Glen Schofield, the co-founder of Sledgehammer Games and Dead Space creator has confirmed that he will leave Activision after eight years. Schofield worked on multiple Call of Duty titles like Advanced Warfare, Modern Warfare 3 and WW2.

Setting the stage for the upcoming launch of Operation Absolute Zero, Treyarch are rolling out Call of Duty: Black Ops 4's update 1.09, which brings matchmaking, map and weapon changes to Blackout and a bunch of fresh Zombies features.

Treyarch have revealed that Call of Duty: Black Ops 4's biggest update yet is coming next week and Operation Absolute Zero, as it's called, packs a truckload of fresh content, starting with the first post-launch specialist - Zero.

That Activision and Treyarch are dead set on retiring Call of Duty's traditional singleplayer campaigns was a known fact even before Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 launched but the newly announced Battle Edition is taking this one step further.

The PC-specific 1.08 update to Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 has landed, albeit with a few playlist changes for all platforms. The game's solo players seem to be quite disappointed with Treyarch's decision to remove Mercenary playlists though.

Although the latest Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 update has plenty of stability fixes and a few content-related additions, Treyarch revealed that it's merely setting the stage for next week's big update, hence the sizeable footprint.

Treyarch would prefer to expand the existing Blackout map rather than add new ones according to Treyarch studio director David Vonderhaar. He said that this could change in the future but new maps aren't in the studio's plans at the moment.

Although sales of boxed copies traditionally take a hit after Black Friday, FIFA 19, Red Dead Redemption 2 and Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 don't seem to care much as they got to keep their stranglehold on the UK physical sales chart.

Treyarch have rolled out a smaller PC update for Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 that adds auto mantle toggle key to the options menu, along with some multiplayer and Zombies stability fixes, reminding players that the Quad Feed is still on.

Two new map variants are coming to Call of Duty Black Ops 4 according to Youtuber NerosCinema who shared gameplay videos of both maps. Seaside and Firing Range are the maps which will get rain and night makeovers in the upcoming updates.