'Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War' Servers Down, Activision Investigates Queues

Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War is experiencing server issues, according to the latest official status report from the game's developers at Activision. The shortcoming has impacted all platforms on which the game is available, but it's been noted that experts are looking into a solution as quickly as possible. The news arrives courtesy of Activision's Online Services page, as well as the Activision support Twitter account.

According to the source, Black Ops Cold War servers stopped functioning around 10:23 a.m. EST on Friday and are still offline at the time of this article's publication. The brief assessment says, "We're currently experiencing connectivity issues," and that "this incident is under investigation." At 12:13 EST, the support page added, "This incident is still open, and we are working to restore online services as quickly as possible." Official social media sources have reported on the outage as well, directing gamers to the aforementioned status page.

For the sake of transparency, Xbox support also joined the party to confirm, "We are aware that users may experience issues with playing Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War. We will update here and on http://xbox.com/status when we have more information to share!"

The disconnect reportedly began with a server queue followed by host errors, which later paved the way for a complete outage altogether. Yet, while nobody is able to play Black Ops Cold War right now, it's worth noting that the servers for other franchise titles such as Call of Duty: Warzone and Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War remain unaffected. This sometimes isn't the case depending on precisely what's causing the server issues, but at least there are some ways for fans to get their Call of Duty fix even while the latest title in the series is a bit broken.

An estimated resolution time has yet to be officially announced by Activision, but we'll do our best to keep our readers updated on the outage as it unfolds. It should be noted, however, that even when Black Ops Cold War server function resumes, it may still be a hassle to log in for the following hour or so. As a flood of players all try to sign on at once, it's not unthinkable to assume a vast assortment of gamers will encounter protracted server queues. Given that servers have been down for well over an hour now, congestion when services return is almost a guarantee.

Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War is available now on PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One and PC.

Are you experiencing server issues with Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War? What are you doing while you wait for the game to come back online? Tell us in the comments section!