If you turned on Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 now, and noticed a Black Ops 4 game settings update today, then you might be wondering what new stuff got rolled in today. Well, there’s a lot! Treyarch has not only introduced a set of new playlists, but there’s also the Barbarians special event where you can snag the KAP-45 pistol, which is now live on PS4 (Xbox One, PC get it after seven days).

The following updates are live today on PS4, Xbox One, and PC:

Multiplayer

• Featured Playlists
  • Chaos Domination added as Featured Playlist.
    • 3-second zone capture time.
    • Round score limit increased from 100 to 150.
    • Game score limit increased from 200 to 300.
    • 6v6 (up to 12 players).
  • Team Tactical Moshpit, Mercenary Deathmatch Moshpit, Mercenary Hardcore Moshpit, and Mercenary Capture Moshpit added to Featured category.
• Maps
  • Elevation and Madagascar added back to regular Core and Hardcore map rotation for Black Ops Pass holders.
• Specialists
  • Crash
    • Resolved an issue with players being unable to obtain ammo from Crash’s Assault Pack after dying.
• Stability
  • Implemented various crash fixes.
• Miscellaneous
  • Closed an exploit that allowed players to get a full Equipment charge by switching classes.

Zombies

• Stability
  • Fixed a crash that could occur when the player had Mule Kick from using the Perk Up Elixir when completing round 14 in “Unsinkable”.
• Miscellaneous
  • Classified
    • Closed exploits that allowed players to jump into various exploitable areas.

The following updates are live first on PS4:

General

• Special Event
  • Barbarians Special Event added to the Black Market.
  • 25 new Tiers of loot to earn, available in the Special Event stream below the existing Operation Absolute Zero stream.
  • Rewards include new Outfits, Gestures, Calling Cards, Reactive Camo, and KAP 45 full-auto pistol.

The following updates are now live on Xbox One and PC:

Zombies

• Gauntlets
  • “Unsinkable” Gauntlet live in Voyage of Despair.
  • 30 rounds of challenges with unique rules for each round.
  • Players earn medals and tiered rewards for completing rounds 10, 20, and 30, as well as an additional reward for completing round 30 without failing a round.
  • Players are issued a Strike by failing a round, with the game ending after three Strikes.
  • All matches are timed for competitive speed-run support.
• New Elixirs
  • Perk Up (Epic): Gain 4 additional random Perks that are not in your loadout.
  • Refresh Mint (Epic): Refreshes the cooldowns for Equipment, Perks, and Special Weapons for your entire team.
  • Conflagration Liquidation (Epic): Spawn a Bonfire Sale power-up.

The following updates are now live on consoles:

Blackout

• Looting Interface (consoles)
  • Addressed issues where players could lose the ability to use the directional pad to scroll to items until closing and re-opening a Stash.
  • Addressed issues where players could lose the ability to change tabs after picking up items from a Stash.
• Stability
  • Fixed rare crashes that could occur when interacting with items and Stashes.

In other Black Ops 4 news, Activision seems to be selling an old reticle found in Black Ops 1 for $2! Read up on that here.

Source: Reddit