Call of Duty Black Ops 4 may feature a battle royale mode instead of a single-player campaign, new reports suggest.
First, a report from Polygon suggests that a single-player campaign won’t be featured due to time constraints.
“As Black Ops 4’s release date approached, it became evident that development on the single-player campaign wouldn’t be completed,” Polygon’s report states. “One source said Treyarch has since focused Black Ops 4’s development on expanding multiplayer and the series’ popular Zombies mode.”
Moreover, Polygon suggests that “the source described an emphasis on cooperative modes potential stand-in as a potential stand-in for the typical single-player campaign experience.”
Second, CoD website Charlie Intel suggests that a battle royale mode will “fill the content gap of no campaign.” It’s likely the modes described by Charlie Intel and Polygon are one and the same.
Reports suggest that the battle royale mode is being developed by Raven Software, which has assisted in every Call of Duty title since Black Ops. Raven also developed the criminally underrated Star Trek: Voyager – Elite Force.
Activision and main developer Treyarch have yet to comment on the reports.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 heads to Windows PC, Xbox One and PS4 on 12 October. A livestream will be held in May that will highlight some of the game’s new features.
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