Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 is barrelling at us like a freight train. The marketing hype and general excitement for the upcoming premium release has been at a fever pitch since Call of Duty: Next and the subsequent beta. Developed by Treyarch Studios and published by Activision, Black Ops 6 is the first Call of Duty to launch following the end of PlayStation's marketing agreement with the publisher and Xbox's acquisition, which closed just weeks before the launch of Modern Warfare 3 (2023).
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 also marks the first time the franchise has launched Day One as part of the Xbox Game Pass subscription service and Xbox Cloud Gaming. It's a momentous occasion, and passing the time to launch has been seemingly unbearable. The game's launch is being staggered across time zones, leading to a few players jet-setting off to New Zealand changing their Xbox's location to gain earlier access. I'm not going to tell you how to do that, because changing your console's region to get early access is a violation of the Xbox Terms of Service, and I don't want to be the one responsible for getting anybody's account suspended on Black Ops 6 Eve.
