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 (51%)
• Game Crash (20%)
• Sign in (15%)
• Glitches (9%)
• Matchmaking (5%)

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
Columbus	Online Play	8 days ago
Broye	Online Play	17 days ago
Appleton	Game Crash	19 days ago
Suffolk	Sign in	24 days ago
Norfolk	Game Crash	26 days ago
Singapore	Sign in	1 month 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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  Bono Balerion (@bonorion_) reported 37 seconds ago

  Literally my parents. Trus pas dibilangin, "Lah terus kenapa ada pilihannya COD? Berarti bisa ****?" The problem is, every time they did it, they never had cash for it.

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  Frank (@recon4thID) reported 1 minute 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.

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  _Mikey_ (@ironmike7991) reported 3 minutes ago

  @ccliffy90 @PigeonGoGaming Forza 5 sold 5 million lol! The problem with PlayStation is most of the owners are casual gamers or online gamers! Theres a reason cod and 2k sell best every year on ps5! That’s why I think these ports will in fact sell millions easily

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  Sharp (@ItzJustSharp) reported 4 minutes ago

  @wqlts MW2 is the most overrated cod of all time. one man army noobtubes, akimbo models, most maps have bad design, and so many broken perks. MW3 is so much better

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  AB (@suhkruvaba) reported 5 minutes ago

  @DanielSmidstrup Blizzard (no hope for them) Activision (still hope with new CoD) Jaguar Mercedes Google ("Don't be evil" aged like a milk) Apple (Here's the solution to a problem that we created previously that replaced something that worked fine)

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  marc (@ThrowawayMarc) reported 6 minutes ago

  There’s zero reason I have 2GiG internet and constantly lagging and packet bursting in the big 2026 on cod. Fix it pls. @CallofDuty @BLouu

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  FRAGSTAR (@Fragstar00) reported 13 minutes ago

  @XBOXGamePass Remember this is the same service that released COD WW2 and had to remove it due to hacking issues and it still hasnt come back.

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  Flaass (@Flaassing) reported 15 minutes ago

  @XboxTimdog The way this turns around is resolution/fps boost for backwards compatible CoD games. Fix the servers, 4K/120 fps HDR.

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  Dr. P.Gurl (@gulag776) reported 15 minutes ago

  @BrianLee1928112 It was all based on COD & every other video game Problem is those are just games, reality is waaaaay different

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  SAMUEL*PORTER (@3sammycasino99) reported 21 minutes ago

  @elasticpaper420 @helldivers2 Nah bro. Its a major issue when you have to spam reload just to get it to function properly. Its been that way from start. Ask yourself. When you reload? Do you only press the reload button once like in CoD. Or do you have to press it multiple times. Thats the engine overload.

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  LadyFinger (@Ladyfinger__) reported 22 minutes ago

  @TrickerTheDon @charlieINTEL @CallofDuty brother the game was not hacked to **** back in its prime. I got prestige master twice and never ran into hackers on Xbox. hackers really only started to be a problem around 2016

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  Benj (@BennieCharlesM) reported 24 minutes ago

  @JayDook People looking like pretzels to defend Xbox and GP is both predictable and hilarious. Here's a novel idea, a business model that works, used by PS and Nintendo- sell games AND have a sub service that doesn't eat all the lunch. CoD is just the first indication of GP failing.

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  Charu Saraswat (@CharuSaraswat02) reported 24 minutes ago

  Most D2C ops teams report their RTO cost as one number: the reverse courier charges. A pain, not worth having, especially if you are prone to bleed in competitive industries like fashion, duh? That number is wrong. Not lying, but actuallyyy quite incomplete :/ While we were auditing orders from a fashion D2C brand shipping 8,000 orders/month, 2,400 of them RTO: Ops team's reported cost: ₹48/order, but actual all-in cost: ₹194/order! They were underestimating their RTO burden by 4x. Where the other ₹146 was hiding: - Courier forward charge - ₹65 (the part everyone tracks) - Courier reverse charge - ₹45 (often missed — return shipping isn't free) - Reprocessing cost - ₹30 (someone has to open, inspect, re-tag, restock) - Resale delay carrying cost - ₹40 (inventory sitting idle isn't free either, it's capital not converting). - Packaging + handling - built into the above but rarely broken out. Multiply that gap by 2,400 RTO orders a month and you're looking at a number that never shows up clean in any P&L line, it's smeared across logistics, ops, and inventory. Why this matters beyond the math: founders make decisions on which categories to push, which cities to ship to, whether to tighten COD verification, based on the ₹48 number. The decision changes completely at ₹194. If your ops team's RTO number only includes the courier fee, you're not seeing the real cost. You're seeing a quarter of it. Calculate your number: forward courier + reverse courier + reprocessing labor + carrying cost of unsold inventory. Then compare it to what your ops dashboard currently shows. The gap is usually bigger, and btw, we've cracked at finding such gaps!

