Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 won't offer early access to campaign mode this year Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 won’t have an early access period this year, and will instead launch in full for all players on October 25.Tom West Published 10 Sep 2024 FollowtopicsXbox Series X|SXbox Game PassPC Game PassTom West If you were hoping to begin collecting the Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 achievements early this year via early access, we have some bad news: Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 won’t have early access. Xbox will launch the upcoming Game Pass game in full for all players on October 25.Xbox won’t offer early access for Call of Duty: Black Ops 6In recent years, Activision has offered an early access period for Call of Duty players who wanted to smash out the campaign before the multiplayer and Zombies modes arrived. It was a preorder bonus, and while last year’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 campaign wasn’t received too well, being able to play through the campaign early meant players could all level up in multiplayer at the same time. Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 is the first game in the franchise to launch as a first-party Xbox game, launching straight into Game Pass, and it looks like Microsoft has different plans from what we’re used to. As shared by CharlieIntel on X, a statement from Activision reportedly says that Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 won’t have an early access period. “The team is fully focused on October 25,” an Activision spokesperson said. “We are excited about all the game has to offer across Campaign, Multiplayer, and Zombies. This year, we made the decision to ensure the community gets to dig in to any and all modes that they want at the same time, so we are back to one massive global launch moment October 25. As such, there is no Early Access beat this year for Black Ops 6, just the countdown to launch.”Last month, Activision took steps to begin reducing the ridiculous Call of Duty file sizes ahead of Black Ops 6’s launch in October.More Call of Duty stories: Free Play Days features two free Xbox games this weekend Free Play Days features two free Xbox games this weekend Call of Duty will reduce big downloads, but a big download is needed first Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Xbox achievements appear to have leaked Call of Duty team issues bans for over 65,000 Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone accounts Xbox Game PassXbox Series X|SPC Game PassXbox OneWindows Written by Tom WestTom has been playing video games since he was old enough to hold a controller, experimenting with a number of systems until he eventually fell in love with Xbox. With a passion for the platform, he decided to make a career out of it, and now happily spends his days writing about that which he loves. If he’s not hunting for Xbox achievements, you’ll likely find him somewhere in The Elder Scrolls Online or fighting for survival in Battlefield.