Bunting’s response appears to refute that. When Polygon reported last month that the single-player story mode wouldn’t be part of the Black Ops 4 package, sources said that a planned campaign simply didn’t come together in time. As development goes on though, you’re always pushing the best ideas forward and that’s what was reflected today.” Sometimes those things are bold and crazy and innovative sometimes things work out, sometimes they don’t work out. “Of course, through the course of development, as always happens with every game, we’re to challenge our conventions … trying different things.
We started from a place that we were gonna make a game that across the board can be playable with friends. “When we set out to make this game, we never started with the idea that we would make a traditional campaign,” Bunting told Polygon in an interview today.
While there will be activities for players who want to play Black Ops 4 solo - they can play Zombies mode with AI-controlled bots or take part in single-player challenge missions - the bulk of the game is multiplayer.ĭan Bunting, studio co-head at Treyarch, said that’s always been the plan. Instead, the focus for Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 will be almost exclusively on competitive multiplayer and cooperative Zombies mode. This year’s Call of Duty will buck tradition and ship without a traditional single-player campaign, developer Treyarch confirmed today.