PS4)

We're celebrating St. Patrick's Mean solar day throughout the calendar month of March with our Shamrock & Awe in-game event in Blackness Ops 4, kicking off today on PS4.

This effect brings free new seasonal content to Multiplayer, Blackout, and Zombies, including new game modes, limited-fourth dimension thematic updates, and some unexpected surprises. Here'due south a look at what's new:

• Gratis Personalization Items

  • Visit the Black Market during the special effect to receive your gratis St. Patrick's Day Gesture & Calling Carte du jour.

• Multiplayer: St. Patrick's Stockpile

  • In this seasonal twist on Fracture from Black Ops 3, kill enemies to collect their shamrocks and deposit them at the nearest pot of gilded to score points for your squad.

• Blackout: Jump Map Update + New Surprises

  • Jump has arrived in Blackout, bringing with it all-new lighting, a whole lot of greenery, and some... colorful hidden treasures. Follow the rainbow!

• Zombies: Light-green-Eyed Zombies + Seasonal Easter Egg

  • May the luck of the Irish be with y'all against the greenish-eyed zombies that await in Archetype Chaos story maps! Rumor has information technology they're hiding a special new Easter Egg to discover at the finish of the rainbow...

Vesture some dark-green, grab your friends, and enjoy Shamrock & Awe in all modes during this 2-week event!

Multiplayer

Multiplayer gets a huge update this week, including our new Stockpile way, a stormy new variant of the Contraband map for all players, Scorestreak tuning for friendly fire modes, new improvements to League Play, and more.

Here's what coming to Multiplayer in this week'south new update:

• Stockpile (PS4)

  • Black Ops 3's fan-favorite Fracture game style returns with a new twist in Stockpile, debuting today on PS4! Collect and bank enemy tags, deposit them point to score points for your squad, and rack upwardly the most points for the win.

• Contraband Hurricane

  • The warming springtime weather has swept a tropical storm across the island map of Contraband, complimentary for all players starting this week.

• Scorestreak Tuning

  • The Thresher will no longer damage friendly players in modes with Friendly Burn enabled, and the Sprint will no longer count toward team kill punishment in modes with Friendly Fire enabled.

• Casino Hardpoint & Custom Game Fixes

  • Casino will at present be bachelor in Hardpoint and Custom Game playlists for Black Ops Pass holders.

• Prestige Primary Level 999 Fix

  • For those MP die-hards who've already reached Level 1000 Prestige Master but haven't seen their rank update by Level 999, a ready is live for yous with today's update.

Later in Functioning Grand Heist, we're also introducing our new Barebones game mode featuring classic gameplay rules and no Specialists. Infected, Capture the Flag, and Prop Chase are likewise planned for later in the Operation, along with fifty-fifty more gameplay improvements and tuning updates.

Earth League Hub

Thanks to everyone in the competitive customs for the incredible reception of League Play – the numbers are in, and nosotros're blown away. Since launching League Play in Blackness Ops 4 on all platforms, we've seen an exponential increase in thespian participation compared to Black Ops 2's League Play, making it our 2d-well-nigh popular Multiplayer playlist behind Team Deathmatch as of last week!

League Play has constantly evolved behind the scenes since launching simply a few weeks ago, thanks in large role to straight player feedback. Today, nosotros're excited to announce a new round of improvements kick off today to make League Play fifty-fifty more competitive and rewarding:

• Match Quit Penalty

  • When a histrion quits with 4 or more players on their team, that role player will now receive a new penalty to their Ladder Points in addition to the standard match loss deduction, as quitting a match will also count as a loss. This is the first phase of penalties that we're implementing for quitters in League Play, with another round of refinements planned for our next major update.

• Daily Bonus Rollover

  • We've heard your feedback on the Daily Bonus system – namely, that the initial version was most advantageous to players who could get in plenty matches each 24-hour interval to earn the maximum number of bonus points. To amend this, now your remaining Daily Bonus point pool will ringlet over day-to-twenty-four hours until the end of each League Play Event, allowing all players to max out their bonus points at their own stride. The Daily Bonus has besides been reduced from 200 to 100 to ameliorate balance its impact on the overall Ladder.

