The next big Call of Duty game, Black Ops 6, launches on October 25. Many might be wondering how long the campaign will take to complete. That remains to be seen, but one of the game’s senior developers has informed fans about the length they should expect and how it compares to the franchise’s past.
IGN reported that associate creative director Jon Zuk said the Black Ops 6 campaign is “slightly longer” than that of 2020’s Black Ops Cold War. That game was criticized for, among other things, a campaign that some said was too short.
We won’t know precisely how long Black Ops 6’s campaign is until the game releases and people start playing it. And even then, since everyone plays games differently, there will never be an “official” length.
Before this, Treyarch production director Yale Miller said the Black Ops 6 campaign will be about as long as you’d expect from a Call of Duty game. “Currently, the game’s netting out in the kind of length of a classic Call of Duty campaign,” Miller said back in June.
Some of Black Ops 6’s missions can be played in different ways, which might encourage some players to go back a second time. People might also play the game more than once to try a different difficulty option. Then there’s the Zombies mode, which returns to the popular round-based format. And Black Ops 6 comes with its popular multiplayer mode, which can be played for as long as the servers stay online.
However, Black Ops 6’s campaign is told through a linear narrative with just one ending, breaking away from the Black Ops tradition of having multiple endings to the campaign.
Black Ops 6 launches on October 25, and it’ll be available on Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass right out of the gate. The game will also be available to purchase outright on all platforms, including Xbox, PlayStation, and PC. For more, check out GameSpot’s guide to Black Ops 6’s preloading and launch times.