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Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 – preload and release times

Find out when you can download and play Black Ops 6

Marco Wutz

Activision

It’s that time of the year again: We’re close to the release date of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 and Activision revealed all the juicy details around the upcoming first-person shooter’s launch.

Table of Contents

  1. CoD Black Ops 6 release times on PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and Microsoft Store
  2. CoD Black Ops 6 release times on Steam and Battle.net
  3. CoD Black Ops 6 preload times on all platforms

In addition to the exact release times of the game across the globe, the publisher detailed when players can preload the title – a useful function for anyone who loves to dive right into the action on launch day without having to wait for a long download to finish first. This is especially relevant due to Call of Duty’s notoriously large storage appetite.

Find the Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 preload and release times below.

CoD Black Ops 6 release times on PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and Microsoft Store

Activision will officially release Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 on October 24, 2024, between 4am and 11pm PT on PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and PC (via Microsoft Store). However, that really is just a convoluted way of communicating that the game will get a classic local midnight release on October 25, 2024, with some beneficial exceptions for the US.

Take a look at the CoD Black Ops 6 release time in your timezone below:

  • October 24, 2024, 9pm PT
  • October 24, 2024, 11pm CT
  • October 25, 2024, 12am ET
  • October 25, 2024, 12am BST
  • October 25, 2024, 12am CEST
  • October 25, 2024, 12am IST
  • October 25, 2024, 12am CST
  • October 25, 2024, 12am KST/JST
  • October 25, 2024, 12am AEDT
  • October 25, 2024, 12am NZDT

It’s noteworthy that this time block includes the game’s rollout on Xbox Game Pass. Since this is a regional release rollout, you can use the New Zealand trick on Xbox to get access to the game as early as 4am PT on October 24, 2024. Simply switch your console’s location to the island nation and start playing.

CoD Black Ops 6 release times on Steam and Battle.net

Things are less complicated for the release of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 on PC via Steam and Battle.net, which takes place at one set time across the globe. 

Check the CoD Black Ops 6 Steam launch time for your timezone below:

  • October 24, 2024, 9pm PT
  • October 24, 2024, 11pm CT
  • October 25, 2024, 12am ET
  • October 25, 2024, 5am BST
  • October 25, 2024, 6am CEST
  • October 25, 2024, 9:30am IST
  • October 25, 2024, 12pm CST
  • October 25, 2024, 1pm KST/JST
  • October 25, 2024, 3pm AEDT
  • October 25, 2024, 5pm NZDT
Call of Duty Black Ops 6 PC launch times map.
These are the CoD Black Ops 6 launch times for Steam and Battle.net. / Activision / Microsoft

CoD Black Ops 6 preload times on all platforms

You can download Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 prior to release on all platforms – no one is getting left behind.

Find out when the CoD Black Ops 6 preload becomes available in your timezone below:

  • October 21, 2024, 9am PT
  • October 21, 2024, 11am CT
  • October 21, 2024, 12pm ET
  • October 21, 2024, 5pm BST
  • October 21, 2024, 6pm CEST
  • October 21, 2024, 9:30pm IST
  • October 22, 2024, 12am CST
  • October 22, 2024, 1am KST/JST
  • October 22, 2024, 3am AEDT
  • October 22, 2024, 5am NZDT
Call of Duty Black Ops 6 infographic showing preload and launch times.
Here's a summary on all the launch times. / Activision / Microsoft

We only have a confirmed storage requirement for the PC version at the moment, which comes in at 102 GB.

Find more information on what to expect from the next entry into the series in our CoD Black Ops 6 beta preview.

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Marco Wutz
MARCO WUTZ

Marco Wutz is a writer from Parkstetten, Germany. He has a degree in Ancient History and a particular love for real-time and turn-based strategy games like StarCraft, Age of Empires, Total War, Age of Wonders, Crusader Kings, and Civilization as well as a soft spot for Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail. He began covering StarCraft 2 as a writer in 2011 for the largest German community around the game and hosted a live tournament on a stage at gamescom 2014 before he went on to work for Bonjwa, one of the country's biggest Twitch channels. He branched out to write in English in 2015 by joining tl.net, the global center of the StarCraft scene run by Team Liquid, which was nominated as the Best Coverage Website of the Year at the Esports Industry Awards in 2017. He worked as a translator on The Crusader Stands Watch, a biography in memory of Dennis "INTERNETHULK" Hawelka, and provided live coverage of many StarCraft 2 events on the social channels of tl.net as well as DreamHack, the world's largest gaming festival. From there, he transitioned into writing about the games industry in general after his graduation, joining GLHF, a content agency specializing in video games coverage for media partners across the globe, in 2021. He has also written for NGL.ONE, kicker, ComputerBild, USA Today's ForTheWin, The Sun, Men's Journal, and Parade. Email: marco.wutz@glhf.gg

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