Summary
- All Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 campaign cutscenes have leaked online.
- With a runtime of over 26 minutes, the leaked footage spoils a lot of the game's story, but not all of it, because it lacks audio.
- The cutscenes have reportedly been datamined from a PS4 build of Black Ops 6 that leaked online in early August 2024.
All Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 campaign cutscenes have surfaced online over the second weekend of August 2024. The footage reportedly originates from a recently leaked Black Ops 6 beta build.
Screenshots and gameplay videos from the 2024 Call of Duty entry have been circulating on social media for a while now. Some of the most recent such materials originated from a leaked development build of the Black Ops 6 PS4 version, revealing redesigned menus and a new Gunsmith UI, among other aspects of the upcoming shooter.
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Black Ops 6 Campaign Cutscenes Datamined Months Ahead of Release, But Without Audio
An even bigger leak happened on August 10, when Twitter user Kivikou shared the entirety of the game's campaign cutscenes. Although the footage quickly found itself scrubbed from the site due to a copyright takedown by Activision, its mirrors are already all over the internet. The leaked cutscenes have a combined runtime of 26 minutes and 19 seconds. And while the footage naturally spoils the story of the Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 campaign, it doesn't do so entirely because it lacks audio, which makes some scenes difficult to fully comprehend.
There are several plausible reasons why the datamined cutscenes lack sound. The most obvious explanation is that the associated audio files simply weren't present in the PS4 version of the game that leaked online. Although Kivikou did not outright claim they used this beta build to extract the footage, Insider Gaming's Tom Henderson reports that was the case, citing unnamed sources. Audio files are often among the last assets to be finalized during development, especially when it comes to titles such as Call of Duty games that offer multiple localized dubs. It is hence quite possible that the leaked build did not contain them, as Black Ops 6 is still ten weeks away from release. Alternatively, the dataminer might have simply missed them, as game audio files are commonly stored separately from their video counterparts.
More Black Ops 6 Leaks Could Be Coming Soon
The leak itself can ultimately be pinned on the Call of Duty HQ app, whose PS4 version was recently updated with the Black Ops 6 beta build. This allowed people with jailbroken consoles to access the test version of the game and start poring over its files. Aside from cutscenes and menus, this beta build is also believed to be the source of the complete list of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 achievements that leaked online immediately afterward.
With the leaked PS4 build being over 23GB in size, it's quite possible that tinkerers will find even more data to pull from it in the days ahead. The game itself is slated to hit the market on October 25. A Black Ops 6 open multiplayer beta is scheduled to run from September 6 through 9.
Source: Insider Gaming
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OpenCritic Reviews
- Top Critic Avg: 83 /100 Critics Rec: 91%
- Released
- October 25, 2024
- ESRB
- Mature 17+ // Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Suggestive Themes, Strong Language, Use of Drugs
- Developer(s)
- Treyarch, Raven Software
- Publisher(s)
- Activision
- Engine
- IW 9.0
- Multiplayer
- Online Multiplayer, Online Co-Op
- Cross-Platform Play
- Yes - PlayStation, Xbox, PC
WHERE TO PLAY
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.
- Franchise
- Call of Duty
- Platform(s)
- PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, Xbox One, PC
- Genre(s)
- FPS
