First details on Black Ops Cold War Fireteam maps revealed

One of the new modes coming to Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War is Fireteam.

Treyarch announced that they were bringing a large multi-team mode for the MP experience. The new mode, Fireteam: Dirty Bomb, is available to try during Weekend 2 of the Beta, which begins October 15.

As part of a blog post detailing how the new mode works, Treyarch only mentioned that there will be two large scale maps to try out for Fireteam. No specific information on the maps were revealed.

Now, an Activision Support article has revealed the names and descriptions of the two Fireteam maps coming in the Beta.

The maps are called ‘Ruka’ and ‘Alpine.’

Here’s the description of the two maps on the Activision Support site:

• Ruka (Fireteam) – The essence of Ruka is all about the feeling of running through a dense forest, darting between trees, and using the natural elements as cover and engagement opportunities. On top of that, we wanted to make sure there were good destinations mixed in, so you will find that the Spetsnaz GRU training grounds offer that up, in the form of the obstacle course, cabins, hidden bunkers, etc – it was all about balancing the natural with the man-made elements across the very expansive play space. Make no mistake, Ruka is very large and packed with dangers and opportunities, but we built it to be a sandbox of fun and discovery.
• Alpine (Fireteam) – Alpine is the culmination of a few ideas – it be awesome to build a map on the side of a mountain, and it would be pretty awesome to fight in and around ski slopes, both things we had never explored together. The end result after combining these and lots and lots of playtesting, is a very fun, very unique large map that offers players the opportunities for them to pick their own adventure when they hit the ground. Want high risk verse reward? Check – try crossing, or running up the ski slopes/lanes, you might get sniped. Want to be a CQB master? Check – own the forested sections using the natural elements. Or do you want to roam between medium and long range? We got you, just rotate and roam the man-made structures spread out across the mountain side. Bottom line is that Alpine offers players a lot of ways to play and approach the map – they are in command, and to us, that is the magic sauce.

Fireteam: Dirty Bomb will consist of 10 teams of 4 players. This specific variation of Fireteam features players competing to secure uranium to deposit into locations to detonate bombs. Detonating bombs helps teams win the game. More information on the Fireteam mode can be found here.

Fireteam will be added during Weekend 2 of the Beta, which begins October 15. On October 15, the beta will be live in preorder early access on Xbox One & PC and open beta on PS4. Weekend 2 ends Monday, October 19.

Stay tuned for more information on Fireteam mode as we get closer to Weekend 2.