| Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 | |
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| Publisher(s) | Activision |
| Producer(s) | Natalie Pohorski |
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| Artist(s) | Wil Wells |
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| Composer(s) | Jack Wall |
| Series | Call of Duty |
| Engine | IW |
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| Release | October 25, 2024 |
| Genre(s) | First-person shooter |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 is a 2024 first-person shooter video game co-developed by Treyarch and Raven Software and published by Activision. It is the twenty-first installment of the Call of Duty series and is the seventh main entry in the Black Ops sub-series, following Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War (2020). Set in 1991, Black Ops 6's single-player story follows rogue operatives Troy Marshall and Frank Woods as they assemble a team of agents to hunt down Pantheon, a paramilitary group that intends to enact a false flag attack on the United States in order to discredit and replace the Deputy Director of the CIA.
As with previous Black Ops games, Black Ops 6 also includes a multiplayer component and the cooperative round-based Zombies mode. The multiplayer features sixteen brand-new maps at launch and restores several features from previous Call of Duty titles, such as the "Prestige" leveling system. Zombies includes two all-new maps at launch, which continue the mode's storyline from where it left off in Black Ops Cold War. Across all three modes, players are able to take advantage of omnidirectional movement mechanics, allowing them to sprint, dive, and slide in any direction.
Black Ops 6 boasts the longest development cycle in Call of Duty history, spanning four years. Marketing for the game began in May 2024, through the publishing of fictional advertisements on the front pages of multiple newspaper outlets and the release of several live-action teaser trailers; a full reveal debuted following the airing of the 2024 Xbox Games Showcase event on June 9. Black Ops 6 was released on October 25, 2024, for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S, and was made available to subscribers of select Xbox Game Pass plans on release day.
Upon release, Black Ops 6 received generally favorable reviews from critics, and achieved the largest launch weekend in the franchise's history. Critics praised the single-player campaign, the multiplayer, and the Zombies mode, and positively highlighted the new omnidirectional movement system.
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