Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, the newest game in the popular shooting series, will be ready to play right when Xbox Game Pass launches. The interesting thing about this is that it was unexpected for many people, including Treyarch, the team that created Black Ops 6.
According to a recent talk between Game File and Treyarch production director Yale Miller, the studio learned about the Game Pass addition shortly before it was revealed. The development team had been focused on making the game great for purchase, but now it seems like subscribers will get it for the subscription price.
While Treyarch said they think Game Pass could get new players, they also mentioned the need to make it easier for people who don’t know much about Call of Duty, especially for the Zombies mode. We feel like the answers given only had a hint of truth to them. Call of Duty is arguably the most well-known game, so grabbing players isn’t very difficult.
In fact, it sounds like they were told it would happen, and they had no say in the matter. Look at the part of the interview that speaks on it, and you can see how it is pretty honest before they go into why it would be good.
Game File: Do you recall the moment you found out that you’d be on Game Pass?
Miller: It wasn’t that long ago, frankly.
Game File: Do you recall the meeting? How did it happen? A phone call? An email?
Miller: I think it was a conversation, just internally with meeting with the Activision folks on those pieces, and talking about the opportunity for us. It was more like, ‘What does that mean?’
Game File Interview
That’s a pretty honest way to put it. If the team has to get buyers, and now there’s an entire console market that won’t need to pay a base price, what does that mean for their goals and how they’re judged overall?
The interview also gave us information about how Black Ops 6 was made. The game has been in the works for four years, with the last part of that time focused on switching to a single Call of Duty engine. This change is expected to help upcoming Call of Duty games from different studios.
