Multiplayer characters in Black Ops 6.
Multiplayer characters in Black Ops 6.
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Activision spells out matchmaking in ranked play for Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 multiplayer

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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  • 4 min

Ranked play is live in Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 multiplayer. And Activision has decided to explain how it works when it comes to Ranked Play matchmaking, which is different from non-ranked, or standard matchmaking.

Ranked Play arrived as part of Season 01, accessible to all players who have achieved 50 total match wins in multiplayer.  

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.