Blackout will feature major changes at launch \u2013 Level 3 Armor, audio fixes, player counts, and more Call of Duty\u2019s new Blackout battle royale mode is set to feature some major changes from its beta version when it launches as part of Black Ops 4 on October 12. In a live-stream called \u201cRoad to Launch\u201d on October 10, Treyarch Studio Design Director David Vonderhaar revealed some of the changes that have been made to Blackout. The changes come in response to the feedback that was given during the mode\u2019s beta phase, which took place over a whole week in September, when players on the PS4, Xbox One, and PC all got their hands on the game. During the beta week, Treyarch made daily changes to Blackout, some of which was due to feedback and some were forms of experimentation. Read More: Major changes made to Black Ops 4 Multiplayer after Beta feedback \u2013 new weapons, scorestreaks, and more – With all of the experiments done, feedback analyzed, and testing completed, here are some of the major changes that will be featured in the day one version of Blackout. Level 3 Armor, which was clearly the biggest talking point of the Blackout beta, will have a reduced spawn rate on the map, and all Armor will have its own health bar shown on the HUD. – The player count at launch for all three modes has been officially revealed: 88 for Solos and Duos, 100 for Quads. – Muzzle flash has been reduced to not only offer less impact on a player\u2019s field of view, but also to become less apparent in dark rooms and surroundings. – Changes have been made to what players will see on their screen when outside of the zone. Redness has been reduced, and it \u201cfeels appropriate to being outside.\u201d –<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Blackout will feature major changes at launch \u2013 Level 3 Armor, audio fixes, player counts, and more Call of Duty\u2019s new Blackout battle royale mode is set to feature some major changes from its beta version when it launches as part of Black Ops 4 on October 12. In a live-stream called \u201cRoad to Launch\u201d […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25294"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25294\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}