A new report from Windows Central suggests 2024's annual Call of Duty release will be a new entry in Treyarch's Black Ops sub-series. According to insider sources, the untitled project is currently referred to as "Black Ops 6" internally and will be set during the early 1990s conflict in the Persian Gulf.
The last Call of Duty game set explicitly within the speculative Black Ops continuity was 2020's Black Ops - Cold War. A full four years later, Treyarch is revisiting the shadowy world of covert operations and government conspiracies through the lens of Gulf War operations. Storywise, details remain scarce. However, the narrative will allegedly examine United States' role in the conflict with a "nuanced" perspective. It seemingly aims to explore different perspectives and potentially question some of the West's military objectives at the time.
On the gameplay front, the 2024 title will apparently emphasize the use of more conventional Black Ops-era weapons and technology as opposed to the advanced futuristic weaponry of recent series entries. This design choice aligns with the real-world early 90's setting. Beyond the single-player campaign, the report suggests fan-favorite Zombies co-op mode will return with round-based survival maps akin to earlier Black Ops games. And as is now standard, Warzone 2 integration is also expected following launch.