CoD BO6 pre-load information confirmed: When can you download it?
A big announcement.
With the next in Call of Duty's Black Ops sub-series so close (the first since 2020's Cold War), we're so excited that any nugget of information will get us hyped.
From the maps to the weapons, we'll take anything we can get before the release on the 25th October, 2024.
In an answer to our prayers, the devs have released a plethora of new information via a blog post on the website.
So when can we pre-load the game, and what PC specs to we need?
Let's take a look at everything we've learned.
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When can you pre-load CoD BO6?
If you're like us, you'll be wanting to pre-load the game in order to play it as soon as possible. So, when can we download it?
The blog has revealed that we can pre-load the game on all platforms at 9am PT on Monday 21st October 2024.
What else have we learned from CoD BO6 PC blog?
Apart from the pre-load times, what else did we learn about Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 from the blog post?
As well as providing details about upscaling with AMD FSR 3.1, the post provided the minimum and required specs for the game:
Minimum
- OS: Windows 10 64 Bit (latest update)
- CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 1400 or Intel Core i5-6600
- RAM: 8 GB
- Video Card: AMD Radeon RX 470 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 or Intel Arc A580
- Video Memory: 2 GB
- Storage Space: SSD required with 102 GB available space at launch
- Internet: Broadband Internet connection
Recommended
- OS: Windows 10 64 Bit (latest update) or Windows 11 64 Bit (latest update)
- CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 1600X or Intel Core i7-6700K
- RAM: 12 GB
- Video Card: AMD Radeon RX 6600XT or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080Ti / RTX 3060
- Video Memory: 8 GB
- Storage Space: SSD required with 102 GB available space at launch
- Internet: Broadband Internet connection
Competitive / 4K Ultra Specifications
- OS: Windows 10 64 Bit (latest update) or Windows 11 64 Bit (latest update)
- CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 2700X or Intel Core i7-8700K
- RAM: 16 GB
- Video Card: AMD Radeon RX 6800XT or NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 / RTX 4070
- Video Memory: 10 GB
- Storage Space: SSD required with 102 GB available space at launch
- Internet: Broadband Internet connection
We'll also share the PC launch trailer below:
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