Black Ops 6 Causes “Biggest Ever Gaming Traffic” For UK Internet Provider

Summary

• Black Ops 6 caused record internet traffic in the UK for EE/BT.
• Microsoft may benefit from the increased Game Pass subscriptions due to the game launch.
• The game received mixed reviews on Steam, with criticism of bugs and online requirements.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 has only been out for a few days now, but the latest title in Activision's mega-franchise is already seemingly breaking records.

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What the heck is sleep, anyway?

According to a new report, the game drove the "Biggest ever UK gaming traffic" for one of Britain's largest broadband providers.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Is Already Breaking Records

According to ISPreview, Black Ops 6 caused a huge surge in live internet usage on UK provider EE/BT, breaking its previous record for gaming traffic.

ISPreview suggests that the largest spike in traffic came on Monday, October 21, the day the game became available for preload, with traffic driven so high due to its more-than-100 GB file size.

The website attributes part of the 144% week-on-week increase to the fact that this is the first year that the title will be available on Xbox Game Pass, something Microsoft will be very happy to hear.

The company has struggled in 2024, beginning the year with 1,900 job cuts and recently changing Game Pass subscriptions in a way that upset fans. It was reported that Microsoft is "banking on" this year's Call of Duty to turn its fortunes around, boosting Game Pass subs, with an analyst suggesting that the company may be in luck. Wedbush's Michael Pachter recently predicted the game could bring in as many as four million new subscribers.

While the game's early numbers may be promising, its player sentiment, unfortunately, isn't. The game debuted to "Mixed" reviews on Steam, with players frustrated at the number of bugs, its overreliance on COD HQ, and its online requirements for the single-player campaign.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6

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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.