Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 launches this week on Xbox Game Pass, and the team has now set preloads live across all platforms. The game is coming in at around 100GB on Xbox Series X - where you can download Black Ops 6 right now and get ready for Friday's launch. It's also available to preload on Xbox Series S and Xbox One.

This year's Call of Duty title, Black Ops 6, will be releasing soon (and we loved what we played in the beta). Now you need to start asking yourself practical questions, like whether to buy the game,

Black Ops 6 later this month can look forward to a new set of Black Ops-themed console accessories.

Black Ops 6 will be the inaugural Call of Duty title to exclusively fall under the Xbox brand, following Microsoft's $69bn acquisition of Activision in October last year. Consequently, it will also be the first CoD game to debut on Xbox Game Pass as a day one release.

Black Ops 6 will be available on Xbox Cloud Gaming at launch, along with two other Call of Duty titles later this month.

Black Ops 6 releases on October 25, period. It's been a tough pill to swallow for hardcore fans realizing that there isn't an early access period.

Raise your hand if you have been personally victimized by the riot shield spam in Call of Duty. This feature has been at the center of flame wars and is individually responsible for dozens of broken controllers and headsets flung across the room in anger as your character eats yet another 9mm bullet through the skull after emptying a 30-round magazine into a shield enjoyer.

Over the last few Call of Duty games, the riot shield has met with consistent calls for it to be either nerfed or pulled from the game. It’s a particular favorite of the Modern Warfare sub-brand, appearing in last year’s Modern Warfare 3,

How to preload, download size, Zombies start time, and more! - Follow our comprehensive guide and you should be ready to play the game as soon as it launches later this week

Black Ops 6 is coming out on October 25, and the game has leaned heavily on historical figures and the post-Cold War chaos in its marketing materials. It would be easy to think that such reliance on history was going somewhere.