COD 2024 is named Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
UPDATE 2.30pm UK: Activision has now confirmed this year’s COD will indeed be titled Call of Duty: Black Ops 6.
This will be the 21st mainline Call of Duty game overall, and – fun fact – the first to have any number higher than four in its title. Eurogamer’s original report delving into today’s newspaper marketing for the game is below.
A dark new chapter of the Black Ops franchise begins. Call of Duty: #BlackOps6 pic.twitter.com/db3lPR0ibI
— Call of Duty (@CallofDuty) May 23, 2024
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ORIGINAL STORY 10.30am UK: This year’s just-about-still-under-wraps COD will be titled Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, according to newspaper advertising spotted by fans this morning.
Copies of USA Today have been pictured featuring a promotional suppement for this year’s upcoming shooter, showing the game’s logo and title, and a range of in-universe news stories.
Fictional news items detail the defacement of Mount Rushmore, as shown in the Call of Duty Black Ops 6 teaser website last night.
“Iconic presidents blindfolded in brazen act,” reads the in-universe headline. The story explains how an unknown group scaled the American landmark at night to hang banners reading: “The Truth Lies”. The culprits are thought to be either “anti-government extremists” or “anarchist pranksters”.
If anyone was wondering, I actually have confirmation that this years Call of Duty is Black Ops 6!!!!#callofduty #callofdutyblackops6 pic.twitter.com/RGJTEgOcvH
— Mr. Matthieu (@mr__matthieu) May 23, 2024
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Other headlines detail the failure of the American Dream (now “beyond the grasp of an average citizen living in the US”), and an upcoming US election which is said to be dividing society.
“As the cycle ramps up, it appears clear that the deciding votes will be cast in a few key battleground states, which will determine the political puppet tasked with taking the blame for the counry’s stalled legislative efforts for the next four years,” the newspaper writes.