Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War status: server issues and outage reports

Problems in the last 24 hours

The graph below depicts the number of Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War reports received over the last 24 hours by time of day. When the number of reports exceeds the baseline, represented by the red line, an outage is determined.

Most Reported Problems

The following are the most recent problems reported by Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War users through our website.

• Online Play (50%)
• Game Crash (20%)
• Sign in (15%)
• Glitches (9%)
• Matchmaking (6%)

Live Outage Map

The most recent Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War outage reports came from the following cities:

City	Problem Type	Report Time
Broye	Online Play	7 days ago
Appleton	Game Crash	9 days ago
Suffolk	Sign in	14 days ago
Norfolk	Game Crash	16 days ago
Singapore	Sign in	23 days ago
Paris	Online Play	23 days ago

Full Outage Map

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Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

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  Purudate (@datepuru) reported 6 minutes ago

  @Meesho_Official @meesho_support Greetings ! Order #281988392110164928_1. fradulent order on COD was placed by someone when I was not a Meesho customer. Issue raised on 8th May. refund was promised. but now, told that I shud hv contacted within 10 days. But I did contact.

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  Swim (@swimbillions) reported 6 minutes ago

  $KINS $FRAG Activision cannot eliminate botting (wow) and cheating (cod) Do you think an indy dev will be able to? The sad truth is that both projects will die because of these issues Maybe $KINS will be crimed a little higher but its fate remains inevitable

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  Emiliano (@NollyEB) reported 8 minutes ago

  @problems71319 @ARCRaidersGame Console Arc Raiders is so much better than PC. That’s one reason why players drop from steam. I have a beast of PC but I play on console only and the game is so much better. Maybe not in graphics but on gameplay. Hacks in PC will always be a problem. COD can’t kick them.

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  Vulture (@VulturePosting) reported 9 minutes ago

  @frogarchist Why does it always surprise these idiots that the people who care the most about the franchise are the most vocal to point out its issues. You think CoD fans give a **** when Halo sucks? No. Only Halo fans give a **** when Halo sucks. A monkey could understand this.

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  🦈 (@SpicyBois) reported 9 minutes ago

  @S_Dog167 @Treyarch @IronGalaxy Crossplay should never include pc anyway, movwmwnt has never been a problem on any cod and crying over sbmm still is just incredibly embarrassing

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  BAAZ (@jgreenday121) reported 11 minutes ago

  @Treyarch @CallofDuty fix black ops cold war on ps5, you broke the game with new update. Fix your ******* game. You are just sabotaging old games now

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  Jason (@qMistt) reported 11 minutes ago

  Fix ur fuckung Anti cheat u fat ugly mongs @CallofDuty all brain dead money grabbing *****

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  TheGamingRevolution (@TheGamingRevo3) reported 12 minutes ago

