Activision has revealed a lengthy list of launch information for Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 ahead of its global release date of October 25, 2024.

In a blog post, the publisher confirmed the preload and global boot times, the minimum and recommended system requirements for the PC, and a surprisingly low storage requirement of 102 GB.

Call of Duty has had a huge storage footprint for years, which spiraled out of control when Activision forced the installation of battle royale Warzone alongside the mainline Call of Duty games. However, for Black Ops 6, Activision changed its approach so that Warzone is a separate download on PC, which has resulted in a more manageable SSD storage requirement of 102GB.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 PC preload start times

Activision has confirmed that those who pre-ordered Black Ops 6 digitally on PC will be able to pre-load the game ahead of its October 25 release date, meaning they will be able to play immediately when it goes live.

The preload itself begins for everyone on October 21st at 9:00 a.m. PT. This will allow you to download the entire package, including campaign, multiplayer and zombies.

Global start times for Call of Duty: Black Ops 6

It's worth noting that the launch of the PC version of Black Ops 6 depends on where you get the game from. It launches regionally for Microsoft PC gamers (PC Microsoft Store) on October 24th between 4:00 a.m. PT and 11:00 p.m. PT, which is midnight, wherever you are (the same goes for PlayStation and Xbox). Black Ops 6 launches on Steam and Battle.net on October 24th at 9:00 p.m. PT.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 PC System Requirements

minimum

• Operating system: Windows 10 64 bit (latest update)
• CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 1400 or Intel Core i5-6600
• R.A.M.: 8GB
• graphics card: AMD Radeon RX 470 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 or Intel Arc A580
• Video memoYear: 2GB
• Storage space: SSD required with 102GB available space at startup
• Internet: Broadband internet connection

Recommended

• Operating system: Windows 10 64 bit (latest update) or Windows 11 64 bit (latest update)
• CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 1600X or Intel Core i7-6700K
• R.A.M.: 12GB
• graphics card: AMD Radeon RX 6600XT or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080Ti / RTX 3060
• Video storage: 8GB
• Storage space: SSD required with 102GB available space at startup
• Internet: Broadband internet connection

Competitive / 4K Ultra specifications

• Operating system: Windows 10 64 bit (latest update) or Windows 11 64 bit (latest update)
• CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 2700X or Intel Core i7-8700K
• R.A.M.: 16 GB
• graphics card: AMD Radeon RX 6800XT or NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 / RTX 4070
• Video storage: 10GB
• Storage space: SSD required with 102GB available space at startup
• Internet: Broadband internet connection

Black Ops 6 also launches directly in Game Pass, Microsoft's subscription service, on console, PC and the cloud, only through Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass. It's the first Call of Duty game to arrive on Game Pass on day one, and comes a year after Microsoft's $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard. By the way, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone will also be available via the cloud in Game Pass on October 25th. You need Game Pass Ultimate to play both games via the cloud.

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