Activision has formally introduced Name of Obligation: Black Ops 6 via a teaser video. It is rumored to launch this October throughout Xbox, PlayStation, and PC. Microsoft now owns Activision and the Name of Obligation franchise, however new releases–like Black Ops 6–will proceed to launch as multiplatform releases.

Principally nothing is thought about Black Ops 6 as of but, however the teaser video describes it as a “darkish new chapter” of the Black Ops sequence. The sport’s worldwide reveal will happen on June 9 as a part of the Xbox Video games Showcase occasion.

The story for Black Ops 6 is rumored to happen, no less than partially, throughout the Gulf Struggle. Name of Obligation video games are identified to be globetrotting affairs that journey via quite a few locations–and time durations. So if the Gulf Struggle is a part of the sport’s story, it might be only one ingredient of it.

Rumors have recommended the brand new recreation has been within the works for a very long time and would be the first recreation in franchise historical past to have been developed over a four-year period. This lies in stark distinction to 2023’s Name of Obligation: Fashionable Warfare III, which was reportedly made in simply 18 months.

That is the sixth entry within the sequence because it debuted in 2010. The Black Ops franchise inside Name of Obligation has turn out to be some of the well-liked of all, and profitable, too. Dave Anthony, the director of the primary two Black Ops video games, not too long ago mentioned how he made “unimaginable quantities of cash” throughout his profession.

When it comes to returning characters, it is rumored that Adler is coming again, however that is all we all know to date. The Black Ops sequence is thought for that includes real-life folks, like Ronald Reagan (Black Ops Chilly Struggle) and Robert McNamara (Black Ops 1), so it would not be stunning to see real-life navy and political leaders from the Gulf Struggle period seem within the new recreation.

A report from Insider Gaming stated Raven Software program is growing the sport’s marketing campaign, with Treyarch–the creator of the Black Ops series–handling multiplayer and Zombies. Treyarch and Raven seemingly confirmed their involvement within the recreation in social media posts. Activision is thought to recruit groups from throughout its whole community of Name of Obligation studios to contribute to every yr’s new launch in some style, and that components is predicted to proceed this yr.

For extra, take a look at GameSpot’s rundown of all the things we all know concerning the subsequent Name of Obligation. Black Ops 6 will be a part of Name of Obligation: Warzone, Name of Obligation: Warzone Cell, and Name of Obligation: Cell in the marketplace on the similar time.