  Something Treyarch NEEDS to work on for their next game is making every Zombies map release feel special again. Zombies maps are dropping with very little buzz these days, even when they’re genuinely great like Totenreich. People are moving on quicker than they ever have before. I think this comes down to three main reasons: 1. Oversaturation of COD Zombies: There have now been so many maps released - and a lot of them in just the past couple of years - that a lot of people feel burnt out, even when the maps are decent to good. 2. The same/similar Zombies systems for six years straight: The core systems have remained largely unchanged for six years, which has completely killed general interest in the mode. Contrary to what a lot of vocal people say, the systems themselves are good - they just shouldn’t have stayed this similar across so many games. I loved Cold War Zombies when it first dropped because everything felt fresh and new, and that’s a big part of why it hit so hard at the time. Like anything else though, it eventually gets old. The same thing happened back when we were getting a Shield in every single map. Ultimately, Treyarch just didn’t make BO7 feel different enough to re-engage people. 3. The story needs to do something to bring people back in and attract new people: I actually think the BO7 Zombies story has improved in quite a few ways. The OG crew’s dialogue is a breath of fresh air. Despite that, interest in the story has never been lower. The main reason is that a lot of people felt let down by the BO6 story. Reckoning’s failure to properly pay off arcs (or straight-up ignoring too much of them) has left people hesitant to invest in the story again for fear of being emotionally let down. There are some absolute gems in the BO7 Zombies story, but it lacks a strong foundation. People were so hyped for the BO6 story because Cold War had laid such good groundwork to build on. Richtofen, his family, Janus, Peeks. This is made worse by the fact that the story now feels both too random and too formulaic at the same time. Things just seem to happen on a whim (Sentinel Artifact coming back, OG crew returning out of nowhere with a “Welcome to the party!”, Josiah Shem Order robes, etc.), while the overarching narrative has become fairly predictable. I genuinely don’t know how they fix this level of disinterest. I think it probably requires starting from scratch. People have gotten so lost in the story that a lot of them have no idea what’s even happening anymore. It’s full of references to old Aether lore (which only the hardcore fans understand) while dangling Chaos elements in front of us (again, mainly for us nerds), but newer fans don’t get any of it - and even a lot of the older fans end up disappointed because those threads don’t really pay off either. The fact that BO7 did so many of the things’ people were seemingly asking for - bringing back the OG crew, returning to more awesome environments, having those fantastical and whimsical intro/ending cutscenes every map - and yet people still aren’t really paying attention, shows just how hard it is for Treyarch to read the room right now. On paper they’re doing a lot of the right things but the payoff fails. It came at the wrong time and without proper build-up. They’re basically repeating BO3 (the most beloved Zombies era) and it’s not landing the same way, largely because BO6 and BO7 came back-to-back and due to it almost too much retreading on the past magic. I’m guessing a lot of BO6 content got cut or rushed to make room for BO7, which left its story feeling incomplete, lacking dialogue, and with broken/contrasting arcs and missing intros. It’s a classic case of “be careful what you wish for.” Cold War wasn’t everyone’s favourite at the time, but its story wasn’t something people were even craving by the end of BO4. However, it still managed to build an audience because it felt new and fresh, while also delivering satisfying arcs, proper payoffs, and strong undercurrents that built hype and mystery for a potential sequel. It was held back by a lack of cutscenes and a set crew, but out of all the modern games, its story had by far the most general interest. It’s still the most well-rounded story of the modern era in terms of how everything comes together. Its chapters (beginning, middle, and end) were clearly defined. The current story is just difficult for most people to follow. Jumping between eras has killed any sense of momentum. BO6 should have come out as the direct follow-up to Cold War, with BO7 coming after that. The moment they started introducing Zombies and Gods pre-Cyclotron was when things started falling apart. Going to the past with Vanguard, to the future with MWZ, then back to the middle to continue the cold war story, then going outside of time in BO7 has colossally ****** things. Likewise, the OG crew’s return also shouldn’t have felt like it came out of nowhere - it should have been slowly built up and teased throughout BO6. Making their return part of Project Janus would have been a much cleaner way to do it. Richtofen could have started by trying to bring his family back, then gradually remembered his old comrades and decided to save them too. That would’ve been much easier for people to follow, could’ve been cryptically teased through intel, and would’ve given the Janus mystery (and Janus Richtofen’s ending) way more weight and payoff. So where do we go from here? think they need to do another reboot. They need to reset things again. It’s unfortunate that it’s necessary, but I don’t really see another option. Nikolai’s plan failed. Things are a mess once more. There’s just too much baggage at this point, and Treyarch needs to try something genuinely fresh - both in gameplay and in the story.

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  Harry’s Balzania (@bottygerjoe) reported 13 minutes ago

  @DeekeTweak Let’s be honest. Xbox’s biggest focus has been finding content for game pass, not “how do we sell games” or “how can we increase revenues from game pass”. That’s very apparent. First step towards fixing that in 9 years was when they pulled CoD from the service.

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  TheInfamousMediumJohn (@TheMediumJohn) reported 15 minutes ago

  @InfinityWard @CallofDuty CAN YOU FIX THE CHEATING IN DMZ FOR NOW? JFC IT'S EVERY GAME.

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  HunLepto 🍶🦊 (@HunLepto) reported 16 minutes ago

  @Rufus2k2 @NoBarkNoonan_ @Wario64 Let's be fair, both 2 and 3 deserve a remake treatment (2 is incredibly forgettable and has some bullshit, 3 is plagued by EA's retarded CoD-ification problem at the time).

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  GodlyZ (@GodlyZOfficial) reported 16 minutes ago

  @Center_Ice_Utah @ApeXClanFR @InfinityWard I don’t see MW4 having great success because of this and GTA 6. GTA 6 is gonna be massive same way GTA 5 was for 13 years. Tons are tired of the new CODs. Have been for a while. If MW4 Beta isn’t good, IW could be in trouble. They haven’t made a banger since OG MW2 so no faith

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  eramaster12 (@eramaster12) reported 20 minutes ago

  @BryanMcNamaraUS @Aftermaph_ @PaulTassi Then why dont we make XBOX protest against Microsoft, sell off Activision and Bethesda, What we are looking at is not Games need to be making COD sales number but Remanage the Corporation and seprate the industry types, Resolute the core problem that Ashida wouldnt do

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  FailedForgiven (@FailedForgiven) reported 21 minutes ago

  They asked for COD point balance, so I sent the agent the screenshot even with a error showing them where my point balance in game. ALL I WANTED WAS TO UPDATE MY EMAIL & 40 HOURS LATER I AM UNSURE IF THEY UPDATED SINCE BECAUSE NOW I CANT EVEN LOGIN. I hope you can help

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  Pheonix (@Pheonix__ttv) reported 23 minutes ago

  @geralt_of_rivi @synaesthesiajp but we want those established IPs. thats the problem. They hold less power over time, but look at the most played games. People dont want new ****. They want more CoD and Fortnite, because that's what they like

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  David Megicks (@DavidMegicks) reported 24 minutes ago

  @DshangoRes @KARNAGEclan Can’t play cod with boots on the ground? Skill issue.