• 12 Custom Classes

  • All League Play competitors will now have instant access to all 12 Custom Classes in the Earth League Hub. This will let all players to gear up up a total suite of custom loadouts specifically for League Play rules without start Prestiging multiple times in Multiplayer.

• Top 5 Ladder Rewards

  • Players will at present earn four Gems for finishing in the Peak v of their Division, with your rank at present permanently reflecting your Top five finishes with Aureate and Argent treatments. This adds another important milestone for players to battle over between Superlative 10 and 1st Place in each League Play Event.

• New 1st Identify Advantage

  • Players tin can now earn 5 Gems for finishing in 1st Place in each League Play Event (was previously four Gems).

Nosotros'll continue to add more than improvements and features to League Play in futurity updates, including boosted ranks – keep your feedback coming, and watch this space for more news.

Coma

Coma gets a new springtime makeover with this update, our hotly-anticipated Hardcore mode, a suite of new features and quality of life improvements, and more! And thanks to the community'due south overwhelming support of Hot Pursuit, we're keeping information technology in the mix this calendar week while Hardcore takes the Featured Playlist slot.

New Blackout features and content with this week's update include:

• Spring Seasonal Map Update

  • Blackout'southward map takes on an entirely new look for spring, including updated lighting, new and improved greenery, and springtime copse in full flower throughout the map.

• Hardcore Mode (PS4)

  • Driblet into Coma with no HUD, armor, vehicles, or zombies in our all-new Hardcore game mode. Watch the skies, as a fleet of choppers will drop flares overhead to inform players of each new circumvolve location. Y'all'll need to proceed your wits most you and rely on your senses if you want to make it out on top!

• Contraband Stashes (PS4)

  • Discover Contraband Stashes in Blackout to go access to the latest weapons, including the Rampage auto-shotgun, Switchblade X9 folding SMG, and KAP 45 automobile-pistol.

• Muscle Car & SUV in Solos, Duos, and Quads (PS4)

  • Our newest land vehicles make their debut in core Coma playlists with this calendar week'southward update. The Musculus Auto and SUV bring their own singled-out advantages, merely their special abilities remain exclusive to Hot Pursuit.

• Operator Weapons and Purifier

  • You'll be able to notice and wield a new class of weapons equipped with Operator Mods from Multiplayer in Coma with this new update, besides as Firebreak's Purifier... if you're lucky enough to observe it.

• Weapon Inspect

  • Weapon Audit will be available by pressing left on the d-pad. Holding left on the d-pad will withal activate the Callouts carte du jour.

• Gestures and Callouts at the Victory Screen

  • Players can now activate Gestures and Callouts during the Victory screen, and so you tin can celebrate your #i spot in style.

• Limited-Time Style Stats

  • With this update, all Limited-Fourth dimension Modes will at present feed stats directly to the new "Limited-Fourth dimension Modes" filter in the Barracks. Previous Hot Pursuit stats will likewise populate to this new stat filter.

Zombies

As we prepare for the launch of our side by side Zombies experience afterwards this month with "Ancient Evil", nosotros're shining the spotlight on the Aether story'south Primis crew in this update with our new "Hellcatraz" Gauntlet! Host migration for public matches likewise arrives forth with fixes for Master Prestige players, plus stability and gameplay improvements for all players.

Here'due south what's in shop for Zombies players in our newest update:

• Hellcatraz Gauntlet (PS4)

  • Take on 30 rounds of new challenges equally the Primis crew in "Hellcatraz", our most exciting Zombies Gauntlet to engagement.

• Host Migration

  • Public matches will now automatically continue with a new host if the current host drops out mid-game.

• Prestige Master Fixes

  • We're fixing several key issues for Prestige Master players in Zombies with this update, including XP inconsistencies and bug with properly displaying Prestige icons.

• Stability and Gameplay Improvements

  • This update also delivers several crash fixes throughout the mode, equally well as gameplay improvements across "IX", "Blood of the Dead", "Classified", and "Dead of the Nighttime".

