&#x2715 Remove Ads GameStop will be holding a midnight release for Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, the retailer has confirmed. Some fans will even be able to grab Black Ops 6 from GameStop a few hours before midnight.Midnight launches have long been in steep decline, a trend closely linked to the ongoing decrease in physical game sales, which is observed every year nowadays. GameStop, for its part, has significantly scaled down midnight launches in recent years, only reserving them for the most highly anticipated AAA titles in the vein of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom and God of War Ragnarok.&#x2715 Remove Ads Related Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Streamer Unlocks Gold Camo Before Worldwide Launch A Twitch streamer becomes the world’s first Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 player to unlock a gold weapon camo before the game’s full release. The U.S. retailer has now announced that it’s bringing back the practice for the next Call of Duty game. As is sometimes the case, this “midnight” release will actually start up to three hours early, with GameStop intending to adhere to Activision’s Black Ops 6 release schedule. Fans on the West Coast will hence be able to grab their physical copy of the shooter from GameStop starting at 9pm PT on October 24. Meanwhile, those on the East Coast will be able to do the same starting exactly at midnight ET on October 25. Those interested in attending the nationwide event can find the closest participating store using GameStop’s Black Ops 6 midnight release locator. Close While many attending the midnight release will likely have already pre-ordered Black Ops 6 from GameStop and will just be coming to pick it up, it should also be possible to buy it in person during the event. Given that the golden age of midnight launch events is long past, the chances of stock shortages seem slim. The majority of day-one players will likely opt for the digital version of the game. PC players don’t even have the option to buy a physical copy, which has been the case for years now.&#x2715 Remove Ads COD: Black Ops 6 Could Set New Digital Player Record Another reason why the digital version of the game is likely to be much more popular is the fact that Black Ops 6 will be a day-one Xbox Game Pass title. As the first-ever Call of Duty entry to be available on Microsoft’s subscription service from launch, the shooter will likely amass even more digital players than it normally would, maybe even to the point of setting a new record on this front.Microsoft would certainly not be opposed to such a turn of events, as the company will be looking for Black Ops 6 to boost its Xbox Game Pass subscriber numbers, whose growth has been slowing down in recent years. According to the company’s most recent update, Xbox Game Pass had 34 million members as of February 2024, up 36% compared to two years earlier.