Activision's earnings call announced that "Call of Duty: Black Ops - Cold War" will be integrated with "Call of Duty: Warzone" shortly after launch Blops will launch on November 13, but will not become part of Warzone until December

The company has also announced that it will be merging with Call of Duty: Warzone shortly after.

Activision first announced in September that Blops and Warzone would work together, that progression would be linked between the titles, and that post-launch updates would be free for all players. On the same call, Activision president Rob Kostich said: "The amazing new Black Ops Cold War era weapons, operators, and progressions from level 1 to 55 are available in both Black Ops and Warzone.

Importantly, no guns will be left behind. Battle Royale has been a huge success so far (according to Kotick, over 80 million players have downloaded the game), and the way Activision is approaching the game is like a new coup in the "service game" genre. Players expect battle passes and new content as a matter of course, and that's fine, but Activision's annual thematic overhaul of the game by tying it in with its "main" Call of Duty title makes it hard to compete with It will be.