One key difference for this new engine is how it will handle lighting in a way to 'push Call of Duty visual boundaries,' according to Raven Software Lighting Director Alberto Noti. RELATED: Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War Trailer Reveals Campaign, Teases Multiplayer

The technology it uses was created in 2015, according to Bunting, and is 'intended to be scalable and broad to work on future platforms' like the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X. In a 'virtual briefing' with Call of Duty news site Charlie Intel, Treyarch Co-Head Dan Bunting said the team is using a new engine for Black Ops Cold War, one that 'shares the 'underlying technology'' with Infinity Ward's Modern Warfare engine, but revamped with tools Treyarch has used since Black Ops 3.

The game will release on current and next-generation consoles with cross-play and cross-progression, and mechanically players can expect a different experience than Modern Warfare, according to developers Treyarch and Raven Software. Activision officially revealed Call of Duty: Blacks Ops Cold War today, giving fans of the first-person shooter franchise a glimpse into its campaign that follows players on a covert anti-soviet operation at the behest of U.S.

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