Black Ops Cold War Release Time: Who Can Start When?

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Who can play Black Ops Cold War and when? (Image credit: Activision)

The exact times Black Ops Cold War goes live are set. On consoles, you can already start at midnight today. On PC, it depends on which time zone you are in.

Tomorrow, November 13, Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War will finally be released. If you're wondering, what exact time the game goes live and you can finally start playing... well, we got you. We have all the different release times for consoles and PC for you.

BOCW – PC Release Time

On PC, players worldwide start simultaneously! To be precise, they start on November 13 at 00:00 Eastern Time. The conversion for all respective time zones can be found below. Sorry in advance if your start time is in the middle of the night... but if CoD gives you lemons... blast fools online at midnight ET.

BOCW PC Release Time
Here you can see the start times of BOCW on PC in all time zones. (Image credit: Activision)

BOCW – Xbox One, Series X/S and PS4/PS5 Release Time

The start time for consoles differs in that all players can start at midnight in their respective time zone. For players in Europe, this means that they can start as early as tonight, while PC gamers still have to wait until the early morning. To keep the start time within the USA the same, BOCW start times differ here: November 13 at the strike of midnight Eastern Time and November 12, 9 PM Pacific Time & 11 PM Central Time.

Did you pre-load Black Ops Cold War, so that you can play the moment it goes live? Tell us on our Facebook page! We're already counting the hours and, of course, we'll keep you up to date on everything concerning BOCW.

More news and updates about Call of Duty, such as Black Ops Cold War Season 1 Roadmap can be found on EarlyGame.

Original article written by EarlyGame's Lukas Ballat.

Tasho Tashev

Law graduate from Sofia University turned gaming journalist. Gaming has always been a passion of mine since I was a kid (shocker I know) so it was only a matter of time before I started writing about it. My high-school...