Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 will be playable (in beta) with Xbox Cloud Gaming from day one.
All this happens on the same day: October 25.
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“This is a first for the Call of Duty franchise and a win for the community,” Microsoft wrote in an accompanying blog post. “Players will be able to access multiple Call of Duty games with Xbox Cloud Gaming for the first time, and Game Pass Ultimate members will be able to enjoy Call of Duty in more places than ever before.”
All of this means that members of Microsoft's Ultimate Game Pass tier will be able to experience the aforementioned Call of Duty titles on consoles and PC, as well as on mobile devices and “select” Samsung TV, Amazon Fire TV, and Meta Quest devices.
“This opens up even more ways to play Black Ops 6 from day one of launch,” the company proclaimed.
In August last year, Microsoft agreed to sell the streaming rights to Activision Blizzard games to Ubisoft. At this time, Microsoft president Brad Smith said that this change would mean that Microsoft will not control the “exclusive” rights to stream Activision Blizzard games.
“Under the restructured transaction, Microsoft will not be in a position to release Activision Blizzard games exclusively on its own cloud streaming service – Xbox Cloud Gaming – nor to exclusively control the licensing terms of Activision Blizzard games for rival services” , Smith wrote last August.
As of this writing, I have yet to see any mention of Ubisoft being involved in any Call of Duty cloud deals.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 will be released on PlayStation 5, PS4, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, and PC. You can read more about the game in Eurogamer's Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 preview here, where our Chris speaks with Treyarch Senior Production Director Yale Miller.