Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Zombies Mode Gets First Trailer, Story Details

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The October release date for Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 is creeping ever closer, with Activision dropping word every day. Which brings us to the company’s latest reveal: a first look at Black Ops 6’s Zombies mode, courtesy of a two-and-a-half-minute cinematic trailer, ahead of a full gameplay breakdown this Thursday, August 8.

“After being imprisoned for over five years on a remote outpost in the Philippine Sea, the former members of Requiem stage a daring escape,” Activision explains in a Call of Duty blog post. “They are aided by the unexpected arrival of a mysterious Filipino smuggler and a former adversary. Unfortunately, their attempt to break free from Terminus Island coincides with another chaotic dimensional outbreak… Welcome to Black Ops 6 Zombies.”

This daring escape is what we see in the first cinematic trailer for Black Ops 6 Zombies, which introduces the mode's new characters—former Requiem members Grigori Weaver, Mackenzie “Mac” Carver, Elizabeth Grey, Oskar Strauss, and Stoney Maddox (aka Raptor One)—along with their liberators, Maya Aguinaldo and Dr. William Peck.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 – Zombies Terminus Cinematic Trailer. Watch on YouTube

There are a few more details about each of the characters in Activision’s announcement post, but the key takeaway is that Black Ops 6 Zombies continues the Dark Aether storyline, picking up five years after Requiem’s senior staff were arrested by project director Edward Richtofen. But Activision points out that it’s not just the Terminus Island outpost that’s about to be overrun by the undead: the town of Liberty Falls, West Virginia, on the other side of the world, is also dealing with its own zombie outbreak.

That’s your story, but what about the gameplay? As it happens, Activision will be sharing the juicy bits very soon. It will be updating its blog this Thursday, August 8, with a post from Zombies developer Treyarch, which promises an “in-depth gameplay overview, information on your pre-game setup options, full round-by-round Zombies gameplay details, and a bestiary of the undead.”

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 launches for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, and PC on October 25. It will also be a day one release on Game Pass, but, as Microsoft announced last month, not if you're signed up to the subscription service's revised base tier.

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