Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Xbox Playstation PC Gaming

[Spikey]

Black Ops 6 is set in the early 1990s after the events of Black Ops Cold War and tied to the 1980s flashbacks in 2012's Black Ops 2. Multiplayer launches with 16 new maps, including 12 core 6v6 maps, and four smaller Strike maps that can be played 2v2 or 6v6.



Apparently, the full installation including MW2, MW3, Warzone and all the content packs will take up close to 300GB of your hard drive.

 

[David76]

The official Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 beta dates have been revealed, along with the early access available if you pre-order the game starts on August 30.



As announced in the new Call of Duty podcast on YouTube, folks with a pre-order of Black Ops 6 will be able to take part in the early access beta from August 30 to September 4, and then the full open beta for everyone will run from September 6 to September 9. The beta starts and ends on those days at 10am PT / 1pm ET / 6pm BT.

There are a couple of pretty significant changes to this beta period in the wake of Microsoft's acquisition of Call of Duty publisher Activision. As Charlie Intel noted, this will be the first Call of Duty beta in the series' history to happen simultaneously on all platforms, bucking the trend of launching first on PlayStation.

 

[Tom]

Activision will launch Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 in just a few short days and we now know the complete list of game modes, maps and operators that will be available at launch.

Black Ops 6 Game Modes Available at Launch:

Standard Modes

• Team Deathmatch (6v6)
• Domination (6v6)
• Search & Destroy (6v6)
• Kill Confirmed (6v6)
• Free-For-All (8)
• Hardpoint (6v6)
• Gunfight (2v2)
• Headquarters (6v6)
• Kill Order (6v6)
• Control (6v6)

Alternate Modes

Note: Face-Off modes have streaks disabled

• Face Off Domination (6v6)
• Face Off Team Deathmatch (6v6)
• Face Off Kill Order (6v6)
• Face Off Kill Confirmed (6v6)

Hardcore Mode Variant

Hardcore Quick Play game modes will include:

• Team Deathmatch
• Kill Order
• Domination
• Hardpoint
• Search and Destroy
• Kill Confirmed
• FFA
• Face Off Moshpit

Additional Mode Intel

Training Course

There's no better way to get used to all the Omnimovement innovations and combat basics required to be proficient in Black Ops 6 than jumping into the Training Course featured on the Multiplayer map, Protocol. Follow the training missions assigned to you and pay attention to the instructions. Run around the Training Course as often as you wish and practice your favourite manoeuvres before facing real players in the Lobby Playlists.

Firing Range

The Firing Range Returns: A familiar location to test your equipped Loadout weapons is available, and this comes with a few additions to help you continuously adjust a weapon build until you're happy with it. Expect to utilise the following:

• Practice dummies to shoot, at 10-, 25-, and 50-metre intervals.
• Dummies can have 0, 1, 2, or 3 Armor Plates added to them.
• You have limitless ammunition.
• The upper-left corner features a target elimination tracker, an accuracy tracker, and a damage tracker.
• A toggle feature allows you to optionally activate a Moving Target dummy or a Recoil metal plate.
• Toggle Feature: Moving Target: A dummy drops down from the ceiling on a conveyor belt, automatically moving back through the range as you connect with it using your weapon. Once you hit it at maximum range, it moves back to its initial position, and the process can be repeated.

Toggle Feature: Recoil Target: A metal plate hangs from the ceiling around seven meters from your booth, allowing you to fire your weapon and view the bullet spread.

Theatre Mode

Theatre Mode: Available in Multiplayer for Black Ops 6 at launch and for the first time in the new Call of Duty Engine, Theatre Mode lets you capture your recent action-hero moments in all of their glory. Here's what you can expect when playing back a replay file in Theatre:

• Switch between First-Person, Third-Person, and Fly-Cam perspectives for all players in the match.
• Elimination and Deaths are visualized on the timeline. Easily skip to the viewed player's next Elimination on the timeline.
• Fast-Forward, Rewind, and full playback speed control.
• Press "Record" to Trigger an Xbox or PlayStation recording while in Theater Mode.
• Note: Theatre Mode is unavailable on previous-generation consoles (PlayStation® 4 and Xbox One), and all Theatre

Private Matches: If you're wanting to bring friends over for a game on any of the launch Maps and Modes, with comprehensive menus allowing you to adjust every aspect of the Mode's gameplay, select Private Matches. This is also an excellent method of observing and exploring any maps you need a closer inspection of.

Black Ops 6 Maps Available at Launch:

Recap: All the Black Ops 6 launch maps are small to medium-sized, with traditional three-lane routes and have been meticulously designed to fully realise the signature Call of Duty®: Black Ops experience. This means offering rapid, energetic combat, along with a variety of scenic set-pieces, cover opportunities, and ranged thoroughfares to ensure your favorite style of play is catered to, from close-quarter strikes to long-range sniping, with emphasis always on the action. This culminates into tighter gameplay that's perfectly suited to Omnimovement.

Maps are split into two main categories: There are 12 brand-new Core 6v6 maps. In addition, there are four brand-new, compact-sized Strike maps designed to be played in either Face Off 6v6 or 2v2 configurations. Below is a showcase of all the maps along with final Tac-Maps.

