Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 tipped for October launch

We’ve known through leaks for a while now that Call of Duty’s next game will be a return to Black Ops, with Treyarch leading development. The game is expected to be officially revealed at the Xbox Games Showcase in June, but the release date may have leaked ahead of time.

According to sources speaking with The Verge, a site with known links to Microsoft employees, Call of Duty is targeting a late October launch this year, rather than early to mid November. According to Insider Gaming, the release date will more specifically fall on the 25th of October.

This year’s Call of Duty will be the first released after Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard. We’ve already seen the impact Activision’s revenue has brought to the Xbox business as a whole. Microsoft will be banking on this year’s Call of Duty also being a big driver for Game Pass subscriptions, as it will be the first new game in the series to launch day-one on the service.

Microsoft is holding the Xbox Games Showcase on the 9th of June, with a main show filled with game announcements set to be immediately followed by a gameplay deep dive stream for a yet-to-be-announced game. It is believed that this game will be Call of Duty: Black Ops 6.

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KitGuru Says: With this year's Call of Duty coming to Game Pass, it opens the door for many lapsed players to re-join and more importantly, get them into the latest version of the game at a lower cost.

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