Onceyou boot up the game, you will see a few different navigation menus. The top navigation menu will take you through the main menus that are persistent across all currently running games. The left side navigation menu takes you through the main content and games that can be played as long as you have it installed. Finally, the top right subnavigation menu gives you access to everything from the top menu to social channels, to notifications, to all of your settings.
The top navigation menu, which is the menu that loads by default after fully booting the game, is COD HQ. HQ is where you choose the game to play, as well as a Playlist to jump into for a few games, or a private game with custom rules and settings. This menu is the headquarters for everything that is involved in playing Call of Duty.
In the Battle Pass tab, you will be asked if you would like to automatically unlock rewards as you earn Battle Pass Tokens or if you would like to do it manually. The choice is yours; you can toggle it on and off; if you like to pick and choose which Battle Pass items you want to unlock first, then we suggest you keep it set to manual. If you want to let it play out, then feel free to keep it automatic. The choice is yours!
The base Battle Pass is free to all players and includes 20 free items. Upgrade your Battle Pass for 1,100 COD Points to receive access to all 100+ items. You can also get a head start on unlocking those rewards with the BlackCell Battle Pass Bundle, which includes access to all 100+ items, 20 Battle Token Tier Skips and other exclusive rewards.
- Instant access to the BlackCell Sector, which provides a unique entry point to the Battle Pass and instant unlock of the new seasonal BlackCell Operator along with Weapon Blueprint, 1,100 CP bonus, and more
Operator Pack: These packs include an Operator Skin, sometimes called an Ultra Operator Skin, which indicates that it is more than a static Skin and has more to it, like animations or lights. Operator Packs also often come with additional items in the pack, but what is guaranteed is the Operator Skin.
Blueprints: If you see a Blueprint or Mastercraft Blueprint in a Bundle, it means that there is a preset weapon customization and Weapon Skin that is made for a single weapon or for multiple weapons. This Blueprint has a themed Camo and setup that you can use and be ready for the next match.
Audio Pack: These packs can change the audio of anything in the game. Changing the audio of a specific weapon to make it sound like a classic version of it can really bring back memories for longtime Call of Duty players.
Bonus Effect: These are things that affect specific game modes. Normally these are convenience multipliers, like providing you another Operator Slot in DMZ or Zombies. They tend to be something cool that can be a fun bonus you get with a Bundle.
Scrolling down to the next menu, you will find the Call of Duty: Warzone tile menu. Here you will be able to access Battle Royale, DMZ, Resurgence, and other Call of Duty: Warzone modes for free. If Call of Duty: Warzone is your home, then this menu is your home. However, for those who wish to get the entire Call of Duty experience, it is important to know how to navigate in and out of this menu.
In the top right of your screen is a simplified navigation that contains most of the menus that exist in Call of Duty. This simplified menu also contains menus that you cannot find anywhere else. Press the corresponding key or button as indicated next to the menu to reveal that menu. Most of what is located here is roughly the same as what is in the Main Menu. Menus that are exclusive to this top right panel include Challenges, Social, Progression, Achievements, Stats, and CDL Channel. There are also tabs named Channels, Notifications, Settings, and a tab indicated with your rank that serves as your account tab. Keep reading to learn what each of these tiles and tabs do.
Check in on the Challenges menu frequently so that you are always focused on working on a challenge. You are free to work on multiple challenges at once, and it is recommended that you combine challenges in attempts to make progress on at least two at once. For instance, a challenge to complete 10 headshots on enemy Operators can also be completed while completing 10 headshots with Assault Rifles. This will kill two birds with one stone and earn you two different rewards with one action.
After you select the Progression tile, you will see a list of tiles for everything you can unlock by leveling your Player Level. Check in on the Progression menu as you level to see what is coming up next in your journey. All of the items in this list can only be unlocked via your Player Level. For everything else, look through the Challenges to see what else is in your unlock journey.
Achievements are the challenging tasks you have available to complete to earn Trophies (PlayStation), Gamerscore Achievements (Xbox), or achievements on Battle.net and Steam. There are no rewards in-game; however, there are bragging rights for you and your friends and the rest of the Call of Duty community. Achievements span throughout all aspects of the game, so read through them and see whether you need to be playing the Campaign, Multiplayer, Zombies, Call of Duty: Warzone, or DMZ to complete each achievement.
In the Stats menu, you can access the robust breakdown of your stats across everything that is Modern Warfare III. It is also nice to peek at the leaderboards and see where you stack up against your friends.
Moving over in the navigation panel is a tab called Channels. This is another social tool that you and your friends can use to access and manage your party and other Social channels you may wish to create and keep track of the players you game with.
Select the Party Channel to invite players to your party and change the party settings. You can have up to 32 players in your party and maintain a voice channel for everyone to socialize in while you play. This party does not mean that you can all play together at once, but you can at least continue chatting with each other.
The Settings menu is where you can access all of your in-game settings. From keybinds and button assignments to graphics, audio, and more, this is where you can adjust them. Check out the Movement Guide to see some of the basic settings you can adjust to customize and understand which settings affect your gameplay most, early on.
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Redditor Neur0r took a close look at the background images of the beta menu screen, taking screenshots and analysing them in Photoshop. It's hard to tell, but there are numbers displayed on the images for each mode as well as the store. These numbers, alongside the CIA stamp, sparked a thought in Neur0r's mind.
As revealed in a post on the Black Ops Cold War subreddit, Neur0r ran these numbers through the CIA's website, specifically the section that lets you search through declassified documents from the Freedom of Information Act. Neur0r discovered the faint numbers on the menu pull up period-correct documents.
For example, a search for 092735-7/KJ, which was spotted on the store portion of the menu screen, returned three documents, all relating to the Iran-Contra political scandal of the mid-'80s. The main document is a Report of the President's Special Review Board dated 26th February, 1987. This is a report into the National Security Council, focusing on the Iran-Contra affair. The Iran-Contra affair was a secret US arms deal that traded missiles and other arms to free some Americans held hostage by terrorists in Lebanon, but also used funds from the arms deal to support armed conflict in Nicaragua. According to History.com, the controversial deal - and the ensuing political scandal - threatened to bring down the presidency of Ronald Reagan.
Another search using a code found in the menu returned a scientific abstract dated 31st December 1967. One of the other searches returned a secret trace request from July 1988 that was only declassified by the CIA as part of the Nazi War Crimes Disclosure Act in 2008. Neur0r points out some of the searches are incomplete, and there may be more hints in the Black Ops Cold War menu screen yet to be found.
This Easter egg is in keeping with Black Ops Cold War's campaign setup, of course. The game is set in the 1980s, and revolves around a CIA officer called Russell Adler, who pursues a supposed Soviet spy codenamed Perseus. In one cutscene released by developer Treyarch pre-release, we see a virtual recreation of Ronald Reagan giving Adler and his cohorts the greenlight to stop Perseus under the radar.
Even beyond this campaign tie in, the Black Ops series is known for its Easter eggs. Players had already found a large number of Easter eggs in the multiplayer maps released during the beta (Menendez returning in Cold War, our first look at Nuketown etc), and Treyarch extended the open beta by a day as part of an elaborate ARG that involved making a real-life phone call. Expect plenty more where that came from when the game comes out.
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