Call of Duty takes on Fortnite with Black Ops 4 battle royale mode

The latest CoD instalment is ditching its Campaign mode and going multiplayer-only, taking lessons from Overwatch, Fortnite and PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds

The latest title in the multimillion-selling Call of Duty series will abandon the once-staple single-player Campaign and add a Fortnite-style battle royale mode, Activision has revealed.

At a unveiling event in Los Angeles on Thursday, the company showed off Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 for the first time, promising major changes to the franchise, now in its 15th year. The latest title in the Cold War conspiracy-fuelled Black Ops series will lose the futuristic elements of its predecessor with no wall-running or jetpacks, returning - like last year's Call of Duty: WWII - to "boots on the ground" combat.