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

Call of Responsibility: Black Ops 6 might be launched on Oct. 25, Activision and builders Treyarch and Raven Software program confirmed Sunday throughout Microsoft’s Xbox Recreation Showcase and Call of Duty Direct. This yr’s Call of Responsibility guarantees to ship “the most breathtaking and spectacular Black Ops action to date,” Activision says, with an growing scope that can span a globetrotting marketing campaign, strong multiplayer choices, and the return of round-based Zombies gameplay.

As beforehand introduced, Black Ops 6 might be set within the aftermath of the Chilly Struggle period, within the early Nineties. The sport’s marketing campaign might be an “epic spy thriller,” Activision mentioned in a information launch, that blends stealth-based gameplay with blockbuster motion in places throughout Russia, the Center East, southern Europe, and the USA. Black Ops collection mainstays Frank Woods and Russell Adler might 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 some of that motion and a have a look at the franchise’s new characters. We additionally get to see Adler do a sick motorbike bounce off of a cop automotive in what seems to be Washington, D.C. beneath siege.

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

Black Ops 6 multiplayer

Activision guarantees a brand new, refined motion mannequin referred to as Omnimovement, which the corporate says will let gamers “move realistically and seamlessly chain movements like a real action 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 will even embrace different new motion choices, together with “corner slicing” talents, “where as you round a corner or go through a doorway, your weapon is going to dynamically rotate in the direction that you’re rounding that corner.”

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 will even see the return of Traditional Status, with “always something to progress toward.”

Black Ops 6 will even embrace HUD presets, which can let gamers transfer the minimap and take away HUD parts for a minimalist interface.

Black Ops 6 Zombies

Call of Responsibility: Black Ops 6 will see the return of round-based Zombies mode, wherein 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 Go launch

Call of Responsibility: Black Ops 6 might be obtainable on Oct. 25, on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Home windows PC (by way of Battle.internet, Microsoft Retailer, and Steam), Xbox One, and Xbox Sequence X. The sport’s open beta might be obtainable on all platforms.

Recreation Go 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 Sequence X), whereas PC Recreation Go subscribers will get entry to the usual version of the sport. Recreation Go subscribers will even get the Woods Operator Pack and open beta early entry pre-order advantages.