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  noletonole (@dailyDFSking) reported 26 minutes ago

  @CallofDuty you stupid ***** need to either fix the damage a GRENADE LAUNCHER does when it hits another player in the ****** face or take it off the game! You ignorant ***** show just how dumb you are when it comes to military style weapons!

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  cbzmbnnbxcvm (@fhsdkjhfqwqwe) reported 30 minutes ago

  @____Slip There is no such a thug as ‘seizing state power’s Pork isl taxi fix’s and strategies depend on the cod Fiona, and also this is self-contradictory (a Maisie standing fonwhat tavtics and strategy even means)

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  Nolan Pinkerton (@NolanPinkerton) reported 36 minutes ago

  So, why arent u guys bringing this to Xbox One and Series S/X & PC. What about that contractual obligation to bring CoD to Nintendo? Its not like the older versions r broken and have been hacked for years & the only way to play them safely is via plutonium on PC.

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  🌬️Yaga💨💨💨 (@Yaga_42o) reported 36 minutes ago

  @CODPersonal @CallofDuty @TreyarchCM Soz I done a previous post. Today’s games felt really off and the pass times I’ve had this issue I’m sure it was just visual. Today I felt my damage I normally have wasn’t there. Had to do fall reinstall to get them back where before a simple restart fixed it.

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  TheGamingRevolution (@TheGamingRevo3) reported 37 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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  COD Warf사re (@CODWarfareForum) reported 41 minutes ago

  @wllmlew but whats the problem with the backwards compatibility versions? Locked to 720p. Hackers all over the place. Had my account stolen and reset on BO2. BO2 servers barely work and when they do its empty. Xbox 360 P2P servers. COD TV which a video to get a mod menu. Input delay.

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  Russ Wulf (@Rus_Wulf) reported 41 minutes ago

  @SSGSentinel @KINGQUEINM When I had Game pass I used it as a form of previewing games I might want then I'd cancel GP and buy the games I liked! If it was used that way there would be no problem. but many use GP to play games like CoD and after several months they could have bought the game and have nada

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  Craig (@ccfcraig) reported 42 minutes ago

  @MattRo27490 @Coventry_City @premierleague Bro get off porn and cod jesus christ, you've got bigger issues than who we sign

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  cody (@blexcii) reported 46 minutes ago

  If u have friends who cheat on cod and u don’t call them out for ximming and ai aimbotting u r part of the problem, its socially ok to cheat now back in 2017 u woulda got kicked out the group and bullied

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  Serg (@serg18t7) reported 46 minutes ago

  @CallofDuty @Novig Make a 50$ anti cheat donation skin well pay for the damn thing id buy 10 of em jus FIX THE ANTI CHEAT. or fire #teamRICOCHET

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  PlatinumMidge (@MidgeGames82) reported 48 minutes ago

  @OrionLupus @unknown152022 @The_One_Boom There’s virtually no input lag on the native 360 games… the emulation is what causes that, it also causes weird analogue stick curves where dead zones are stuck at like 30% too. The Xbox one/series emulation for cod is awful.

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  URA (@HOTAZZ_MESS) reported 50 minutes ago

  @Justathought76 @GOP_is_Gutless No it’s not’ it’s responsibility and structure! There is NO structure in teens anymore they are too busy playing GTA/COD in RT!😩 This is why they are pushing Fkr the Draft to start & to require 3 yrs of Mandatory Military service by age 25 M/W !

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  David Clark 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇬🇱🇷🇺🇷🇸 (@DavidClark9293) reported 50 minutes ago

  @DooM49 Not really, EA haven't been the same since the real developers left, too much aimbot slop and becoming like COD and CS2. REDSEC is AIMBOT heaven. **** gets broken every update. 2042 got better overtime until 6 came out, 6 is the last BF I'll buy/play. 2, 3, 4, and 1 are Elites.

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  Onyx Novha (@ItzNovhaTV) reported 54 minutes ago

  @BirnoOCE Hardware ban would prevent them from cheating they would have to fully replace their ip address and there whole entire setup this would do wonders instead of allowing them to make new accounts to keep cheating, cod has same issues

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  🔥 (@JalenTL) reported 55 minutes ago

  @Zubi_Vision @charlieINTEL Sounds like a xbox skill issue, yall bought cod but yall cant even play all the old games in peace

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  COD Warf사re (@CODWarfareForum) reported 58 minutes ago

  No ****, but whats the problem with the backwards compatibility versions? Locked to 720p. Hackers all over the place. Had my account stolen and reset on BO2. BO2 servers barely work and when they do its empty. Xbox 360 P2P servers. COD TV which a video to get a mod menu. Input delay.

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  Mr. Jones (@HJayZ91) reported 60 minutes ago

  @xxyourdisease @DetectiveSeeds That’s not the point. It’s never expected to get the money back. The mandate was to round out game pass since a subscription is thirsty for content. And you don’t want a subscription service with only halo gears cod forza. The culprit is GP growth stagnated.