Spoiler: Core Maps (6v6)

Babylon
(Core 6v6)
Battle amongst the ruins of an ancient city, climbing on its crumbled columns and crawling underneath the ancient ruins. There's plenty of verticality to make use of here, so stay limber as you circle the central altar and seek out the best ground. Back out to the chapel or depot for more concealed views or get heated and rush the middle.

Derelict
(Core 6v6)
Deep in the Appalachian Mountains, a train graveyard lies shrouded by a lush forest. Abandoned and forgotten, this derelict depot along the NAR Appalachian Railroad has become a prime ambush point for Rogue Black Ops and Crimson One to face off in a deadly skirmish.

Lowtown
(Core 6v6)
Traverse a dockside neighbourhood with a boat house, fishing shed, cobbler, and a gallery showcasing classic and contemporary art. Check out the stalls in the market or climb up the latticework for a view from the pizzeria. Swim in the canal — or if desperate, the sewer — to reposition and flank the enemy.

Payback
(Core 6v6)
Deep in the Bulgarian mountains, the Rogue Black Ops Safehouse is under attack. Breach this cliffside mansion getaway, and explore various oak-panelled chambers and the operations room in the main residence. Payback is equipped with various elevations, windows, and many strategic angles throughout the mansion.

Protocol
(Core 6v6)
Located off the shore, the Protocol Training Course doubles as a teaching ground and an island citadel fortified for war. The brick buildings include barracks, an armoury, and an underground communications monitoring centre, and the aged architecture built into this rocky outcrop provides a playground for Rogue Black Ops and Crimson ones to go to their own skirmishes with each other.

Red Card
(Core 6v6)
Compete from the main entrance of this stadium to the stands of an international soccer pitch. Race through the lobby and view the memorabilia upstairs near the best seats in the house. Outside, explore the promenade and fan festival stands, or swing back into the lobby or parking garage.

Rewind
(Core 6v6)
Visit the Liberty Shopping Plaza right on the edge of Liberty Falls, West Virginia and wreak havoc through the strip mall. This 6v6 map has a unique layout, as two outer lanes are connected by multiple routes through and around the shops, a video store in the middle housing several major objectives.

Scud
(Core 6v6)
Deploy to a desert military outpost following a devastating attack. The damaged radar dish and nearby buildings have taken several hits, the air thick with smoke from the surrounding fires. Bunker down in the depot or HQ or flank enemies in the trenches. Watch for snipers near the radar dish; its base provides a near 360-degree view.

Skyline
(Core 6v6)
Take in breathtaking views of the surrounding countryside from the rooftop of a luxury resort featuring an exquisite penthouse with access to a lounge, kitchen, gym, and pool. Descend into the panic room to cross under the map or fight in the open around the victims of a recent hit job.

Subsonic
(Core 6v6)
Fight in and around a small bomber team training facility. While one aircraft sits safely in the central hangar, another lies in flames by the runway next to a crater and an overturned truck. Follow the line of destruction down the perimeter or move inside to avoid threats from overhead.

Vault
(Core 6v6)
No expense has been spared on this large, lush desert set within a rugged desert landscape. Monuments, murals, sculptures, and a trophy room adorn the central palace, featuring an opulent atrium and, more importantly, open access to the vault. Combat around this compound is expected to be fierce.

Vorkuta
(Core 6v6)
A large storm is inbound and about to hit the Vorkuta mining facility that was once a Soviet labor camp. Both teams visit a place of Mason's history to battle over key tactical positions. Covered with old machinery and exterior/interior transitions, both teams must stay on their toes if they wish to become victorious.

 

[Tom]

Spoiler: Strike Maps (2v2/6v6)

Gala
(Strike Map 2v2/6v6)
Explore the aftermath of an annual fundraising event in Washington, D.C. Get up on stage or kick back in the lounge. Along the sides, move through a makeshift bar, coatroom, and campaign stand. Every move counts on this tiny map, so get out there and punch the winning ticket.

Pit
(Strike Map 2v2/6v6)
Burrow into a small subsection of an underground mining tunnel and collide in the central cave. A ventilation shaft casts some natural light over the cave, the mine tracks within circling back to the narrow tunnels. Climb up the ladders to reach an overhead vantage point or weave between the mine carts for ground floor cover.

Stakeout
(Strike Map 2v2/6v6)
A stakeout in the Mediterranean region of Avalon has been compromised as Operators breach the small apartment, battling through the living room, kitchen, bedrooms, and spilling out onto the balcony. Leftover surveillance equipment marks the progress of the conducted intel-gathering, a smashed-out wall giving the former agents easy access to their gear.

Warhead
(Strike Map 2v2/6v6)

Black Ops 6 Operators and Factions

There are over 20 Black Ops 6 Operators to choose from at launch, with 11 allied to the Rogue Black Ops Faction, and 10 allied to Crimson One.

