Even with the aether universe making a return in Zombies, it would be far-fetched for Call of Duty to embark on a journey through alternate dimensions in the campaign too. The storyline will likely progress with the ending seen in “The Final Countdown”, which will explain why Woods is visible in his senior years in other games. Activision announced the beta dates today, and in what is rapidly becoming another Call of Duty tradition, PlayStation 4 players will get to go first. By having both endings with either side winning this may be a way of steering clear of controversy akin to that of when Infinity Ward released “No Russian” in Modern Warfare 2. Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War is coming in November, and in what is now a well-established tradition a beta test will take place about a month before it comes out. Woods’ death in the alternate ending of Black Ops Cold War is clearly not the end of the mercenary, rather just being a way of balancing out the progression of the campaign and possibly a way for the developers to sustain themselves from any politics. Woods can be seen in each and every Black Ops game including the futuristic Black Ops 4 where he appears in his twilight years as a wheelchair-bound 96-year-old veteran. But how does this fit into the storyline?īlack Ops Cold War is a sequel to the first instalment of the franchise, taking place before Black Ops 2.
