Players are already asking, “Does Black Ops 6 have SBMM?” as the new release in the Call of Duty series Black Ops 6 is around the corner. If you don’t know this already, the purpose of skill-based matchmaking or SBMM is to provide balanced matches where people are placed in lobbies based on their skill set.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 won't launch until Oct. 25, but you can get access to the game right now. If you missed the first round of open beta, which closed Sept. 4, the second open beta runs until 10 a.m. PT on Monday, Sept. 9.

The 2024 installment in the long-running shooter series was available in early access beta over the six-day period ending September 4. The Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 open beta then kicked off on September 6. Treyarch has been revising the game throughout both of these testing periods.

I have about 200 hours of multiplayer time in last year's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, and found myself enjoying it quite a bit more than our reviewer (which is fine, reviews are opinions, and opinions differ).

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 has broken multiple records for the franchise, with the recent beta being the biggest beta in the franchise's history. These records could be a sign that the launch of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 will set a new precedent for the Call of Duty franchise going forward.

The recent Call of Duty Black Ops 6 Open Beta was the biggest in franchise history, with the most players, matches, and hours played.

As the curtains closed on the most successful beta in Call of Duty’s history, the Black Ops 6 multiplayer beta, a lot of questions have been answered about many of the new features, such as the innovative omnimovement system.

If you played the beta of Black Ops 6, you might have felt the maps were small. Treyarch has responded to player concerns.

Despite the annualized nature of the franchise, Call of Duty introduces several new features to the base gameplay with each passing entry. But this year's Black Ops 6 might just be the greatest shift in the series history.