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CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS – COLD WAR

048

WAR

GA MES

e don’t yet know

how this year’s Call

Of Duty will end,

but we do know

this: it’s entirely

up to you. Raven

Software, the studio

behind the game’s single-player

campaign, is building a player-led

story where what ultimately

happens is entirely down to the

decisions you make.

Set in the 1980s (with flashbacks

to 1968 Vietnam), Black Ops – Cold

War is a direct sequel to the first

Black Ops and sees Woods, Hudson,

and Mason reunited to find Perseus,

a real-life Russian spy. It oozes ’80s

espionage cool as the team shoot

their way through locations such as

Ukraine, Laos, Moscow, Berlin,

and Turkey in search of the

legendary Soviet agent.

“One of the things early on the

guys cracked was this idea of

vintage through a modern lens,” says

Raven’s Dan Vondrak as he reveals

the lengths the team went to nail

the perfect ’80s vibe. “We’re really

inspired by some of those [films]

W

Ian Dean and Leon Hurley

pull on their Reebok Pumps,

push play on Hall & Oates,

and embrace the 1980s

thrill of Call Of Duty:

Black Ops – Cold War

CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS – COLD WAR

048

GA

e don’t yet know

ow this year’s Call

f Duty will end,

t we do know

is: it’s entirely

to you. Raven

tware, the studio

behind the game’s single-player

campaign, is building a player-led

story where what ultimately

happens is entirely down to the

decisions you make.

Set in the 1980s (with flashbacks

to 1968 Vietnam), Black Ops – Cold

War is a direct sequel to the first

Black Ops and sees Woods, Hudson,

and Mason reunited to find Perseus,

a real-life Russian spy. It oozes ’80s

espionage cool as the team shoot

their way through locations such as

Ukraine, Laos, Moscow, Berlin,

and Turkey in search of the

legendary Soviet agent.

“One of the things early on the

guys cracked was this idea of

vintage through a modern lens,” says

Raven’s Dan Vondrak as he reveals

the lengths the team went to nail

the perfect ’80s vibe. “We’re really

inspired by some of those [films]

Ian Dean and Leon Hurley

pull on their Reebok Pumps,

push play on Hall & Oates,

and embrace the 1980s

thrill of Call Of Duty:

Black Ops – Cold War