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  🇺🇸Doc Smith🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (@DaleSmith1972) reported 24 minutes ago

  @InfinityWard @CallofDuty Fix the game that’s out if you want us to buy your next one, starting with your gun builder FFS!

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  Flora (@ThatGuyFlora) reported 29 minutes ago

  @dtsay56 Playing grand finals on a side station is just an unacceptable outcome. I’m aware the schedule is in all sort of jeopardy because of the added rounds however, barring some fact about venue availability or time restraints it should be as simple as adding an extra round into Saturday or having Sunday activities start 90 mins early to make up for it. Throughout the history of COD playing late into the night on Friday or Saturday because of delays is normal, definitely not ideal, but something that has happened before. These small decisions may make the overall event run easier logistically severely hurt the challenger scene as a whole. I understand whatever decision you make someone will have an issue with it, but playing challengers off of main stage is not the correct move. If you poll the top elite teams and the orgs with academy teams, I would believe that they would agree.

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  ᴡʏʟᴅᴜᴄᴋ ⛩️ (@wylduck) reported 30 minutes ago

  @CallofDuty You make people spend money for the game, bundles, or for gamepass (to not pay for a **** game) you don't even ever fix anything and reporting cheaters gets no where. Oh i forgot I'm not a Content Creator or partner on twitch so we don't matter but yeah...

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  Gniewomir (@gnievchenko) reported 36 minutes ago

  Dug into what’s being done on the permitting front yesterday and had a meeting with EU Commission team where we discussed the topic. Turns out they are at least attempting to solve the permitting problem. Directive 2025/0400(COD) has lots to like: reduced and harmonised deadlines; expanded use of tacit approval; greater flexibility in applying environmental rules; and a presumption that renewable energy, grids, storage and related infrastructure are in the overriding public interest. Directive currently making its way through EU Parliament. Worth noting that EU’s flagship REDIII directive already included lots of permitting reform. The challenge has been transposition at the national level. The deadline was July 2024. So far, only Denmark had fully implemented it. And herein lies the crux of the problem - Member States drag their feet on implementation of EU Directives. You can lead a horse to water but you can’t make it drink it. You wouldn’t know that if you only followed the discourse on here.

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  Lyxier (@LyxierXD) reported 38 minutes ago

  @FaZeScope My problem with this is, plutonium and the other cod clients exist on pc, almost entirely hacker free, these are ports from xbox 360 and ps3. They should just remaster the games bc they will release them with underline issues that is impossible to fix bc of the engine.

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  sevnmd (@sevnmd) reported 41 minutes ago

  @Johnblack_ops Ok so that is why you don’t know then Due to the consoles software it is extremely difficult to get online with a jailbroken console on newgen consoles So much so that in all of my time playing on ps4/5 in 11 years I have never seen a hacker on cod Hacking is a pc issue

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  Akóh 🎴 (@ManLikeAkoh) reported 46 minutes ago

  @kachi_uchay You notice I no play COD if I no fix fiber I no de buy am

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  Ant (@LowEntryDegen) reported 47 minutes ago

  @Mayberrykush Same problem with COD Return to tradition

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  Royal (@7eptum) reported 50 minutes ago

  Bo7 is the worst cod we have ever had for network and bullet reg issues. It’s 2026

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  ismael flores (@toxicmaster96) reported 51 minutes ago

  @imahyperlover Every studio/pub wants the next live service Game for the success that fortnite has, this has led to massive change to how Games have been made without the proper care to how a LSG develops across it life cycle. In modern times was the halo-killer, the cod-killer, so on and so on

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  Man With A Stick (@bludgeonParagon) reported 56 minutes ago

  @scampylinguini1 @LegacyKillaHD Even when they went out of their way to exclude COD from the equation to paint the worst picture, they admitted that Game Pass was subsidizing their low performers. The model in service of building content had found an equilibrium, but the leadership ****** it up with price hikes

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  D-Hald (@DHald1) reported 58 minutes ago

  @KeviSkillz If they remove COD tv there won’t be any issues. PS3 servers won’t be playable with ps5 either

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  Quelly (@C_Hand) reported 60 minutes ago

  @JezCorden Excited about games: Halo, Gears, Fable, COD and Forza. Excited about the return to exclusives. Sad about layoffs - appears to be an industry-wide issue

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  Frank (@recon4thID) reported 60 minutes ago

  @CedarPosts Well, Harris Teeter being bought by Kroger out of Cincinnati is the source of the problem. Lance ( HQ’d in Charlotte) merged with Cape Cod about a decade ago.