Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War is a first-person shooter video game developed by Treyarch and Raven Software. Released in 2020, it serves as the sixth installment in the Black Ops series and the seventeenth in the overall Call of Duty franchise. Set during the early 1980s of the Cold War, the game's story follows a US special forces unit in pursuit of a Soviet spy, aiming to subvert global stability. It features a single-player campaign, multiplayer modes, and a Zombies mode for cooperative gameplay.