Slip and slide with Omni-movement in Black Ops 6.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 and UI requires a beefy preload starting Monday

Activision will have a new user interface for Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, and it will require a beefy preload starting on Monday.

It’s time to clear out your storage. You can download this pre-launch update to check out the new UI and be ready to play Black Ops 6 as soon as it releases on October 25.

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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.