Since March, we have heard about the new latest in the Black Ops series of Call of Duty with Black Ops 4 having a release date of October 12, 2018. The release date surprised us actually as Activision usually releases Call of Duty titles in November. Perhaps this time, the decision is one to get ahead of main rival EA which releases Battlefield titles ahead of Call of Duty. But one thing that news sites covering video games are buzzing about is the rumor that Black Ops 4 will not be having a Single-Player campaign.

The first two Black Ops titles got solid single-player campaign stories whilst the third one got good reviews from critics. But for Black Ops 4, it is a bit unsettling for veterans of the game to imagine a COD title without a linear single player campaign story. Accordingly, Activision says that the game will have “multiplayer innovations” with Polygon reporting that it will focus more on the multiplayer and additional zombie modes with emphasis on cooperative gameplay to make it more compelling and perhaps players would forget that there is no single-player campaign.

Treyarch is spearheading the development of Black Ops 4 which it has been doing since the Black Ops series for COD started in 2010.

The other addition to the development of Black Ops 4 multiplayer focus is the Battle Royale mode which will be developed by Raven Software. If the rumors are true, this Battle Royale mode will be like Fortnite which is now said to the world’s biggest Battle Royale game online which had a peak of around 2 million people playing the game at the same time.

Now, if you are looking for Call of Duty game title with a single player campaign that will be released this year, then there is one. Eurogamer reports that it's going to be the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Remastered and it will not include a multiplayer mode, perhaps leaving the multiplayer goodness of the Black Ops 4. But for those who want to reunion with Roach, Captain Price and Ghost, then this is something to look forward to.

No idea yet if both will be a combo package or standalone come October 12. So take your pick, a single player campaign with remastered game or just multiplayer battle royale and zombie killing?