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Call of Duty: Black Ops 4[note 1] is a first-person shooter video game developed by Treyarch and published by Activision. It was released on October 12, 2018, for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Microsoft Windows. Notably, the PC version of the game was made exclusively available through Blizzard's platform, marking a first for the franchise.
The story is set in the year 2042. Black Ops 4 marks the return of Specialists—elite soldiers with unique abilities. The Multiplayer mode features a total of eleven Specialists at launch. Six of them return from Black Ops 3 (Battery, Firebreak, Seraph, Ruin, Nomad, and Prophet), while four new ones (Ajax, Crash, Recon, and Torque) were introduced with the game's release. Additionally, four more Specialists (Zero, Outrider, Spectre, and Reaper) were added during the year following the launch—three of whom (Outrider, Spectre, and Reaper) had already appeared in Black Ops 3.
Instead of a traditional Campaign mode, Black Ops 4 offers solo missions focused on the backstories of the various Specialists featured in Multiplayer mode.
Set in the 2040s, Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 focuses its Multiplayer and Blackout modes on the Specialists, an elite group of soldiers recruited by Savannah Mason-Meyer (Evangeline Lilly), a powerful researcher and the granddaughter of Alex Mason (Sam Worthington). The initial roster features unique operatives, including Donnie "Ruin" Walsh, a fearless infantryman; Erin "Battery" Baker, a demolitions expert; Jarrah "Crash" Bazley, a skilled medic; Kerk "Ajax" Rossouw, a militia officer; Katsumi "Recon" Kimura, a Japanese reconnaissance soldier; Kieran "Torque" Mackay, a defensive tactician; Krystof "Firebreak" Hejek, a flamethrower-wielding arsonist; He "Seraph" Zhen-Zhen, an enforcer for the 54 Immortals; Tavo "Nomad" Rojas, a survivalist; and David "Prophet" Wilkes, a cybernetic engineer. Later additions such as Zero, a skilled hacker, Outrider, a scout, Spectre, an assassin, and Reaper, a combat robot, expand the lineup. Supporting figures like Jessica Mason-Green (Savannah’s sister), Frank Woods, Viktor Reznov, and Raul Menendez also play major roles in the overarching narrative that blends psychological warfare, technology, and deception.
In the Zombies mode, two storylines unfold: Chaos and Aether. The Chaos narrative introduces Scarlett Rhodes, an adventurer seeking her missing father, Alistair, alongside her allies—Bruno, Diego, and Shaw. Their quest pits them against the Order, an ancient cult led by the High Priest that worships a dark, otherworldly power. A prequel, Dead of the Night, follows Alistair’s associates—Godfrey, Gideon, Christina, and Warwick—as they confront supernatural threats in a haunted estate. The Aether storyline continues from Black Ops III, following the Primis crew—Edward Richtofen, Tank Dempsey, Nikolai Belinski, and Takeo Masaki—on their mission to secure their souls and stop the cosmic battle between Doctor Monty and the Shadowman. Along their journey, they team up with Ultimis and Victis, culminating in the grand finale of the decade-spanning Zombies saga.
In 2043, during a secret military operation, Jessica Mason-Green is presumed dead while her squadmates Ruin and Battery survive. Two years later, Savannah Mason-Meyer, now a powerful trillionaire, gathers the world’s best soldiers—including Ruin and Battery—for a classified experiment called Project Blackout. Through this, Savannah seeks to manipulate and resurrect human consciousness, successfully reviving figures such as Mason, Woods, Reznov, and Menendez as “archetypes.” It is revealed that Savannah herself shot Jessica during an argument, faked her death, and used psychological manipulation similar to the infamous Cold War brainwashing methods. Woods, romantically involved with Savannah, is ordered to reprogram Mason, suggesting that the entire Specialist program is part of a deeper cycle of control, illusion, and mental warfare.









