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	20 hours ago
Appleton	Game Crash	3 days ago
Suffolk	Sign in	8 days ago
Norfolk	Game Crash	10 days ago
Singapore	Sign in	17 days ago
Paris	Online Play	17 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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  FailedForgiven (@FailedForgiven) reported 7 minutes ago

  @CallofDuty @CODLeague Well, Call of Duty has cheaters who haven't been dealt with. Similarly, the possibility of match-fixing is a frequent topic of debate across most sports. Cheating remains the common issue.

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  Paul R (@SilentHitoshura) reported 12 minutes ago

  @DanielTX51 @NextGenPlayer Oh totally. I don’t actually know how big CoD is nowadays would be interesting to look at data. There is an issue there though - separating ABK from the Xbox platform - they have already paid through the nose for CoD - and if they pull it from PlayStation they lose mind share

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  Rosaeus Ithilelen (@VFilliusLucci) reported 13 minutes ago

  @Grummz Oh we know. As soon as it is not SLOP, i personally have no problems with it. Especially with indie studios or solo devs. You still need to go through the hoops of editing or u can end up having a six fingered santa like in CoD. Thats SLOP.

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  Boxy (@ClassicBoxy) reported 14 minutes ago

  @Tinkysenpai Considering the damage some of the heroes can do and their inherent kit capabilities it’s warranted on all sides. Especially the amount of damage in this game. Then take into account the speed at which that damage can be inflicted if you had no ability to respond at all then it would be imbalanced. A fight, be it 1v1 or whatever should never be decided on purely who acted first. It’s who handles the situation better by positioning, cooldown management, ability usage or saving abilities because you understand the comps of both teams and how they’re going to interact. This isn’t hardcore COD where the first shot wins. You gotta work to get the kills and ultimately the kill doesn’t really matter in the grand scheme. A diver may get upset they dove and couldn’t manage the kill because of either the supports reacting or a combo reaction with a dps. Knowing when to disengage is important and the impact that play had affects the rest of the team, yea BP may have been stunned by a phoenix mid dive but they likely just got 2-3 people on the enemy team distracted allowing breathing room. That is one of the major issues rivals players complain about but their argument comes down to “why does this completely different hero who might be in a different role with a different playstyle not let me do what I want to do”. They focus too hard on the few kills they can’t finish but ignore helping the team. Ego is everywhere and self accountability is scarce. It’s a team game with varied heroes that all work together.

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  Ahmad Haidar (@AbsoluteZ00) reported 16 minutes ago

  Can't believe the reason Crash and Spyro haven't gotten games in the last 20 years is because of COD

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  sir Krabs (@edhowes2) reported 16 minutes ago

  @CallofDutyWire Post launch gets an extra point because zombies has been really good outside paradox. MP continues to use recycled content with no end in sight. Endgame continues as is but ultimately suffers from the same issue. BO7 is a filler cod game. Thankfully MW4 is coming soon.

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  Cancel (@letsgetcanceled) reported 20 minutes ago

  Why were they even put on CoD to begin with. Genuinely, what is Activision’s problem.

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  mcnuttington (@Hunt3r03) reported 21 minutes ago

  @Bladeecunnyrape I remember in 2nd grade i got in trouble for drawing swastikas on my name tag because i thought they looked cool from cod zombies

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  Kelza_ (@Kelza_) reported 26 minutes ago

  @MrProWestie More importantly why the hell do they care? It’s a nothing issue which CoD also does that pisses everyone off.

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  Liy's version 🍀 (@liybraries) reported 30 minutes ago

  cod aja fix @miefasola

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  Aluzion Agory (@Agoryy) reported 31 minutes ago

  @TheLoreIsWar @Activision @ATVIAssist same problem here, we cant do **** until they bring out a new bios update (they prob wont do that)

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  Ens Legis (@uaprealities) reported 31 minutes ago

  @asha_shar Past decisions by Phil and Sarah have killed the console. The console is the cash maker. Sony has no massive franchises like COD or Minecraft, no mobile like Candy Crash, no GAAS other than Destiny, which they just shutdown. Yet, Sony makes more money than MS does in gaming

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  Zac Preece (@zac2806) reported 32 minutes ago

  A lot of content updates for games seem to barely move the needle for fans these days, do people care if another map is added to bf6? Another gun for COD? A lot of leadership seems so out of square of how to keep live service fresh (HINT, MOBAS have been doing this the best)

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  Nick Good (@NickGoodThLegen) reported 33 minutes ago

  If I get sold one more match im gonna start ip Tracing people @Activision fix the anti cheat to a real working one and then also fix the god dam ******* servers “best cod” for ******* what games never been in a worse state it’s ever been genuinely over this **** *** company

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  D (@The_DWilliams1) reported 37 minutes ago

  @CallofDuty @CODLeague When you’re up 5-0 in SND but the opposing team turns on wall hacks and aim bot and comes back and wins due to the anticheat not working.

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  London Cab Drivers Club (@The_LCDC) reported 38 minutes ago

  @coltscabs According to some in the Trade, there is no issues and that LEVC are making cabs to order…….just like going in Fish Central and ordering Cod & Chips 🥹🥹

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  baby billy’s bible bonkers (@the_clay_bird) reported 40 minutes ago

  @TFLFade @ghostofabaddon @Twugbugie8 Or better yet, just scrap Warzone entirely and make it part of the premium COD. If people want to play an active game they’ll buy the new one, but they aren’t forced into it. Would help cheating problem too.

