Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War players are terrified of getting banned for playing Zombies to high rounds

Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War players are saying they’re terrified of playing the Zombies mode to high rounds after a recent spate of high-profile ban reports from those who proclaim their innocence.

The Zombies community has this week surfaced a disconnect message called “Sail 630 nuclear bug”, which has popped up on the PC version of Treyarch’s shooter.

Players have reported receiving this error message, which forces a return to the main menu, after reaching a reasonably high round in Zombies (between 40 and 70, reports indicate).

Some players reported receiving this “Sail 630 nuclear bug” message alongside getting banned from the game via Battle.net – the exclusive home to Black Ops Cold War on PC. This has happened to some high-profile players, which has fuelled the fear of playing Zombies to high rounds among the community.

Zombies speedrunner TheOfficialKHF received the dreaded “Sail 630 nuclear bug” disconnect message an hour-and-a-half into a run, then found a message on Battle.net to say they were banned.

This is not an isolated incident. Former French competitive Call of Duty player Julien “ZylewR” Louis was also banned live on stream this week while playing Zombies.

Treyarch community chief FoxhoundFPS has attempted to calm growing fear within the Zombies community by taking to its subreddit. FoxhoundFPS insisted the Sail 630 Nuclear Bug “is not a ban-inducing error”. Rather, it’s a disconnect notice in place of the standard disconnect messaging on PC.