Activision has confirmed that the subsequent Name of Responsibility recreation will probably be Black Ops 6. The writer up to date the web site for the navy shooter franchise to disclose the title, promising that “official traces of communication have begun,” which basically means the sport’s advertising and marketing is shifting from teaser mode to slow-trickle reveal mode.
Xbox’s X (Twitter) account posted in late April {that a} “[REDACTED] Direct” occasion would observe the Xbox Showcase on Sunday, June 9. It was by no means a lot of a thriller that it will be a Name of Responsibility reveal: The brand matched the franchise’s navy artwork fashion, and it had already been reported that the subsequent installment within the long-running collection would arrive this yr.
On Thursday, a brief teaser video on Xbox’s X account eliminated the redaction to disclose Black Ops 6. So you possibly can sit up for a hype session for the primary Name of Responsibility recreation unveiled below Microsoft possession.
The Name of Responsibility web site reveals further teasers that capitalize on conspiracy theorists’ worldviews. A shadowy video reveals regulation enforcement physique cam footage, constructing as much as the (pretty corny) reveal of Mount Rushmore (Six Grandfathers Mountain earlier than it was carved up) with blindfolds protecting every of the 4 US Presidents’ eyes, studying “The Fact Lies” adopted by a emblem. Different movies on the web site present vandals (additionally in found-footage fashion) inserting posters with the identical slogan round a metropolis.
In different phrases, entrepreneurs are advertising and marketing.
Microsoft apparently plans to make use of the brand new installment to spice up Sport Move subscriptions. The Wall Road Journal reported this month that the title would be the first Name of Responsibility installment to seem on Sport Move on launch day. We’ll have to attend to see whether or not that technique supplies sufficient much-needed carry for the service to justify the (probably monumental) lack of direct gross sales to Xbox console house owners.
You possibly can hear about Black Ops 6 on June 9, instantly following the Xbox Video games Showcase, which begins at 1 PM ET. Engadget can have full protection of all of the day’s reveals.
