Video game superpower 'Call of Duty: Black Ops' embraces its history and returns to Cold War in newest episode

The next Call of Duty video game returns to the setting of the original Black Ops, when Cold War intrigue dominated global relations. Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War, out Nov. 13, will be available for Sony PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PCs on Battle.net The action takes place during the Cold War in 1981, which was "a year that saw two global superpowers locked in a nuclear arms race, conspiracies about presidential elections, illegal military operations on both sides, the paranoia of spies living next door, and looming over all of this was the fear and shadow of World War III," said Dan Vondrak, creative developer at Raven Software. Nintendo Switch:Popular game consoles are finally back in stock--here's where to get one Summer games:Coronavirus-curbed video gamers are falling for'Fall Guys' and other diversions Raven worked on all previous Black Ops games and, for the new game, teamed up with another Activision-owned studio Treyarch, which has spearheaded the previous Black Ops releases. Black Ops Cold War is a direct sequel to the original Black Ops, which was set in the Sixties and included action in Cuba and the Vietnam War.