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Black Ops Cold War Twitch drop not working? potential fix inside

The Black Ops Cold War beta has opened up to PC and XB1 players, with those on PC able to gain access through Twitch drops but some are reporting issues with redeeming their copy.
Black Ops Cold War Twitch drop not working? potential fix inside

Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War is nearing release with the game in all its polished glory hitting shelfs and harddrives on the 13th November.

But before all that we have the beta. Those that have pre-ordered on PlayStation 4 have already had a couple of windows to test out the game and this weekend it is the turn of Xbox One and PC (and PS4 aswell).

Those that have pre-ordered get a copy and can jump in now after downloading. However, there is another way to get a hold of the game and its through that increasingly popular method of Twitch drops.

Cold War Black Ops Beta
(Picture: Activision Blizzard)

Thankfully, there is no set amount of keys and it is all but guaranteed as long as you link your Twitch account to Battle.net and watch four hours on a Twitch drops enabled stream. Seems easy enough, right?

Well it should be but some players are reporting issues with redeeming their copy but their is help at hand with a fix being discovered.

So if you have no mention of 

How to fix disappearing Black Ops Twitch drop

The fix is relatively easy and comes courtesy of Reddit user u/arkantos91.

  1. Go to Battle.net.
  2. Login and go to "Account Settings" and then "Account Details".
  3. Scroll until you see "Receive News and Special Offers from Blizzard Entertainment".
  4. Click "update" make sure it is ticked and hit "save".

Black Ops Cold War twitch drops not working
(Picture: Activision Blizzard)

The game now should be available to lauch for the Battle.net app.


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