Summary

  • Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 will have a HUD preset inspired by Modern Warfare 2019 for improved UI functionality.
  • The Black Ops 6 UI will feature a square minimap and objective icons along the compass for easier navigation.
  • Fans appreciate the customizable UI in Black Ops 6, though some are skeptical about its true uniqueness compared to Modern Warfare.

Gameplay footage from Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 has revealed a helpful callback to a previous Call of Duty game, 2019's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare reboot. The footage was found in a large leak of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 gameplay that was uploaded online.

With dozens of releases under the Call of Duty franchise banner over the years, every studio developing a Call of Duty game has its work cut out for it. Developers must balance making a new game unique enough to distinguish itself from the increasingly large pack, but also retain the things people like not just about a particular Call of Duty subseries (such as the Black Ops line), but also about Call of Duty in general. Fans and casual players alike are constantly comparing new games to older ones, as well, and will likely judge Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 for how it honors past games as well as how it stands apart from its peers.

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Now a series of leaks from Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 appear to reveal that developer Treyarch will be using the Black Ops 6 user interface (UI) settings to pay a bit of homage to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, the 2019 reboot of Call of Duty's most popular subseries. A post published by the CharlieIntel Twitter account showed that leaked Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 gameplay revealed that the game has a special heads-up display (HUD) preset simply titled "Modern Warfare" that rearranges the player's UI elements to closely resemble the way they looked in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. The change will debut alongside other Black Ops 6 UI tweaks designed to improve the customizability and usability of the interface for players.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Has a Modern Warfare 2019 HUD Setting

According to the CharlieIntel post, the Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Modern Warfare HUD preset will change the layout of the game's UI, changing the shape of the minimap to a square. Objective icons will also be visible and arranged along the compass, allowing players to find their way around the new Black Ops 6 maps. By comparison, previous Call of Duty: Black Ops series games have used a circular minimap, placing objective icons around the circle's border rather than on the compass to indicate their relative position. Modern Warfare is just one of several HUD presets in Black Ops 6, but it's the only one specifically evoking another Call of Duty title.

The additional UI customizability promoted by Black Ops 6 was greeted warmly by fans, who enjoyed the option of maintaining consistency between different Call of Duty titles for ease of use. Some expressed skepticism that Black Ops 6 would "feel" truly different from Modern Warfare given that they share similar game engines, calling the UI tweaks "cosmetic." Others reminisced about the fun they had with the 2019 Modern Warfare reboot, hailing iconic missions like "Clean House" and others.

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Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
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Top Critic Avg: 83 /100 Critics Rec: 91%
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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
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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.

Franchise
Call of Duty
Genre(s)
FPS