Surviving Call of Duty’s Open-World Outbreak Mode – Game Informer Live!

Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War Season 2 has just released, and alongside its arrival, the new Outbreak Mode, which is an open-world twist on the series’ beloved zombie mode offerings. Outbreak charges up to four players to complete the dreaded Operation Threshold, a brand new mission set across multiple regions of the Ural Mountains in Russia, in which the team must explore designated hot areas and participate in a variety of challenges. The official Call of Duty blog post states that each mission “begins with a Requiem Strike Team entering one of these regions by helicopter, armed with a custom starting weapon and field upgrade. “. The article then describes how players will navigate to their main objective, with a waypoint marking the location on the in-game map and minimap.

Players diving into Outbreak can look forward to a variety of activities to participate in, including mission surveys that require you to collect a significant resource known as Etherium Crystals, take out high-value targets via a GPS satellite tracker or defend a specific area on the map against waves of zombies corrupted by dark aether energy. In our recent feature, PC editor Dan Tack describes why Outbreak is such a big deal:

To celebrate the launch of Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War Season 2, the Game Informer team is heading to Outbreak to see what it’s all about. Starting at 3:00 p.m. Central, join Andrew Reiner, Dan Tack, Blake Hester, and myself for an approximately two-hour live stream as we explore all that open-world zombie mode has to offer. If you enjoy this episode of Game Informer Live, be sure to subscribe and follow us on YouTube and Twitch so you don’t miss another live stream. Are you planning to jump into Call of Duty’s new Outbreak Mode? Be sure to trigger in the comments below to let us know what you’re most excited for about the game’s Season 2 content drop.