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2024 video game

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Zombies is a 2024 cooperative video game developed by Treyarch and published by Activision. Set in February 1991, the game follows the senior members of the former CIA group “Requiem” directly after the events of Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War (2020). It was released as part of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 on October 25, 2024 for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Zombies is a cooperative video game^[1] played from a first-person or third-person perspective.^[2] Players use a selection of military equipment, such as weapons, “field upgrades”, and special “wonder weapons”,^[1][3] to combat endless hordes of zombies, which increase in both number and difficulty with every completed round. Up to four players can play together in a match;^[4] solo matches are also available, with the ability for players to pause and save their progress in them.^[5]

Black Ops 6 Zombies features six playable maps,^[6] which directly continue the mode’s storyline after the events of Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War (2020).^[7][8] Each map includes a main quest that players must solve without any guidance, along with a number of side quests and easter eggs.^[2] Two additional game modes—”Directed” and “Grief”—were added to all maps post-launch;^[9][10] the former allows players to complete main quests with in-game assistance,^[9] while the latter pits two teams of four players against one another as they attempt to survive the undead, while hindering the enemy team indirectly via debuffs.^[10]

While in a match, players have two main currencies to manage: “Essence” and “Salvage”; Essence is used to unlock access to new parts of the maps, acquire weapon upgrades from the “Pack-a-Punch” machine, and to purchase additional player upgrades, including “Perk-a-Cola” cans and armor vests, while Salvage is used to acquire ammo modifications for the player’s weapons, increase a weapon’s damage tier, and to craft various pieces of lethal and tactical equipment.^[2] Players can also obtain “GobbleGums”—single-use consumables that grant various in-game effects—and unlock “Augments”, a set of minor and major upgrades to perks, field upgrades and ammo mods. Each perk, field upgrade, and ammo mod features up to three minor and major Augments, with one of each type being equipable at the same time, allowing players to customize and experiment with different play styles.^[4]

Black Ops 6 Zombies received positive reviews; critics liked the mode’s return to its round-based gameplay format, as opposed to the mode’s open world design in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III (2023).^{[11][12][13][1]} IGN‘s Will Borger gave Zombies an 8/10 rating, stating that the mode is “absurd and campy and amazing and goofy in all the right ways”; he praised the mode’s launch maps, “Terminus” and “Liberty Falls”, and its hidden quests and easter eggs, but disliked the “deeply annoying” dialogue for its characters.^[1] GamesRadar+‘s Brown also praised the launch maps, and stated that Black Ops 6‘s version of Zombies revitalized his love for the mode as a whole.^[13] The Guardian‘s Keith Stuart wrote that Zombies was “fraught and incredibly stressful” but said that it was “a real blast” with friends.^[11] VG247‘s Ruiz felt Zombies “greatly benefited” from the omnidirectional movement system.^[12]