
Follow the steps below to check for updates manually. If you run into any issues during installation, refer to the troubleshooting tips below.īefore beginning any game installation, we recommend that you check for and install any available console updates. Either way, find Call of Duty: Black Ops - Cold War and press X on it.The following is a guide to help you install Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War.

It wasn’t for me either but I could still download it by heading to the PlayStation Store. If the game isn’t appearing in your library after a factory reset of your console, don’t freak out.

Here’s how to spot which Call of Duty: Black Ops - Cold War version you’re downloading, so you won’t run into this error. Hopefully, Activision is working on a fix for this, but if you’re like me and don’t have time to wait potentially days for a fix, there’s no way around it but doing a full factory reset. This is what I’ve had to do this afternoon and what you’ll be stuck doing if you run into this bug. The current fix for all of this is a factory reset of your console.

Not only did the game default to the PS4 version and trick you into downloading the wrong version, but it only bugged out if you went to download the PS5 game. It was stuck.Ī quick Google search took me to a Eurogamer article where they had reported yesterday that the Cross-Gen bundle or the Ultimate Edition of the game had one significant error. I tried finding a way to delete it and start the download again. It clearly stated the game was queued for downloaded, but it wasn’t actually doing any downloading. Upon backing out of the game, I deleted the PS4 download and attempted to download the PS5 version of the game. A minor error where I installed the wrong copy. This afternoon when I booted up Call of Duty: Black Ops - Cold War on my PS5, it took me all of a couple of minutes to ask, “wait, where’s the haptic feedback?” It turned out I was playing the PS4 version of the game.

PlayStation 5 users who either upgrade their copy of Call of Duty: Black Ops - Cold War from PS4 to PS5, or buy the Ultimate Edition with both copies included, should be aware of a critical bug plaguing the game at the moment.