Factions Overview

Operators are chosen from one of two main Factions, with some affiliations to other groups within these conclaves (for example, Grigori Weaver is "Ex-Requiem"). The overarching goals of each faction is as follows:

Rogue Black Ops
On the run and hunted by their former employers – the Rogue Black Ops team seek to uncover the truth of the infiltration of the CIA and expose the conspiracy for what it is. All while staying alive and clearing their names.

Without the financial or technological backing of the US, Woods and his squad find themselves having to strike uneasy alliances with the criminal underground, as well as with old enemies, to equip themselves.

As they no longer have state backing, much of their equipment is either improvised, supplied by friends/contacts from other intelligence services, purchased from criminals, or supplied on the promise of future favours owed. They know who's hunting them and refer to them by the name Crimson One.

Crimson One
Crimson One represents the CIA operation initiated to hunt down the Rogue squad. The team is officially sanctioned by the CIA and has access to all intel and tools to get the job done.

It is made up of elite Black Ops soldiers to get the job done and led by the imposing Jackson Caine.

With the CIA infiltrated, Crimson One represents the CIA operation initiated to hunt down and silence Adler, Woods, and their team, permanently.

Operator Overview and Unlocks

Some of the Operators can be chosen immediately, while others are unlocked via an in-game challenge or Vault Edition purchase. Here are all the details.



For more on the Operators, head on over here.

In terms of new maps, Nuketown is set to be available come November 1. Expect the usual content drops for each new season that Treyarch ushers in.

 

[Cappuccino Kid]

Best campaign in years, apparently.

 

[Bandit]

Played some of the campaign today. Enjoying it. The Black Site stage where you break Adler out is an intense and well thought out stage.

 

[David76]

At the start of the week, Xbox developer Treyarch began teasing the first seasonal content update for Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, and now the team has fully detailed Black Ops 6 Season 01 - it's an absolutely massive update all-in-all.

The headline news is this: Black Ops 6 Season 01 is bringing six multiplayer maps, one new Zombies map, multiple new weapons and operators, new game modes and more to the Xbox Game Pass title - and that's not to mention what's coming to Warzone this month as well.

Here's the game's Season 01 roadmap



There will be a vast amount of free and premium content when Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Season 01 goes live on Thursday, November 14 across all platforms.

Multiplayer and Zombies Content Summary

Five Maps and One Variant: Three brand-new maps arrive at the start of Season 01; explore Hideout, a medium-sized training site featuring signature Black Ops design; battle through Extraction, the medium-sized Avalon Heliport built for a variety of playstyles; and watch those valuables as you careen through Heirloom, a compact-sized fine art museum built for fast-paced action. Expect another new map, plus the return of Hacienda and a festive-themed Nuketown later in the Season.

Two Modes, More at Mid-Season: Secure the gold and guard your stash in the brand-new Ransack Mode, Props to Treyarch for including a fan-favorite Party Mode and get ready for festive Limited Time Modes at Mid-Season and beyond. Plus, the definitive Multiplayer Ranked Play arrives soon after Launch with plenty of rewards, innovations, and updates.

Additional Content: Enhance your tactical planning with a new Perk and Scorestreak at Launch, plus another new Perk and Wildcard in the Mid-Season update, all coming to Multiplayer.

Zombies Teaser: Expect a full reveal of all Zombies content just prior to the early December content drop. Read on for details on the new Directed Mode for Liberty Falls and Terminus, confirmation of new loadout content, and the first look at the ominous Citadelle des Morts, as Zombies goes medieval at Mid-Season!

The latest Call of Duty blog post goes into full detail about Black Ops 6 and Warzone Season 01 - that's well worth a read if you'd like to know about all the nitty gritty details of this huge update and far too big to post all the details here.

 

[David76]

I'm enjoying this tbh, one of the better entries in the franchise. A lot easier when it's free I guess

 

[David76]

Playing through the campaign just now.

"Emergence" is one of the most bizarre, twisted and difficult levels of a COD campaign I think I've ever played.

 

[David76]

In the ongoing battle against cheating in the Call of Duty franchise, Team RICOCHET has made significant strides with their latest update aimed at Black Ops 6 and Warzone. As we gear up for Season 05, it's encouraging to see developers actively addressing the integrity of competitive play.

Here are some key updates that players can expect:

1. TPM 2.0 and Secure Boot: These features enhance game security by utilising built-in Windows PC capabilities, making it harder for cheaters to manipulate the game environment.

2. Account Security: To safeguard player accounts, new measures such as email verification and two-factor authentication (2FA) will be implemented, helping to prevent account hijacking.

3. Fair Competition in Ranked Play: The Game Pass Free Trial for PC has updated policies to ensure a level playing field in ranked matches.

4. Targeting Boosting and Teaming: The update aims to eradicate boosters and teamers from the game, emphasising the importance of maintaining the integrity of leaderboards and ranked play.

5. Ongoing Cheat Prevention Efforts: RICOCHET has ramped up its legal actions against cheaters, targeting an additional 22 individuals and successfully shutting down nearly 40 cheat vendors since the program's inception.

6. Community Engagement: The team is committed to transparency, offering more information about the new security features, specifically TPM 2.0 and Secure Boot.

For those interested in diving deeper into the specifics of these updates, I recommend checking out the original blog post.