Call Of Duty: Black Ops 6 - Release Date, Campaign, Multiplayer, & Zombies

is the newest entry in the eternally popular FPS franchise, picking up the subseries that's been sitting by since the 2020 release of The games are moving to the 1990s for the first time with this installment, picking up after the end of the Cold War in a period of global instability. As always, the game will focus on the more shadowy side of the conflicts, telling its own fictional story interconnected with real-world events.

is sticking to a lot of tried-and-true elements of gameplay, but it's also adding some interesting features of its own. The biggest is probably a new system called Omnimovement, where sprints, slides, and dives can go in any direction for more robust mobility possibilities. Omnimovement is backed up by something refers to as Intelligent Movement, which can offer optional movement assists to simplify controls for sprinting, mantling, and crouching.

is set to release on October 25, 2024, sticking to the tried-and-true fall launch that has met year after year. The game will be available on Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, and PC, honoring an agreement to keep as a multi-platform franchise for the near future despite Microsoft's acquisition of the brand. The Microsoft ownership does grant Xbox Game Pass users a first-ever bonus in the form of day-one access to the game through the service, making free with a subscription.

Live from Call of Duty Next in Washington, DC, ScreenRant's Rob Keyes wins the first ever match of Warzone on Black Ops 6's Area 99 Resurgence map.

Unlike other recent games, locking in a pre-order for doesn't provide early access to the campaign experience. All aspects of the game will become available at the same global launch. Pre-order players did get early access to the open beta, which ran from August 30 to September 4 for those who pre-ordered and September 6 to September 9 for everyone else.

The campaign focuses on a threat from within, making its protagonists go rogue to deal with a mysterious