Split-screen has been part of the Call of Duty experience for a long time. Recent titles have left the feature out, but Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War promised the feature's return. Despite this, Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War fans have found that split-screen may not be available on all platforms.
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War announced that split-screen would be available on both modern and next-gen consoles. The feature allows for a couch co-op experience, but as players have been booting up their new copies of the game, they found the feature has either been missing or broken.
On platforms that the option appears through, players have found that despite Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War's size, split-screen is almost unplayable. While the main player has full control, a second player has a less enjoyable experience. In a clip of the game mode shared by Charlie Intel, players can see that the second player's weapon and model are invisible. Although they can navigate the map and fire, objects do not remember correctly in multiple cases. These are only some of the many problems players are reporting across platforms as this option continues to be explored.
So far the split-screen glitch appears to be affecting almost every platform. The exception is Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War on Xbox Series X, which seem to be having even more problems. Aside from constant crashing, the title does not display an option for split-screen play at all.
The lack of split-screen does seem to be only affecting Xbox Series X users, but more reports continue to appear as strange glitches crop up. With Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War newly launched, it seems developers already have a list of fixes needing to come in future updates.
For the moment, split-screen in Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War is unplayable. Fans are advised to continue to document the problem and submit it to the various Activision and Treyarch community outlets. As more players report the problem, the higher a priority it may become for the development team.
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War is still in its early launch stages and many fans expected some complications. Still, the list of glitches and bugs has some fans concerned about the future of this title.
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War is available on PC, Ps4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X.