Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 (CoD Bo4) Black Market Returns for PS4 Today
By Nicholas Barth ·
Treyarch has brought back the Black Market to Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 (CoD Bo4) with the cosmetic item marketplace going live on PS4 first on Friday, October 19th.
Friday, October 19th saw Treyarch and Activision announce that the Black Market cosmetic item market place that was first introduced in Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 would be returning to Call of Duty: Black Ops 4. However, the CoD Bo4 marketplace system will be first going live on the Playstation 4 before the Xbox One and PC. The Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Black Market will then be available to players on the Xbox One and PC platforms seven days later as part of the exclusive content deal Sony has for the latest Call of Duty title.
We’re bringing the Black Market back in #BlackOps4 today, first on PS4. Earn free loot and cosmetics to express yourself, including new Tags, Gestures, Outfits, Calling Cards, Stickers, Blackout characters, Signature Weapons, and more.
— Treyarch Studios (@Treyarch) October 19, 2018
Full details here: https://t.co/ES5wfyBXVB pic.twitter.com/OuGPmtZd8N
The CoD Bo4 cosmetic marketplace will be bringing a variety of CoD Bo4 cosmetic items for players to use use in their battles across multiplayer and the highly popular battle royale game mode of Blackout. This will be done through a new format called the contraband stream where players will be able to unlock cosmetic items through a progression system by playing in the same manner of the Battle Pass from Fortnite Battle Royale. Treyarch also announced that seasonal events will be coming to the CoD Bo4 marketplace that will bring new content every few months with the first one being a Halloween themed event starting on October 20th.
Players will have the chance to earn new Blackout characters, signature weapons, specialist outfits and tags/gestures with the contraband stream of the Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 marketplace. The first contraband stream of the CoD Bo4 cosmetic progression system will be Operation First Strike, and it is currently live for PS4 players to begin progressing through. Operation First Strike will last for 54 days and will surely be a huge hit for players who are excited to collect all of the cosmetic items that are now in the CoD Bo4 Black Market.
(cover photo courtesy of Activision)