Black Ops Cold War Season 5 is finally live after a 24-hour delay, here are the patch notes

Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War's Season 5's August 12th release date passed without the season being released. After a brief delay from Activision to iron out a few issues, Season 5 is now live for Black Ops Cold War and Warzone.

Aside from adding new content, Black Ops Cold War has received a new game mode titled Double Agent that puts a Call of Duty spin to the Among Us formula. Here are the patch notes covering everything new as part of this update.

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Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War Season 5 Patch Notes

Global:

• 100 New Battle Pass Tiers
• New Battle Pass Operator: Kitsune
• Limited-time “Kyubi” Kitsune Operator Skin with Battle Pass Bundle purchase until August 31
• Two free Battle Pass weapons: EM2 assault rifle and TEC-9 SMG
• Four total weapons in the first half of the season, including the Cane and Marshal shotgun pistol
• Four new Prestige Levels (20-23)
• New Prestige Shop Weapon Blueprint and Legacy content
• New Weapon Unlock Challenges
• Operator Missions now featured in Challenge Tracker
• Free World at War Mixtape War Tracks in the Battle Pass
• New weapon tuning for assault rifles, SMGs, and pistols
• New Season Five lobby theming
• + More in-season, including new Stryker and Hudson Operators, and “The Numbers” mid-season event

Multiplayer:

• New maps at launch: Echelon (6v6), Slums (6v6), Showroom (2v2, 3v3)
• Additional maps in-season: Drive-In (6v6), Zoo (6v6)
• New mode: Double Agent
• New Scorestreak: Flamethrower
• New launch week Featured Playlists: Echelon 24/7, Showroom Gunfight
• New Multiplayer Operator Missions
• 20 New Multiplayer Season Challenges
• League Play UI update
• + More in-season, including Demolition and new 24/7 playlists

Zombies:

• Round-Based Maps & Outbreak
• New Perk: Death Perception (+5 Skill Tiers)
• New Field Upgrade: Tesla Storm (+5 Skill Tiers)
• New Support Weapon: Flamethrower
• Outbreak
• New Region: Collateral
• New Objective: Transport
• New Vehicle: Tank
• New Crafting Item: Grapple Gun
• New playlists: Endless, 3 Region
• New narrative Intel
• Dead Ops Arcade 3
• New bonus map: Ikari EggXit
• Onslaught (Timed PlayStation Exclusive)
• New map: Echelon
• New narrative Intel
• New Zombies Operator Missions
• 20 New Zombies Season Challenges
• + More in-season, including a new Onslaught mode and Weapon Blueprint challenge

Players receive Cold War's Season 5 update across all platforms as of August 13th at 12:00 a.m. ET