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  Cave (@RevengeofCave) reported 42 minutes ago

  @revenant_MMXX another problem is that when devs change games to be more like other successful games, they always do it in a way that forgets why that those games were successful. Halo 4 was only "like CoD" superficially, it wasn't anywhere near as fun as the classic CoDs it was emulating

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  RallyCarDelta Gaming (@GameOverThirty) reported 43 minutes ago

  @rpwbrowne I don't think it's the ONLY US model that makes sense. I mean, a reasonable team of developers, with proper cost controls can still be a team in a business. That said, I think for a lot of US-based video game companies, co-dev on outsource needs to become a bigger part of the business and base cost needs to come out. Spread the risk around, make sure it's not 100% on the company. The CoD issue is sort of unique, just like CoD. The CoD teams at ABK are basically experts at making that game. They'll be making CoD until the business model falls apart. The same can probably be said about Rockstar and their games. However, those two examples are not "everyone else." As for CA, it's an example of a high cost base. Saber's Tim Willits talked about using global studios because it's just a better deal in terms of inputs and outputs.

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  SciFiWayne (@SciFiWayne1969) reported 44 minutes ago

  I swear @Activision has set COD Black Ops Cold War to crash to make us buy and play the newest game. Everytime my wife and I play split screen on Zombies Outbreak, it crashes whenever we go to level 2. @CallofDuty

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  D-Port Studios (D'janjo) (@DportStudios) reported 47 minutes ago

  Sony couldnt peddle CoD, FIFA, and Live Service and gacha. And closed down everything else trying to sell it. And I can't prove it but I think Titan Fall was popular in Japan but they arent buying an X-box with no concurrent JRPGs to subsist between releases. Not w/AC and Gundam.

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  TrueCore (@TrueTrueCore) reported 49 minutes ago

  @SASxSH4DOWZ add verticality, ... I only heard things right now that sound like they are aiming for a generic standard experience many know already from CoD, Fortnite, Overwatch, ... And that's the problem, there are already enough games of that kind to choose from. There is no one waiting

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  Airwingmarine (@AirwingMarine) reported 50 minutes ago

  Each case would have to explained, but a common issue is they often don't ban on immediate detection. This is for pretty common reasons most people know about. The problem is the impact it has on regular players. It's a dilema developers have to fight through. They have to let cheaters run around in some instances impacting large portions of the player base so that they can gather data and not tip off cheat devs. But by doing so they let these cheaters ruin the experience of huge numbers of players. If you let 1 cheater go for even a few hours, they can interact with 100s of players. A week? the number of players they interact with reaches thousands in some cases. And thats just 1 cheater... Vanguard devs talk about this dilemma A LOT with their ethos and systems for detecting and acting on cheaters. IT's actually a more important part of how they approach the problem that detection is. Their goal structure is built around how many matches it takes to detect and remove a cheater from the system. CS objectively doesn't have anywhere near the budget or the tools to deal with cheaters that Valorant does. And that leads to slower responses and higher impacts on players. Don't mistake me for defending it, I'm just trying to explaining it. If you watch the cheat forums or discords, quite often when a patch hits for CS, Tarkov, BF, CoD, that is geared toward anti cheat, the devs have often found a workaround within 12-24 hours. This same patch took the game dev team weeks to come up with... That's the relentless battle all of these devs face. Thousands of man hours can often be undone by dozens. It's not even remotely a fair fight.

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  Reach_ (@D3th_Reach) reported 54 minutes ago

  The problem with @tBushGaming is the owner of the “parent company” doesn’t care about CoD Esports. Which is understandable, however I feel like it takes someone to care in order to grow it. Look at the most successful CDL teams, they’re ran by people who care about the Esport.

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  Fallout RPG Guy (@Fallout7295) reported 55 minutes ago

  @bangoMANGO91 @Skycaptin5 Legit doesn’t even benefit the consumer, buys all these studios and publishers basically forcing you to buy an £500 xbox at the time then a monthly subscription to a rental service that has done nothing but go up in price until they removed cod.

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  THE DEVILS PRODUCTION (@John45510) reported 55 minutes ago

  @quake_ this a way of milking in live service area remove some of the identy of gears in movement and encourage streamers to change how the game plays which favours the streamer more you know like how streamer killed cod look like they doing that again

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  ツAbby (@AbbyAZK) reported 56 minutes ago

  @ENDx77777 @xaiiyu Skill issue. Go play COD.

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  UnkWerks (@UnkWerks) reported 56 minutes ago

  @CallofDutyWire Objectively speaking: Positives Zombies 4/5 stars, I don’t actually like zombies & I played a lot of this years zombies. Endgame: 4/5 stars, surprisingly fun chill wind down mode Multiplayer: 3/5 stars, open skill, classic mode, overall gunplay improved over BO6 Critiques Campaign: negative all the stars, it was a dumpster fire Movement tech: I like it personally but objectively the avg gamer clearly doesn’t Futuristic setting: future cod always worst cod, it’s inevitable at this point Live service: has felt like a todo list rather than rewards… probably because the rewards have mostly been a blank weak in certain or all modes item or weapon making it feel a pointless player retention tech Warzone integration was severely lacking, took forever to get a new map and there was a huge disconnect on that map, didn’t make blackout fans or warzone fans very happy struggled out of the gate with many of both of those camps… audio in Fortunes keep is bad, the audio in the game in general is atrocious. Overall there’s not been enough meaningful or impactful content to retain or bring back players to Warzone this year…

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  Swampy (@SwampyXL) reported 58 minutes ago

  @CallofDuty how am I losing my winstreak getting a dev error in pre game

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  LtColDeGurechaff (@LtColTanya) reported 59 minutes ago

  @IdkTest_06 Everyone is still chasing the live service bag made by games like Overwatch, CoD, Destiny 2, and WoW despite them being basically dead for years. The GenX retards running/ruining gaming rn still think they can make the next money printing machine.