Overview
- Treyarch reaffirmed a November 14 global release across PlayStation, Xbox and PC with day-one access for Game Pass subscribers, quieting talk of an earlier date and signaling pre-loads about a week prior.
- Standard pricing is $69.99 with a $99.99 Vault Edition and a $30 upgrade path, while Vault buyers get 72-hour early access from November 11–14 plus premium in-game rewards with bonuses redeemable via Black Ops 6 or Warzone through November 14, 2026.
- Multiplayer launches with 16 6v6 maps and two 20v20 battlefields, introduces the Evolved Omnimovement system with 360-degree traversal and wall jumps, and brings non-disbanding lobbies with reduced SBMM weighting based on beta feedback.
- Round-based Zombies returns in the Dark Aether, with the debut map reported as Treyarch’s largest to date and early coverage suggesting vehicle traversal for moving between points of interest.
- PC play requires TPM 2.0 and Secure Boot on Windows, with Activision citing stronger protections as RICOCHET reports 99% cheater-free matches during the beta and rapid detection within three matches.