Activision has finally confirmed the Multiplayer maps, modes, and Operators available at the launch of Call of duty: Black Ops 6.
In a blog post, Activision said Black Ops 6 launches with 16 Multiplayer maps, 10 standard Multiplayer modes, four alternative Multiplayer modes, and 21 Operators.
Let’s start with the launch maps. All Black Ops 6’s launch maps are small to medium-sized, Activision said, with traditional three-lane routes. Developer Treyarch said they’re designed to offer “rapid, energetic combat, along with a variety of scenic set-pieces, cover opportunities, and ranged thoroughfares to ensure your favorite style of play is catered to, from close quarter strikes to long-range sniping, with emphasis always on the action.”
The upshot is “tighter” gameplay, Treyarch said, that’s “perfectly suited” to the new Omnimovement mechanic.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 launch Multiplayer maps
At launch Black Ops 6 has 12 brand-new core 6v6 maps and four brand-new, compact-sized Strike maps designed for Face Off 6v6 or 2v2 configurations.
Core Maps (6v6)
- Babylon (Core 6v6)
- Derelict (Core 6v6)
- Lowtown (Core 6v6)
- Payback (Core 6v6)
- Protocol (Core 6v6)
- Red Card (Core 6v6)
- Rewind (Core 6v6)
- Scud (Core 6v6)
- Skyline (Core 6v6)
- Subsonic (Core 6v6)
- Vault (Core 6v6)
- Vorkuta (Core 6v6)
Strike Maps (2v2/6v6)
- Gala (Strike Map 2v2/6v6)
- Pit (Strike Map 2v2/6v6)
- Stakeout (Strike Map 2v2/6v6)
- Warhead (Strike Map 2v2/6v6)
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 standard Multiplayer modes:
- Team Deathmatch (6v6)
- Domination (6v6)
- Search & Destroy (6v6)
- Kill Confirmed (6v6)
- Free-For-All (8)
- Hardpoint (6v6)
- Gunfight (2v2)
- Headquarters (6v6)
- Kill Order (6v6)
- Control (6v6)
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 alternate Multiplayer modes:
- Face Off Domination (6v6)
- Face Off Team Deathmatch (6v6)
- Face Off Kill Order (6v6)
- Face Off Kill Confirmed (6v6)
Black Ops 6 also launches with Hardcore mode on certain playlists. It adds a limited HUD, enables friendly fire, and lowers your health.
Hardcore Quick Play game modes include:
- Team Deathmatch
- Kill Order
- Domination
- Hardpoint
- Search and Destroy
- Kill Confirmed
- FFA
- Face Off Moshpit
Elsewhere, Black Ops 6 launches with the Training Course, where you can dabble with the game’s mechanics and weapons on the Multiplayer map, Protocol. There are training missions designed to teach you the basics before facing real players in the lobby playlists.
The Firing Range returns, letting you test your equipped loadout weapons. Here’s what to expect:
- Practice dummies to shoot at, at 10-, 25-, and 50-meter intervals.
- Dummies can have 0, 1, 2, or 3 Armor Plates added to them.
- You have limitless ammunition.
- The upper-left corner features a target elimination tracker, an accuracy tracker, and a damage tracker.
- A toggle feature allows you to optionally activate a Moving Target dummy, or a Recoil metal plate.
- Toggle Feature: Moving Target: A dummy drops down from the ceiling on a conveyor belt, and automatically moves back through the range as you connect with it using your weapon. Once you hit it at maximum range, it moves back to its initial position, and the process can be repeated.
- Toggle Feature: Recoil Target: A metal plate hangs from the ceiling around seven meters from your booth, allowing you to fire your weapon and view the bullet spread.
And Theater Mode is available in Multiplayer for Black Ops 6 at launch and for the first time in the new Call of Duty Engine. Here’s what you can do when playing back a replay file in Theater:
- Switch between First-Person, Third-Person, and Fly-Cam perspectives for all players in the match.
- Elimination and Deaths are visualized on the timeline. Easily skip to the viewed player’s next Elimination on the timeline.
- Fast-Forward, Rewind, and full playback speed control.
- Press “Record” to Trigger an Xbox or PlayStation recording while in Theater Mode.
- Note: Theatre Mode is unavailable on previous-generation consoles (PlayStation® 4 and Xbox One), and all Theater files expire after seven days or when a game update is released.
And finally, Private Matches let you adjust every aspect of gameplay.
Now, let’s move on to the Operators. Black Ops 6 launches with over 20 Operators, with 11 allied to the Rogue Black Ops faction, and 10 allied to Crimson One. Narratively, Crimson One represents the CIA operation initiated to hunt down the Rogue squad (Adler, Woods, and their team in the Campaign).
Oh, if you’re wondering how Woods, confined to a wheelchair following the events of the previous Black Ops games, is running about in Multiplayer, Activision offered the following: “This version of Woods is from a time before current debilitation.”
This week, Microsoft pulled its $1 for 14 days of Game Pass trial ahead of next week’s Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 release date. Mirroring a tactic it employed ahead of last year’s launch of Bethesda’s Starfield, Microsoft has now made the $1 introductory offer unavailable. It was previously available only to those who hadn’t subscribed to Game Pass before.
We’ve also got confirmation of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6’s preload and global launch times, and the PC system requirements.
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