The next Call of Duty game is Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War. It was officially announced via a new teaser video, which uses the same "Know Your History" language as previous in-game teasers. The video promises a worldwide reveal on August 26 within Verdansk--the setting of Call of Duty: Warzone. This official reveal confirms rumors of the Cold War setting based on previous leaks.
The majority of the trailer focuses on real-life KGB defector Yuri Bezmenov, who delivered a famous warning about tactics that are used to undermine governments--tactics (or "active measures") that include demoralization, destabilization, crisis, and normalization. Most of the video his Bezmenov's actual recorded statement. While he explains the mechanics of each step, real historical footage plays in the background. Images from the Vietnam War and anti-war protests punctuate "demoralization," while later stages like "crisis" and "normalization" depict what appears to be footage of more civil unrest, police brutality, the New York Stock Exchange, politicians, and various military technology.
"The time bomb is ticking," Bezmenov warns. "With every second, the disaster is coming closer and closer. The danger is real."
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