Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War Update Adds 3v3 Snipers Only and More

Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold Warreceived a new update on December 29 that refreshed the game’s available playlists. It includes the return of various game modes that have been featured inCall of Duty: Black Ops Cold Warin the past, along with a playlist making its debut in the game. Starting today,Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold Warplayers can check out 3v3 Gunfight Snipers Only.

3v3 Gunfight Snipers Only is a Gunfight variant that has been featured inCall of Duty: Modern Warfarenumerous times, but this marks the first time that the mode has appeared inBlack Ops Cold War. It’s unclear exactly how long 3v3 Gunfight Snipers Only will be inCall of Duty: Black Ops Cold War, so fans of the game mode should be sure to check it out while they can. TheCall of Duty: Black Ops Cold Warmultiplayer playliststypically refresh once a week or so, so fans should definitely try to play by next Tuesday.

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Meanwhile, the other available multiplayer playlists inCall of Duty: Black Ops Cold Warshould be familiar to fans of the game. Face Off, the 3v3 mode on Gunfight maps where players use more than Snipers, is still available.Regular 2v2 Gunfightis available as well, as is the fan favorite Prop Hunt game mode.

Meanwhile, there are two 24/7 playlists inCall of Duty: Black Ops Cold Warfor fans to check out as well. TheNuketown Holiday 24/7 playlistis still live in the game, though with the holidays coming to a close, one has to imagine that it will be cycled out sooner rather than later. The other available 24/7 playlist is for Raid, a popular remake of theCall of Duty: Black Ops 2map of the same name.

Looking further ahead,Call of Dutyplayers should be able to expect a big update as part of the mid-season refresh. AssumingCall of Duty: Black Ops Cold Warfollows the same pattern asModern Warfare, mid-season refreshes should come halfway through each season to add more maps, guns, and game modes and tide fans over until the next proper seasonal update.

As for whatCall of Duty: Black Ops Cold WarSeason 2 will entail, that remains to be seen. Treyarch has teased that anew Zombies mapis coming as part ofCall of Duty: Black Ops Cold WarSeason 2, but there have been no other details beyond that.

Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold Waris out now for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X.