Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Preseason Patch Notes Released Amid Global Release Date Rollout

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Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 is rolling out now (some have been playing it for hours at this point), and Activision has published its preseason patch notes that detail changes made to Multiplayer in time for launch. These are in addition to already announced changes based on feedback and data from the beta weekends.

The headline here is that aim assist is much weaker at point blank ranges for launch and smoothly increases in strength out to a short range. Aim assist is always a hot topic within the Call of Duty community with each game’s release, so it will be interesting to see feedback now the game is out in the wild.

Elsewhere, there are improved pistol and dedicated melee swap speeds, a slight increase to weapon butt melee attack speeds, and adjustments to sway, bob, and overall weapon motions to improve point of aim when entering ADS (aim down sights).

Helpfully, Activision included a weapon damage range explainer in the patch notes, which go into detail on how damage actually works in Black Ops 6 and Warzone from Season 01.

We’ve got plenty more on Black Ops 6 ahead of launch, including its built-in support for better audio tech that costs $20, Activision’s new ambitious plans to beat cheaters, and confirmation it doesn't include the dreaded Riot Shield.

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There are 33 weapons at launch waiting for you to unlock and customize. See our full breakdown on weapons at the COD blog.

While many weapon balance changes have been implemented across the board since Beta, we consider launch to be our day 1 baseline across the entire arsenal. Weapon balance is always ongoing, so we’ll be evaluating data and feedback, and sharing updates on this regularly.

Keen eyes have already noticed a handful of changes we have introduced to our Beta maps thanks to everyone’s amazing feedback. Delivering fair and consistent gameplay will always remain our goal, and as such we’ve introduced some additional cover and changes to make firefights a bit fairer, as well as various lighting