Call of Duty: Ghosts Onslaught DLC, Title Update Now Available

Xbox 360 and Xbox One players have reason to celebrate, but all Call of Duty: Ghosts fans should be happy today. Those who play on the Xbox systems can download the first DLC, titled Onslaught. It features four new maps — Ignition, Containment, Bay View and Fog — and a new gun, the Maverick. The DLC can be purchased on its own for $14.99 or as part of the Call of Duty: Ghosts Season Pass. Onslaught will be available next month for players on the PC and PlayStation platforms.

Along with the release of the DLC, all platforms are seeing a lengthy title update that addresses a laundry list of fixes. Users on the Xbox platforms can download the title update now while users on the PlayStation and PC platforms can access it on January 29th.

Hotfixes

• Killstreak count maintained across rounds in Search and Destroy, Search and Rescue and Blitz.
• Shorten countdown timer for Clan v Clan playlist.
• Extinction alien balance adjustments.

 New Features

• PLAYLIST UPDATE: Gun Game replacing Heavy Duty.
• PLAYLIST UPDATE: Adding Hunted FFA.
• PLAYLIST UPDATE: Add eSports Rules to Clan v Clan (except friendly fire), and 1-4 persons can join.
• Added Heavy Duty health options to Private Match.
• IED damage adjustment based on player stance and IED location (for damage reduction: jump over IEDs below you, go prone for overhead IEDs).
• Added Operation progress bar to the After Action Report that pops up after MP matches.
• New MP lobby menu music.
• Social feed addition.
• New stick layout options for Southpaw.
• Disable party chat in Search and Rescue, Search and Destroy and Infected.
• Added 5 new Prestige Ranks to Extinction.
• Customization for player appearances (Create a Soldier) added to Extinction.

 Stability

• Fixed Sniper animation issue that could break the view model.
• Load time improvements for Flooded, Strikezone, Warhawk.
• Fixed a couple bots related performance issues.
• Fixed loss of functionality issue that would occur when two crates were stacked if player attempted to capture bottom crate.
• In Private match, disable “Start Match” if party members are missing selected map.

• Fixed rare case of incorrect bot display amount in Private match.
• Various spawn improvements.

 Anti-Cheat

• Prevent players from using more loadouts than normal.
• Block users from sharing camos and reticles that aren’t previously unlocked.
• Anti-cheat prevention improvements.

 Weapon / Perk Balance

• Dead Silence/Amplify Adjustment – Dead Silence completely silent including equipment, sliding, and footsteps. Amplify users can still hear a scaled down version of the footsteps and sliding sounds.
• Slight AK12 Increase on view kick.
• Adjusted reload times on L115 and USR.
• Reduce burst fire cool down of MSBS.

 eSports

• Removed stalls caused by the host changing loadout in eSports games.
• Silent plant, silent defuse in Search and Destroy.
• Added killstreak count to eSports scoreboard.
• Improvements to MLG Broadcast mode for highlighted players.
• Added Domination flag capture bar to Broadcast mode.
• Added R3 to toggle enemy player outlines in Broadcast mode.
• Prevent eSports players (except COD Caster) from switching to 3rd Person Spectator cam.
• Added ability to select players when mini-map is enlarged in eSports.
• Fixed FOV issue that occurred in Broadcast mode.
• Fixed functionality issue that occurred if both thumb sticks were pressed while spectating a mantling player.
• Fixed issue which kept eSports rules enabled after losing internet connection.
• Add notification when spectated player gets a kill in Broadcast mode.
• Fixed text overlap bug that occurred when mini-map was enlarged.
• Better team identification in the MLG HUD.
• Fixed kill feed color bug that occurred for spectators.
• Prevent crashes when COD Caster changed teams quickly.
• Restrict Ghillie Suits when eSports rules enabled (replaces with different game models).
• Fixed a Broadcaster Mode bug where the preset camera indicator wasn’t getting reset between rounds.
• Add a kill feed to Broadcaster mode.
• Added team names to in-game scoreboard for Broadcast mode.
• Restrict Tracker Sights in eSports rules.
• Restrict Danger Close in eSports rules.
• Additional Broadcast mode fixes (better team identification in the HUD, simplified Scoreboard toggle, etc).
• Additional eSports fixes.

