Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 "cancelled campaign footage" leaks online Eurogamer.net If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy. Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 "cancelled campaign footage" leaks online HUD's up. News by Emma Kent Contributor Updated on 26 May 2020 15 comments Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 famously broke series tradition by ditching its campaign to focus entirely on multiplayer, with Treyarch instead opting to tell its lore through a comic series, of all things. Most players resigned themselves to never seeing what had been planned - until now, perhaps, as footage of the cancelled campaign gameplay appears to have popped up online. As posted on Reddit, the gameplay shows some limited footage of a campaign mission in which the player must shoot terrorists (while avoiding citizens) and find the Aquilus CEO, whoever that may be. The person who posted the leak, a Reddit poster by the name of ForeverDexus, claims to have found the footage online in an "incredibly obscure" place, along with further footage of the Black Ops 4 engine in pre-alpha and another video of the cancelled campaign. [LEAK] Black Ops 4 Campaign Gameplay from r/BlackOps4 To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settings At first glance, it looks pretty similar to Black Ops 4's multiplayer: the HUD looks nearly the same, while the level takes place on multiplayer map Seaside. As the NPCs look rather... blue, it's fair to say the footage comes from a fairly early build of the level. The similarities to Black Ops 4's multiplayer could be explained by the fact the campaign was supposed to be a unique 2v2 multiplayer experience. According to Kotaku's sources, players would pick a faction and battle against each other to complete opposing objectives: a project which eventually reached the demo stages before the studio reportedly tried to morph it into a traditional single-player story. By early 2018, Eurogamer heard the campaign had been scrapped entirely to focus on developing the multiplayer. Treyarch co-studio head Dan Bunting also told Eurogamer that there was "never a traditional campaign" planned for Black Ops 4, which may also explain why the gameplay looks far closer to multiplayer than the more on-the-rails campaigns seen in other Call of Duty titles, such as the recent Modern Warfare. It's probably not the best indication of what Treyarch's campaign would have looked like - which sounds like it changed several times, anyway - but the footage is an interesting peek at what could have been. Become a Eurogamer subscriber and get your first month for £1 Get your first month for £1 (normally £3.99) when you buy a Standard Eurogamer subscription. Enjoy ad-free browsing, merch discounts, our monthly letter from the editor, and show your support with a supporter-exclusive comment flair! Support us View supporter archive More News Splatoon 3 Amiibos will be out next month Ink-coming! 3 Fans think Phil Spencer's shelf is teasing the Xbox Game Pass streaming box UPDATE: Xbox confirms old Keystone prototype. 59 Modder dives into Demon's Souls files following PS5 jailbreak, discovers fabled Ring of the Chieftain Who knows what's nexus? 4 Google announces cloud gaming Chromebooks less than a fortnight after Stadia shutdown GeForce Now preinstalled. 11 Latest Articles Preview Football Manager's new Console edition is the best you'll get without a PC Getting Touch-right. Splatoon 3 Amiibos will be out next month Ink-coming! 3 Fans think Phil Spencer's shelf is teasing the Xbox Game Pass streaming box UPDATE: Xbox confirms old Keystone prototype. 59 Modder dives into Demon's Souls files following PS5 jailbreak, discovers fabled Ring of the Chieftain Who knows what's nexus? 4 Supporters Only Premium only Off Topic: Take a minute to appreciate Cookin' with Coolio's incredible scallops recipe. What a great book. Premium only Off Topic: Reading City of Glass in comic form "Where exactly am I going?" Premium only Off Topic: Il Buco is a transporting film about a really big hole Underlands. Off-Topic Netflix handled Sandman brilliantly It was Dreamy. 9 Buy things with globes on them And other lovely Eurogamer merch in our official store! Explore our store