Summary
- The XM4 Gumball Ballistics Mastercraft in Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 features unique inspect animations, with powerful GobbleGums related to Zombies.
- Black Ops 6 set sales records in October and became available on Game Pass on launch day, offering new items and customization options.
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 focuses heavily on Zombies content, with new maps like Citadelle Des Morts and creative Mastercraft weapons.
Players are loving Call of Duty: Black Ops 6's newest Mastercraft version of the XM4, which includes tons of secrets and references related to Call of Duty Zombies. The new weapon, officially titled Gumball Ballistics, centers around GobbleGums, and offers several unique inspect animations as well. These bite-sized candies help players power up during Zombies rounds and appear to be a major focus for Call of Duty: Black Ops 6.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 was officially released back in October, smashing sales and launch records for both developer Treyarch and publisher Activision. Black Ops 6 broke records for both Microsoft's Game Pass as well as the Call of Duty franchise as a whole. Black Ops 6 is the first Call of Duty title to be available on Game Pass the same day it launched globally, a risky bet that seems to have paid off for both Activision and Microsoft. Season 1 of Black Ops 6 officially kicked off earlier this November, adding even more items, weapons, and customization options into the mix, with a new Mastercraft making waves within the community.
Twitter user thund3rCOD shared a clip of the new XM4 Gumball Ballistics Mastercraft in action, showing off the weapon's incredibly unique design as well as its in-depth animations. The clip shows the XM4's third inspect animation, which sees the player open multiple portals with the weapon before throwing a utensil through one of them. The tool comes back with what appears to be an apple on the end, and the player takes a bite. The look of the XM4 is loud and colorful enough, but the weapon's inspection animations are what have kept fans talking since it was revealed as part of Black Ops 6's season 1 content update.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Releases New XM4 Mastercraft
The XM4 Mastercraft is part of the I.D.E.A.D. Bundle, which also includes other Mastercraft weapons, a few customization items, and, of course, a new Operator skin. The skin, titled Repairman, fits the Weaver operator and includes numerous callbacks to the Call of Duty Zombies franchise, ranging from tiny Easter eggs to references to past maps.
Zombies has been a big part of the Call of Duty brand, especially for Treyarch, and remains a cornerstone of the Black Ops 6 experience as well. Two new round-based maps were included in Black Ops 6's launch, Terminus and Liberty Falls, both of which have received glowing positive reviews from players. Plenty more Zombies content is on the way, with Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 receiving another new round-based map called Citadelle Des Morts during the game's season 1 cycle.
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OpenCritic Reviews
- Top Critic Avg: 83 /100 Critics Rec: 91%
- Released
- October 25, 2024
- ESRB
- Mature 17+ // Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Suggestive Themes, Strong Language, Use of Drugs
- Developer(s)
- Treyarch, Raven Software
- Publisher(s)
- Activision
- Engine
- IW 9.0
- Multiplayer
- Online Multiplayer, Online Co-Op
- Cross-Platform Play
- Yes - PlayStation, Xbox, PC
WHERE TO PLAY
Forced to go rogue. Hunted from within. This is Call of Duty: Black Ops 6.
Developed by Treyarch and Raven, Black Ops 6 is a spy action thriller set in the early 90s, a period of transition and upheaval in global politics, characterized by the end of the Cold War and the rise of the United States as a single superpower. With a mind-bending narrative, and unbound by the rules of engagement, this is signature Black Ops.
The Black Ops 6 Campaign provides dynamic moment-to-moment gameplay that includes a variety of play spaces with blockbuster set pieces and action-packed moments, high-stakes heists, and cloak-and-dagger spy activity.
In a best-in-class Multiplayer experience, players will test their skills across 16 new maps at launch, including 12 core 6v6 maps and 4 Strike maps that can be played 2v2 or 6v6.
Black Ops 6 also marks the epic return of Round-Based Zombies, the fan-favorite mode where players will take down hordes of the undead in two brand-new maps at launch. Post-launch, players can look forward to even more exciting maps and groundbreaking experiences dropping into both Multiplayer and Zombies.
- Cross Save
- Yes - PlayStation, Xbox, PC
- Prequel(s)
- Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War, Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, Call of Duty: Black Ops III, Call of Duty: Black Ops II, Call of Duty: Black Ops, Call of Duty: World at War
- Franchise
- Call of Duty
- Number of Players
- 1-4
- Split Screen Orientation
- Vertical or Horizontal
- Steam Deck Compatibility
- Unknown
- PC Release Date
- October 25, 2024
- Xbox Series X|S Release Date
- October 25, 2024
- PS5 Release Date
- October 25, 2024
- Platform(s)
- PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, Xbox One, PC
- Genre(s)
- FPS
- How Long To Beat
- 8 Hours
- X|S Optimized
- Yes
- PS Plus Availability
- N/A
- File Size Xbox Series
- 216 GB (October 2024)
- Local Co-Op Support
- 1-2 Players
- OpenCritic Rating
- Strong
