Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, the latest in the long-running and best-selling military video game series from Activision and its various development teams, will be available for testing as part of a multiplayer beta that is scheduled to begin on August 30 for Early Access players, the company has announced. The event, which is available to players who have pre-ordered the game across all platforms (i.e., consoles and PC), as well as Xbox Game Pass subscribers, is set to go live on all platforms simultaneously, Activision confirmed in a new blog post that can be found on the official Call of Duty site.
Multiplayer beta dates:
- Early access: August 30 to September 4
- Open beta: September 6 to September 9
Activision writes:
- “Experience the game-changing Omnimovement and other gameplay innovations for yourself across a variety of brand-new maps built by Treyarch, as well as building your own loadouts, accessing a variety of weapons, equipment and Perks, and dropping in with your squad across a number of modes.”
- “Available to players who have pre-ordered the game across all platforms (consoles and PC), as well as Game Pass subscribers, the first Beta weekend is scheduled to begin on Friday August 30 at 10AM PT, and end on Wednesday September 4 at 10AM PT.”
- “The second Beta weekend is for all players on all platforms, and is scheduled to begin on Friday September 6 at 10AM PT, and end on Monday September 9 at 10AM PT.”
- “…players who have pre-ordered the Vault Edition should expect to play as any of the four Operators from the Hunters vs. Hunted Operator Pack (Park, Adler, Brutus, or Klaus), as well as being able to test out any of the five weapons from the Mastercraft Weapon Collection!”
A new episode of the Call of Duty podcast, where the dates are echoed:
Activision on who’s responsible for the latest game:
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 is published by Activision. Development for the game is led by Treyarch, in partnership with Raven Software. Additional development support provided (in alphabetical order) by Activision Central Design, Activision Central Technology, Activision QA, Activision Shanghai, Beenox, Demonware, High Moon Studios, Infinity Ward, and Sledgehammer Games.