Read on below for this update'southward patch notes:

• Full general

  • Free Shamrock & Awe Effect now alive in Multiplayer, Blackout, and Zombies (PS4)

• Multiplayer

  • Stockpile added as Featured Playlist (PS4)

  • Contraband Hurricane map added to rotation

  • Scorestreak tuning for the Thresher and Dart

  • Casino now available in Hardpoint and Custom Games

  • Prestige Main fix for Level 999

• World League Hub

  • Match quit penalty added to League Play

  • Daily Bonus points now scroll over mean solar day-to-day and reduced to 100

  • 12 Custom Classes now bachelor to all players

  • New 4-Precious stone reward added for Tiptop 5 placements

  • New 5-Gem reward added for 1st Place

• Coma

  • Spring seasonal map update

  • Hardcore Mode added as Featured Playlist (PS4)

  • Contraband Stashes featuring KAP 45, Rampage, and Switchblade X9 (PS4)

  • Muscle Car and SUV added to Solos, Duos, and Quads (PS4)

  • Operator Weapons and Purifier added

  • Weapon Inspect feature added

  • Gestures and Callouts added to Victory screen

  • LTM stat filter added to Barracks

• Zombies

  • "Hellcatraz" Gauntlet in "Blood of the Dead" (PS4)

  • Host Migration added

  • Prestige Chief fixes added

  • Stability and gameplay improvements

The post-obit updates are live today on PS4, with other platforms to follow:

General

• Events

  • Shamrock & Awe Consequence at present live on PS4 in Multiplayer, Blackout, and Zombies.

    • Players can visit the Blackness Market place to collect their free St. Patrick's Day Gesture & Calling Carte du jour.

Multiplayer

• Game Modes

  • Stockpile added as Featured Playlist.

    • Impale enemies and collect their tags. Deport your banked tags to the nearest eolith point to score points for your team.

• Shamrock & Awe Event

  • St. Patrick's Stockpile variant live during Shamrock & Awe Event: deport your banked enemy shamrocks to the nearest pot of gold to score points for your team.

Blackout

• Game Modes

  • Hardcore added as Featured Playlist.

    • Quads version of Blackout with no HUD, armor, vehicles, or zombies.

    • No mini-map, player information, team information, compass, player count, or killfeed.

    • Quick Equip Card disabled.

    • Med Kits are the only bachelor healing items (no Trauma Kits or Bandages).

    • A armada of helicopters drops flares overhead to inform players of each new circumvolve location.

• Weapons

  • Contraband Stashes

    • Contraband Stashes allow admission to the latest weapons: Rampage shotgun, Switchblade X9 SMG, and KAP 45 automobile-pistol.

• Vehicles

  • Muscle Automobile & SUV

    • Musculus Auto and SUV at present bachelor in Solos, Duos, and Quads, without their special abilities exclusive to Hot Pursuit.

• Shamrock & Awe Effect

  • St. Patrick'southward Day-themed map updates, plus boosted loot available in Pot-o-Gilt Stashes, Homunculus Leprechaun hoards, and in Mystery Boxes at the cease of the rainbow.

Zombies

Gauntlets

• Hellcatraz

  • Take on 30 rounds of new challenges every bit the Primis coiffure in Blood of the Dead for rewards at Tiers ten, xx, and 30.

• Shamrock & Awe Outcome

  • Envy zombies and a new seasonal Easter Egg now live in Classic Chaos story maps.

The post-obit updates are live today on consoles, with PC to follow:

Multiplayer

• General

  • Added the ability to change Class when joining a friction match in progress.

• Maps

  • Contraband Hurricane

    • New stormy variant of Contraband added to rotation, free for all players.

  • Casino

    • Casino is at present available in Hardpoint playlists and in Custom Games for Blackness Ops Pass holders.

    • Addressed an result where the Sniper's Nest could occasionally remain in the playspace afterward expiring in Casino.

• Prestige

  • Addressed an issue where some users could not progress beyond Prestige Master Level 999.

  • Addressed an issue where Create-a-Class slots unlocked through Prestige could have empty Equipment slots.

• Scorestreaks

  • The Thresher will no longer damage friendly players in modes with Friendly Burn enabled.

  • The Dart will no longer count toward team kill penalties in modes with Friendly Fire enabled.

• Equipment

  • Addressed various instances where the Seeker could fall through the map.

  • Addressed an animation hitch when standing from crouch while holding a Bays Organization.

