Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 revealed, arrives this October

Name of Responsibility: Black Ops 6 will probably be launched on Oct. 25, Activision and builders Treyarch and Raven Software program confirmed Sunday throughout Microsoft’s Xbox Recreation Showcase and Name of Responsibility Direct. This yr’s Name of Responsibility guarantees to ship “essentially the most breathtaking and spectacular Black Ops motion up to now,” Activision says, with an growing scope that may span a globetrotting marketing campaign, sturdy multiplayer choices, and the return of round-based Zombies gameplay.

As beforehand introduced, Black Ops 6 will probably be set within the aftermath of the Chilly Warfare period, within the early Nineties. The sport’s marketing campaign will probably be an “epic spy thriller,” Activision stated in a information launch, that blends stealth-based gameplay with blockbuster motion in areas throughout Russia, the Center East, southern Europe, and america. Black Ops collection mainstays Frank Woods and Russell Adler will probably be joined by newcomers, together with Troy Marshall and Jane Harrow, within the narrative.

Within the first screenshots launched for Black Ops 6, we get a tease of a few of that motion and a take a look at the franchise’s new characters. We additionally get to see Adler do a sick bike leap off of a cop automobile in what seems to be Washington, D.C. beneath siege.

Picture: Treyarch, Raven Software program/Activision

Right here’s what else we find out about this yr’s Name of Responsibility:

Black Ops 6 multiplayer

Activision guarantees a brand new, refined motion mannequin known as Omnimovement, which the corporate says will let gamers “transfer realistically and seamlessly chain actions like an actual motion hero.” Omnimovement will let gamers dash, slide, and dive in any route, and new Supine Inclined positioning will allow them to rotate whereas susceptible. Black Ops 6 may even embody different new motion choices, together with “nook slicing” talents.

Picture: Treyarch, Raven Software program/Activision

Treyarch guarantees 16 new maps when Black Ops 6 launches, together with 12 core 6v6 maps and 4 Strike maps that may be performed as 2v2 or 6v6 . Black Ops 6 may even see the return of Basic Status, with “all the time one thing to progress towards.”

Black Ops 6 may even embody HUD presets, which can let gamers transfer the minimap and take away HUD components for a minimalist interface.

Black Ops 6 Zombies

Picture: Treyarch, Raven Software program/Activision

Name of Responsibility: Black Ops 6 will see the return of round-based Zombies mode, through which gamers battle more and more tough waves of undead enemies. Treyarch guarantees two new maps at launch with Liberty Falls and Terminus, and all of the related secrets and techniques that Zombies gamers have come to count on over the previous 15 years.

Black Ops 6 platforms and Recreation Cross launch

Name of Responsibility: Black Ops 6 will probably be obtainable on Oct. 25, on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Home windows PC (through Battle.internet, Microsoft Retailer, and Steam), Xbox One, and Xbox Collection X. The sport’s open beta will probably be obtainable on all platforms.

Recreation Cross subscribers will get entry to Black Ops 6 day one. On Xbox, subscribers will get entry to the Digital Cross-Gen Bundle (for Xbox One and Collection X), whereas PC Recreation Cross subscribers will get entry to the usual version of the sport. Recreation Cross subscribers may even get the Woods Operator Pack and open beta early entry pre-order advantages.