Treyarch Studios announced that Operation Spectre Rising for Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 is officially live for the Xbox One and PC. Operation Spectre Rising was first launched as a timed exclusive on PlayStation 4 on April 30.
This operation reintroduces the specialist Spectre first shown in Call of Duty: Black Ops III. This is the fourth operation and brings with it new characters:
- Blackjack, the Black Market mercenary trader
- Sarah Hall, Black Ops III’s CORVUS-infected intelligence expert
- Sergei, Reznov’s fellow Vorkuta inmate
- Misty, from the Zombies Victis crew
- David Mason, the protagonist of Call of Duty: Black Ops II
- Uncle Frank, an older Sgt. Woods from Black Ops II.
Alcatraz is also making a return this week to Blackout alongside new map improvements and additional gameplay updates for Bounty Hunter in Blackout and Prop Hunt in MP. This is only on PS4, and is expected to launch on PC and Xbox One platforms on May 10.
Other updates include:
- Multiplayer
- Spectre in MP and Blackout after unlocking Tier 1 in the Black Market (Xbox One/PC).
- 3 Black Ops Pass Multiplayer maps: Masquerade, Artifact, and WMD (Xbox One/PC).
- Prop Hunt gameplay improvements.
- Featured Playlists:
- Earn 2XP in Map Pack Moshpit through 10AM PT Friday, May 10.
- PS4: Map Pack Moshpit, Prop Hunt, Barebones Moshpit, Deathmatch Domination, Mercenary Deathmatch Moshpit.
- Xbox One: Map Pack Moshpit, Infected, Barebones Moshpit, Deathmatch Domination, Mercenary Deathmatch Moshpit.
- PC: Map Pack Moshpit, Infected, Barebones Moshpit.
- World League Hub
- Restricted Tigershark LMG.
- Blackout
- Wetworks” map update now live in Blackout, flooding large portions of the main map (Xbox One/PC).
- Wetworks" map now available in Custom Games.
- Bounty Hunter mode now live in Blackout (Xbox One/PC).
- Earn 2X Merits in Bounty Hunter through 10AM PT Friday, May 10.
- DART now available to find and equip in Blackout (Xbox One/PC).
- Uncle Frank character now playable with the Black Ops Pass (Xbox One/PC).
- Tuning changes to Spectre in Bounty Hunter.
- Alcatraz returns to Blackout on all platforms.
- Wetworks” map update now live in Blackout, flooding large portions of the main map (Xbox One/PC).
- Zombies
- New “Super Blood Wolf Moon” Gauntlet (Xbox One/PC).
- Earn 2XP in “Super Blood Wolf Moon” through 10AM PT Friday, May 10.
- New Tigershark LMG added to Mystery Box (Xbox One/PC).
- Black Market
- 50 Tiers with new Contraband items to earn (Xbox One/PC).
- New Death Effects and Weapon Charm item types added (Xbox One/PC).
- New weapons in the Contraband stream: Tigershark LMG and Nifo'Oti melee weapon (Xbox One/PC).
Players can expect to see these changes on all platforms:
GLOBAL
- Events
- 2XP in Featured Playlists
- Now live through 10PM PT Friday, May 10 on all platforms.
- 2XP in Multiplayer in Map Pack Moshpit.
- 2XP in Super Blood Wolf Moon in Zombies.
- 2X Merits in Blackout in Bounty Hunter mode.
- 2XP in Featured Playlists
MULTIPLAYER
- Weapons
- Swordfish
- Addressed an issue where the NVIR scope was misaligned on the Swordfish when used underwater.
- Swordfish
- Miscellaneous
- Addressed an issue where players joining a match in progress were able to change their class indefinitely without respawning.
- Stability
- General stability improvements.
WORLD LEAGUE HUB
- Weapons
- Restricted the Tigershark LMG in World League matches.
- Miscellaneous
- Updated the category names for the Victory Flames tiers to more clearly distinguish between tiers.
BLACKOUT
- Game Modes
- Bounty Hunter
- Decreased Spectre's roll speed.
- Increased the cooldown between Spectre's rolls.
- Bounty Hunter
- Custom Games
- "Wetworks” map update is now available in Blackout Custom Games.
- Miscellaneous
- Addressed an issue that caused players to die while being revived if the revive was started at the end of their bleed-out.
- Addressed an issue where players could sometimes deploy in third-person and not properly take damage.
ZOMBIES
- Mystery Box
- Addressed an issue where players were unable to obtain the Tigershark LMG from the Mystery Box.
- Stability
- General stability improvements.
For updates done to specific platforms, the whole list is available here.