 Additional Fixes

• Adjusted difficulty of slide based operations.
• Reduced lean, point blank & rescue reticle challenge requirements.
• Search and Destroy bomb plant and defuse timers no longer wait for the weapon swap before starting.
• Fixed matchmaking issue in Squads.
• Display new icon in Operations when re-rolling Operations.
• Fixed rare cases of losing Sentry Gun killstreak when killed while placing.
• Menu fix for Operations.
• Fixed bug that would show improper time value in match countdown timer.
• Maniac, Juggernaut Recon and the Michael Myers are invisible to tracker and thermal sights.
• Fixing bug where the player cards in Squad Reports were only updated if you went into the friends list or squad mode first.
• Defaults loadouts correctly reflect the actual loadout in Private match.
• Free For All scoreboard adjustment.
• Fixed Trinity Rocket cancellation issue.
• MP Lobby improvement for Character Display.
• Combat Knife stats accuracy improvement.
• Fixed friends list shuffle that would occur for clans that had members across platforms.
• Kill cam no longer goes underground on Warhawk.
• Improved audio ambient system in Multiplayer.
• Fixed Squads issue that would change mode icon when playing with a split screen guest.
• Fixed core playlist selection reset issue.
• Private match loadout bug fix.
• Additional customization options added for Infected in Private match.
• Improvements to Infected game mode.
• Optimization to generic UI elements.
• Fixed issue that could occur when squad member had specialist set as streak reward.
• Fixed minor VFX issue.
• Fixed under water killstreak exploit.
• Increased XP earned from completed Operations.
• Fixed issue that occurred when leader would leave clan.
• Fixed Bromance Clan Op issue.
• Fixed view model loss issue in Safeguard.
• Fixed rare challenges issue in Safeguard.

 Extinction

• Fixed issue where some achievements could not be earned when moving from current generation to next generation platforms.
• Optimized some FX to improve game stability and performance.
• Fixed Trinity rocket issue where black/white overlay would remain on screen.
• Fixed Trinity rocket issue where laptop could not be put away.
• Improvements to the “Leper” challenge so that it appears closer to players.
• Added “COD Account” selection to the Extinction menu to improve account linking for Extinction players.
• Fixed bug where the “Death Machine” could obtain specialty ammunition.
• Fixed issue where players defaulted to pistol after revival.
• Fixed issue with accepting invites from custom Extinction matches where players would lose menu focus.
• Fixed issue where double XP was not resetting when going into solo, custom or split screen lobbies.
• Added a double XP icon to the Extinction lobby for when double XP is active.
• Fixed trophy issues where players could not plant any more trophies even though it had not been depleted after throwing a hypno-knife.
• Fixed issue where Feral Instincts would not default back to normal view after it depleted.
• Added the rank and icon to the Extinction end game scoreboard.
• Fixed issue where challenge timer would not appear when joining a game while a challenge is active.
• Fixed issue where Relic bonus was not appearing in the end game scoreboard.
• Balancing tweaks to the Sentry Gun and Death Machine abilities.
• Added ranks to the in game splash  notification message when a player ranks up.
• Added player Patches to splash notifications for deployment items.
• The Riotshield icon now tracks ammo while the shield is stowed.
• Fixed issue where players would have no weapon on ladders.
• Fixed issue where players would lose their weapon after getting off a ladder.

 Xbox One Specific Update

In addition to the Title Update.

• Kinect voice handling improvements.
• Fixed an issue where long names could get cut-off in certain UI elements.
• Fix for potential functionality loss when split screen guest signed out.

 Xbox 360 Specific Update

In addition to the Title Update.

• Fixed in-game store price to show money instead of Microsoft Points.
• Fix for potential functionality loss when split screen guest signed out.

 PlatyStation 4 Specific Update

Scheduled for Jan. 29th

In addition to the Title Update.

• Vita remote play optimizations.

 PC Specific Update

In addition to the Title Update.

• Fixed a couple resizing issues that would occur when switching to windowed mode.
• Fixed sound issue in the mixing code.
• Fix for shadow flicker on ATI crossfire setups.
• Fixed Single Player crash when switching SSAO on in-game.
• Fixed friends list sorting issue.
• PC fix for submitting a blank password when trying to join a protected private match.
• Fixed issue where friends button was not clickable while viewing operations.
• Fixed video options to properly save settings that don’t require video restart.
• Fixed issue that occurred when selecting “Play as Squad member” with mouse click.
• Updated text in option menus to better reflect “mute all” option.
• Fixed prone accuracy exploit.

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