• Specialists

  • Outrider

    • Addressed an animation issue with Outrider'southward Militarist tablet while a pistol was equipped.

• Game Modes

  • Heist

    • Improvements made to the revive UI to match the revive UI in Blackout.

• Customization

  • Mastercraft camos will at present display on weapons in the Gun Rack.

  • Warpaint tin at present be seen through Seraph'due south "The Professional person" mask.

World League Hub

• General

  • Players that leave a match early will at present receive an increased match quit penalty.

  • Unlocked all 12 Custom Classes for players to employ in World League Hub.

  • Prestige Master players now properly earn XP in League Play matches.

  • Multiplayer Challenges now properly track while playing in League Play Events.

  • Prestige icons now properly appear when leveling upwardly in League Play Events.

• Ladders and Rewards

  • Added a Acme v Ladder Reward tier that awards 4 Gems.

  • 1st Place Ladder Reward now awards 5 Gems.

  • League Ladder Tile in the World League Hub now properly updates after a League Play Event ends.

  • Addressed an issue where players were able to coil over their Ladder Points between Events.

• Daily Bonus

  • Daily Bonuses volition now ringlet over day-to-twenty-four hour period for the duration of the current effect.

  • Reduced the Daily Bonus point value from 200 to 100.

• Miscellaneous

  • Addressed an issue where Match Bonus was rewarding fewer XP than intended.

  • Addressed an issue with inconsistent XP existence awarded to players in Search and Destroy League Play matches.

  • Addressed an issue with Specialist Stats displaying Public Lucifer Stats instead of Globe League Hub Stats.

  • Addressed an upshot with the Previous League Play Results screen appearing before a thespian had completed their Skill Evaluation matches.

  • Addressed an issue with the League Play Career tile in the Barracks not properly updating.

  • Addressed an issue with Streak Flames non appearing in some cases.

Blackout

• Spring Map Update

  • Added updated lighting, new and improved greenery, and springtime trees in full bloom throughout the map.

• Weapons

  • Operator Weapons

    • Operator Weapons added to Supply Drops and Stashes.

    • Weapons come with Operator Mods pre-attached, which cannot be stripped.

    • Operator Weapons glow purple for easy identification.

  • Purifier

    • Firebreak's Purifier flamethrower tin now be found in Supply Drops.

• General

  • Players can at present mute squad members via the Team Scoreboard.

  • Improved visibility of items on the footing when wingsuiting and parachuting into the map.

  • Enabled prioritizing ammo pickups over weapon pickups in Blackout Options.

  • Weapon Inspect can now be activated with left on the d-pad on consoles.

  • Gestures and Callouts can now be activated during the Victory screen.

  • Added new Limited-Fourth dimension Modes stats filter in Barracks.

  • All Limited-Time Modes now feed stats directly to the Express Time Modes filter, including previous Hot Pursuit stats.

• Miscellaneous

  • Addressed an effect where the wrong Calling Card was displayed when a player spectated or viewed the Killcam.

  • Addressed an issue where the player character was missing when joining some other player in the lobby.

Zombies

• Host Migration

  • Public matches will now automatically go on with a new host if the current host drops out mid-game.

• Stability

  • Global

    • Fixed a crash that could occur when a Goad zombie performed its special attack.

    • Fixed a crash that could occur when navigating from the Black Marketplace to a Zombies lobby and back.

  • Nine

    • Fixed a crash that could occur when a actor started a Custom Mutations Nine match where starting points had been adjusted in "Edit Game Rules".

    • Fixed a crash that could occur when the player queued for a public Classic IX match.

  • Blood of the Dead

    • Fixed a crash that could occur if the histrion rapidly switched tabs while spectating.

  • Classified

    • Fixed an issue during the "Expiry-Con Five" Gauntlet where the player could be disconnected from the server and moved to the main menu when transitioning from Round 10 to Round 11.

  • Theater

    • Stock-still a crash that could occur when viewing a prune made during the previous patch in Theater.

    • Fixed a potential freeze and/or crash that could occur in Theater when fast-forwarding a clip from Expressionless of the Nighttime.

• Miscellaneous

  • Global – Addressed issues where:

    • The Welling could be permanently unlocked with a Permanent Unlock Token, despite it being the starting pistol.

