Summary
AllCall of Duty: Black Ops 6campaign cutscenes have surfaced online over the second weekend of August 2024. The footage reportedly originates from a recently leakedBlack Ops 6beta build.
Screenshots and gameplay videos from the 2024Call of Dutyentry have been circulating on social media for a while now. Some of the most recent such materials originated from aleaked development build of theBlack Ops 6PS4 version, revealing redesigned menus and a new Gunsmith UI, among other aspects of the upcoming shooter.
An even bigger leak happened on August 10, when Twitter user Kivikou shared the entirety of the game’s campaign cutscenes. Although the footage quickly found itself scrubbed from the site due to a copyright takedown by Activision, itsmirrors are already all over the internet. The leaked cutscenes have a combined runtime of 26 minutes and 19 seconds. And while the footage naturally spoils thestory of theCall of Duty: Black Ops 6campaign, it doesn’t do so entirely because it lacks audio, which makes some scenes difficult to fully comprehend.
There are several plausible reasons why the datamined cutscenes lack sound. The most obvious explanation is that the associated audio files simply weren’t present in the PS4 version of the game that leaked online. Although Kivikou did not outright claim they used this beta build to extract the footage, Insider Gaming’s Tom Henderson reports that was the case, citing unnamed sources. Audio files are often among the last assets to be finalized during development, especially when it comes to titles such asCall of Dutygames that offer multiple localized dubs. It is hence quite possible that the leaked build did not contain them, asBlack Ops 6is still ten weeks away from release. Alternatively, the dataminer might have simply missed them, as game audio files are commonly stored separately from their video counterparts.
More Black Ops 6 Leaks Could Be Coming Soon
The leak itself can ultimately be pinned on the Call of Duty HQ app, whose PS4 version was recently updated with theBlack Ops 6beta build. This allowed people with jailbroken consoles to access the test version of the game and start poring over its files. Aside from cutscenes and menus, this beta build is also believed to be the source of thecomplete list ofCall of Duty:Black Ops 6achievements that leakedonline immediately afterward.
With the leaked PS4 build being over 23GB in size, it’s quite possible that tinkerers will find even more data to pull from it in the days ahead. The game itself is slated to hit the market on October 25. ABlack Ops 6open multiplayer beta is scheduled to run from September 6 through 9.
