Summary
Now that official details onCall of Duty: Black Ops 6’s campaign are available, we know exactly where it falls in the series' timeline. TheCall of Dutyfranchise features multiple timelines for players to follow. However, none of them have been quite as consistent as the Treyarch-developed games, withCall of Duty: Black Ops 6set to be the next installment by the fan favorite studio.
Treyarch’s main seriesCall of Dutyefforts started withCall of Duty 3, a World War 2 FPS that was released in 2006. Treyarch followed that up withCall of Duty: World at War, which was also set during World War 2.World at Warintroducedthe characters Dimitri Petrenko and Viktor Reznov, who would later appear in the firstCall of Duty: Black Opsgame.
ThefirstCall of Duty: Black Opstakes place in the 1960s, whereasBlack Ops 2jumps to the 80s and even features some missions set in 2025.Black Ops 3takes place in 2065, whereasBlack Ops 4is set throughout the 2040s.Black Ops Cold War, the fifth game in theBlack Opssub-series, takes place from 1981 to 1984. Needless to say, there may be some confusion as to where exactlyBlack Ops 6fits in the timeline, but it’s now been confirmed to take place in the early 1990s. This means that, chronologically speaking,Black Ops 6is set between the 1980s and 2025 missions inBlack Ops 2.
Call of Duty: Black Ops Series Timeline
Call of Dutyfans that want to follow the story chronologically will need to start withWorld at War, which is luckily backward compatible on Xbox. They would then need to playBlack Ops 1,Black Ops Cold War, the past missions ofBlack Ops 2, the upcomingBlack Ops 6, the future missions ofBlack Ops 2,Black Ops 4, and then finally,Black Ops 3. It should be noted that even thoughBlack Ops 4doesn’t have a single-player campaign, it still tells a story set in the 2040s.
Black Ops 6will feature the return of recognizable characters like Russell Adler and Frank Woods, and so it will be exciting to see just how many connections it has with the other games in the timeline. And of course,Black Ops 6is bringing back round-based Zombies, which has its own story that’s been told in every installment sinceWorld at Waras well.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
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Forced to go rogue. Hunted from within. This is Call of Duty: Black Ops 6.Developed by Treyarch and Raven, Black Ops 6 is a spy action thriller set in the early 90s, a period of transition and upheaval in global politics, characterized by the end of the Cold War and the rise of the United States as a single superpower. With a mind-bending narrative, and unbound by the rules of engagement, this is signature Black Ops.The Black Ops 6 Campaign provides dynamic moment-to-moment gameplay that includes a variety of play spaces with blockbuster set pieces and action-packed moments, high-stakes heists, and cloak-and-dagger spy activity.In a best-in-class Multiplayer experience, players will test their skills across 16 new maps at launch, including 12 core 6v6 maps and 4 Strike maps that can be played 2v2 or 6v6.Black Ops 6 also marks the epic return of Round-Based Zombies, the fan-favorite mode where players will take down hordes of the undead in two brand-new maps at launch. Post-launch, players can look forward to even more exciting maps and groundbreaking experiences dropping into both Multiplayer and Zombies.
