Black Ops Cold War Beta ‘Reserves’ mention is leftover code, Battle Pass main focus

UPDATE: An Activision rep has sent a statement providing further clarification on the bug that was found in the beta.

Activision says that Black Ops Cold War will follow the ‘same system’ used in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, which, basically means no loot boxes.

Here’s the full statement from an Activision rep:

As Treyarch clarified, this was a placeholder legacy bug from BO4. This was an error on our part and has been updated. The battle pass system in Black Ops Cold War will work the same as Modern Warfare, which includes free post launch content and events. We apologize for any confusion this has caused.

Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War will launch on November 13, but the Battle Pass system will begin with Season 1. The ultimate edition of the game includes enough Call of Duty Points to get a Season’s Battle Pass bundle.

More info on Black Ops Cold War Post Launch content to come.

Original Story:

Players have found references to ‘Reserves’ in the Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War Beta menus.

When connecting a keyboard & mouse to your PS4 and accessing the Black Ops Cold War beta, a menu pops up on the message of the day referring to “Black Market,” and other store related items, as seen in this image:

However, Treyarch’s Community Manager has commented on Reddit saying that this is leftover code and menu from Black Ops 4. A glitch has caused this leftover menu to appear when connecting a keyboard and mouse to the console.

Here’s the statement from Treyarch’s CM:

For context, this was a bug where placeholder UI from Black Ops 4 was leftover in a Message of the Day template.

Activision has already announced during the MP reveal that Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War will feature a Battle Pass system.

Modern Warfare, released in October 2019, brought changes to the magnetization system of Call of Duty. The game ditched the Season Pass and Loot Boxes in favor of free DLC and a free and paid Battle Pass system.

Activision also confirmed in September that new weapons for Black Ops Cold War will be free to unlock through gameplay.

All new Black Ops Cold War functional content, such as base weapons and attachments, can be unlocked by playing Black Ops Cold War and Warzone.

With Modern Warfare ditching Supply Drops, we don’t see Activision bringing it back this year at all. Battle Pass system is the way forward for the company, with free and paid tiers.