{"id":14773,"date":"2024-06-10T11:37:52","date_gmt":"2024-06-10T09:37:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/10\/call-of-duty-black-ops-6-first-look-300gb-of-spies-zombies-and-margaret-thatcher\/"},"modified":"2024-06-10T11:37:52","modified_gmt":"2024-06-10T09:37:52","slug":"call-of-duty-black-ops-6-first-look-300gb-of-spies-zombies-and-margaret-thatcher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/10\/call-of-duty-black-ops-6-first-look-300gb-of-spies-zombies-and-margaret-thatcher\/","title":{"rendered":"Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 first look \u2013 300GB of spies, zombies and Margaret Thatcher"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Preview of this autumn\u2019s new edition  promises fresh  missions in the service of US power and a \u2018ground floor\u2019 rebuild of the gaming monster truck<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft wasn\u2019t messing about with its Xbox showcase this year. After a raft of announcements about job losses and studio closures, the company looked to give gamers what they wanted in its Sunday night Summer Game Fest slot, ending with a full 40-minute preview of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, a game so large it will require a 300GB download, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/cod-black-ops-6-will-require-players-to-be-online-across-all-modes-including-campaign\/1100-6524100\/\">as well as continual online access<\/a> even for the single-player mode, due to the amount of textures it\u2019s going to be streaming from remote servers. As expected, the Xbox version will be available day one on GamePass, but there will be no platform exclusivity \u2013 the PlayStation version will arrive the same day: 25 October.<\/p>\n<p>The game itself is set during the geopolitical tumult of the early 1990s, taking in the fall of the Soviet Union, the Gulf war and the transition of the US presidency from George Bush to Bill Clinton. As ever, the Campaign story is an airport novel spy thriller taking in deniable CIA ops, clandestine power struggles and conspiracies that go to the very top, dammit. Series regular Frank Woods has been gravely injured and withdrawn from active duty, giving way to reckless spec ops squad leader Troy Marshall and smart CIA handler Jane Harrow. When a mission screws up, they\u2019re forced to go rogue, recruiting a ragtag team of tech nerds and glamorous assassins. It is almost definitely going to be <em>your<\/em> ass on the line here, sir.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/games\/article\/2024\/jun\/10\/call-of-duty-black-ops-6-first-look-300gb-of-spies-zombies-and-margaret-thatcher\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/8881b00713cea1b6d3ee22869e815c850aa5767f\/2327_0_10239_6150\/master\/10239.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=78185bf6b580eccb849b66aadf84de41\" title=\"Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 first look \u2013 300GB of spies, zombies and Margaret Thatcher\" \/>Preview of this autumn\u2019s new edition  promises fresh  missions in the service of US power and a \u2018ground floor\u2019 rebuild of the gaming monster truck<br \/>\nMicrosoft wasn\u2019t messing about with its Xbox showcase this year. After a raft of announcements about job losses and studio closures, the company looked to give gamers what they wanted in its Sunday night Summer Game Fest slot, ending with a full 40-minute preview of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, a game so large it will require a 300GB download, as well as continual online access even for the single-player mode, due to the amount of textures it\u2019s going to be streaming from remote servers. As expected, the Xbox version will be available day one on GamePass, but there will be no platform exclusivity \u2013 the PlayStation version will arrive the same day: 25 October.<br \/>\nThe game itself is set during the geopolitical tumult of the early 1990s, taking in the fall of the Soviet Union, the Gulf war and the transition of the US presidency from George Bush to Bill Clinton. As ever, the Campaign story is an airport novel spy thriller taking in deniable CIA ops, clandestine power struggles and conspiracies that go to the very top, dammit. Series regular Frank Woods has been gravely injured and withdrawn from active duty, giving way to reckless spec ops squad leader Troy Marshall and smart CIA handler Jane Harrow. When a mission screws up, they\u2019re forced to go rogue, recruiting a ragtag team of tech nerds and glamorous assassins. It is almost definitely going to be your ass on the line here, sir. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Preview of this autumn\u2019s new edition promises fresh missions in the service of US power and a \u2018ground floor\u2019 rebuild of the gaming monster truck Microsoft wasn\u2019t messing about with its Xbox showcase this year. After a raft of announcements about job losses and studio closures, the company looked to give gamers what they wanted &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/10\/call-of-duty-black-ops-6-first-look-300gb-of-spies-zombies-and-margaret-thatcher\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 first look \u2013 300GB of spies, zombies and Margaret Thatcher<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":14774,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14773"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14773"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14773\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}