Call of Duty Battle Royale Map - Everything We Know About Black Ops 4 Blackout [Updated]

Updated (9/5/2018 - 10:20AM ET): The map for Call of Duty: Black Ops 4's battle royale mode has since been revealed. Snipppets of Blackout's map were sent to various Call of Duty players and personalities. When pieced together, they formed the whole map that players will be engaging in when the mode drops with the game on October 12, 2018 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, & PC. You can see the map in its entirety below.

It would appear that outside of industry like mining complexes, docks, and cargo holds, players will also be able to explore an mental asylum, a wealthy area, and even a little island featuring a battle royale adaptation of Nuketown. It remains to be seen if this will be the final map for launch, but with Black Ops 4's release right around the corner, we can imagine it won't change much from what players see here.

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Gameinformer revealed on Tuesday, September 4 that Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 is the game of the month for the popular video game magazine, and that the outlet will be publishing brand new information regarding the title throughout the month of September. Moreover, a day later on September 5, clues that made up the Blackout map were pieced together to form the entire thing.

The reveals of information started off with a bang as major details surrounding the Blackout battle royale game mode of Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 were announced that include the player count, appearance of AI controlled zombies and the full vehicle list of the Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Blackout battle royale game mode. 

Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Blackout Battle Royale Details

Blackout for Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 will be bringing a 80 player player count for the introduction of the battle royale genre to the popular first person shooter franchise. However, Treyarch stated that they will be actively listening to feedback of the 80 person player count during the upcoming beta for the Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Blackout battle royale game mode and that changes to the number of players for the game mode could be made when the game releases in October. 

Next up in the major detail reveals for the highly anticipated game mode for the next entry in the first person shooter franchise is the reveal that there will be AI controlled zombies roaming throughout the map of the Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Blackout battle royale mode. Exact details of how the zombies will affect the gameplay of the new game mode were not made available besides the fact that shooting them will give players some form of loot with no specifics given at this time.

Some members of the community have speculated in the past that a horde of zombies could be used in the same manner of the storm in Fortnite or the blue circle in Player Unknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG) as a mechanic to force players to converge onto the same area to force action to take place. 

Gameinformer went to reveal the full list of vehicles that players will be able to utilize during their battles in the Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Blackout battle royale mode. You can find the complete list below. 

Land:

Cargo Truck (holds one driver, four passengers)

ATV (one driver, one passenger)

Sea:

Zodiac Inflatable Boat (one pilot, one passenger)

Air:

Little Bird Helicopter (one pilot, four passengers)

Finally, the last bit of detail that was announced for the new mode is that the fan-favorite map of Nuketown will be part of the map for the Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 battle royale game mode. The Nuketown section of the map will be called Nuketown Island. 

With a whole host of new information being released for the upcoming mode of the newest Call of Duty title, the excitement for the Blackout battle royale game mode of Black Ops 4 is now at an all time high. 

(cover photo courtesy of Gameinformer)