Activision and Treyarch will introduce a new game mode to Call Duty: Black Ops Cold War. The rules are openly inspired by those of the Among Us phenomenon.

Call Duty: Black Ops Cold War is about to launch its fifth season. To best prepare players, Activision and Treyarch have communicated on the content that will be available from August 12. This is an opportunity to discover that the multiplayer-oriented shooter will receive a new mode called Double Agent. Its description has a lot of similarities with Among Us, a phenomenon that brought together millions of players stuck at home by repeated confinements last year.

“Communicate, investigate and find out who the traitors are, or wipe the whole team of investigators off the map to win”: these are the objectives that will be offered to those who want to taste this future mode Call Duty: Black Ops Cold War gameplay. We recall the principle of Among Us: "Prepare your ship for takeoff, but keep your eyes open (and the right one) because at least one of your teammates is in fact an impostor fiercely determined to put a spoke in your wheels and massacre everyone ! »

Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War

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Call of Duty continues to use the flagship concepts of others

Double Agent will bring together up to 10 players, who will have an assigned role. They can therefore be a double agent, responsible for eliminating others or detonating bombs. The others will be simple agents, whose mission will be to identify the bad guys. They will be assisted by an Investigator, who will be able to see decisive clues to better find problem gamblers. We finally find the rules of the cult Werewolf game, to be enjoyed with friends. “We hope that you will still consider them allies at the end of the operation,” quips Activision on the social side.

If players all start the game with a pistol, other weapons and equipment will be accessible during the preparation phase. Each class also has its own skills to facilitate the task. For example, a Double Agent will not suffer the radioactive effects of his bombs and an Investigator can launch a wanted poster openly targeting someone.

In short, to continue to make Call of Duty a true entertainment platform, Activision no longer hesitates to adopt concepts that work. This was the case with the arrival of Call of Duty: Warzone, Battle Royale designed to respond to the success of Fortnite and which passed the milestone of 100 million users last April. With this Double Agent mode, Call of Duty intends to walk on the toes of Among Us, which occupied a lot of media space in 2020. It even received two awards at The Game Awards ceremony: those for best game mobile and the best multiplayer game. A success that gives ideas.