Call Of Duty: Black Ops 6 Beta Review (Xbox) – Treyarch Tweaks COD Formula, To Mixed Results | Gaming

We’ve been hammering the Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 beta over the last few days, to get a feel for how Treyarch’s latest is shaping up ahead of its Xbox Game Pass launch next month. Of course, these impressions are early doors – but we have hit the beta weekend one level cap – so here’s what we think of the title so far.

Returning to its core Black Ops series, the team at Treyarch has finally moved over to the new Call of Duty engine that was first introduced in 2019’s Modern Warfare – and you can tell. For better or for worse, Black Ops has never felt more ‘Modern Warfare’ than it does here in Black Ops 6. Features like aim-down-sight reloading and tactical sprint are here, and generally speaking, the core gameplay will feel quite familiar if you’ve played the last few COD…