Call of Duty: Black Ops 4's battle royale mode, Blackout, will feature 80 players when the beta launches next week, although that number may change for launch or at some point in the future.
Speaking to Game Informer, Treyarch co-studio head Dan Bunting said that while they "they had tested internally with 100 players, the studio is putting the quality of gameplay first over hitting an arbitrary number."
“What’s really more important to us than a number is that the gameplay experience is as refined as it can be, that’s it the ideal perfect format for what players are going to play,” Bunting explains. “So we’re starting with 80 players, but we’ve gone higher than that. Whenever we launch a game as a beta or whatever, that’s the beginning of something. We’re going to actively be participating in the community and taking feedback, making changes and adapting, evolving the game as feedback rolls in. So there’s a lot that can go on that can happen beyond that first impact of the game going out there.”
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Speaking to Game Informer, Treyarch co-studio head Dan Bunting said that while they "they had tested internally with 100 players, the studio is putting the quality of gameplay first over hitting an arbitrary number."
“What’s really more important to us than a number is that the gameplay experience is as refined as it can be, that’s it the ideal perfect format for what players are going to play,” Bunting explains. “So we’re starting with 80 players, but we’ve gone higher than that. Whenever we launch a game as a beta or whatever, that’s the beginning of something. We’re going to actively be participating in the community and taking feedback, making changes and adapting, evolving the game as feedback rolls in. So there’s a lot that can go on that can happen beyond that first impact of the game going out there.”
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