    • Pack-a-Punching the Swordfish while it was equipped with the Holographic and Long Butt attachments acquired the weapon to have improper animations.

    • If the actor left any party lobby hosted past a actor, then accustomed an invite into a custom Zombies game from a 2nd role player, it would result in the role player losing functionality during the Offset Fourth dimension User Feel screen.

    • The Ethereal Razor could be seen constantly even if the player was not using the pocketknife.

    • The thespian put their only weapon into the Pack-a-Punch, effectively giving them fists in first-person, merely a knife would be seen in their paw in 3rd-person.

    • After killing the Blightfather, the 25% XP boost did non give out the advisable value with a "MKII" weapon.

  • Prestige Master – Addressed issues where:

    • A Prestige Master Level 1000 histrion could notwithstanding see an XP bar in the Afterward Action Written report after every match, despite there being no XP left to earn.

    • Earning XP at Prestige Master Level 322 could become corrupted.

    • The Options menu during a game would display the incorrect level and amount of XP for a Prestige Chief thespian, and would be inconsistent with the After Action Study.

    • A Master Prestige player changed their Prestige icon and other players would run into the default icon in the Social card.

  • "Death-Con Five" Gauntlet – Addressed bug where:

    • Players may lose their sprinting animation after sliding and shooting during "Glace" in Round ii.

    • Players were able to utilise Elixirs while not sliding, which was inconsistent with the round clarification during "Slippery" in Round 2.

    • If the player rapid-fired a semi-auto weapon while sliding, they could rapid-burn the remainder of the prune later stopping during "Slippery" in Round 2.

    • Damage would persist on players while standing nevertheless during Circular 5.

    • The player would lose points when they run, walk, slide, hunker, or become prone in Nova six Gas, despite the description only mentioning when "standing" during the "Loftier Gas Prices" Round.

  • "Veni, Vidi, Zombie!" Gauntlet

    • Addressed an issue in Round 26 in which players could briefly see their Equipment in their hands every bit their weapon inverse.

    • Addressed an effect in Round 26 in which the revival animation would non play when the player was reviving some other thespian.

  • Classified

    • Addressed a visual outcome about the Mystery Box in the State of war Room Upper Level.

    • Addressed an issue where activating the Nova Crawlers by annoying McNamara during a circular transition change would cause all spawns going forrad to be Nova Crawlers.

    • Closed an exploit where the player could utilize the Ragnarok DG-5 to jump onto a filing cabinet in Central Filing.

  • 9

    • Addressed an issue where players were unable to repair barricades in the Ra Chantry room.

    • Addressed an consequence where the player may discover a misaligned Challenge text box in the UI subsequently cutting a Claiming Banner rope.

  • Blood of the Expressionless

    • Addressed a rare issue where the thespian's Shield Key could get jammed in a door while aiming downwardly sights.

    • Addressed an issue that could occur where the Warden that spawns on the roof could path to the Infirmary and and then get stuck.

    • Addressed an effect that could occur where random barricades would become unrepairable after Round 6.

  • Dead of the Night

    • Addressed an issue where the light FX for Alistair's Annihilator could persist on the screen when grabbed by the Crimson Nosferatu.

    • Addressed various visual bug in the Cemetery.

  • Perk Up Elixir

    • Addressed an event where the player would only receive ii Perks from the Perk Up Elixir after failing a round in any Gauntlet match by not completing the objective.

    • Addressed an issue where, if a player used the Perk Upward Elixir in a Gauntlet to obtain extra Perks and then proceeded to become damaged downward to 50 health, then used In Plain Sight while beingness attacked at l health, the round failed and the Perk Up Perks remained active when the thespian respawned in the side by side round.

General

• Friendly Burn

  • Unique Friendly Fire hitmarkers volition now announced when damaging friendlies in whatever game way with friendly burn enabled, including Hardcore modes, Blackout, and League Play.

There's plenty more to come during this Performance, including our upcoming "Ancient Evil" Zombies map, an entirely new Blackout experience, Barebones and Infected modes in Multiplayer, and then much more than. Leave there and let us know what you think in the comments!

-Treyarch

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