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Xbox Cloud Gaming is a feature included in a Game Pass Ultimate subscription -- which costs $20 a month. The feature is still in beta, but it allows subscribers to access and play certain games from the Game Pass library on other devices without an Xbox console.

Microsoft is bringing Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III and Call of Duty: Warzone to Xbox Cloud Gaming later this month. This means Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 will be playable on Xbox Cloud Gaming at launch on October 25th, with Warzone and Modern Warfare III cloud support also getting enabled on the same day.

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Black Ops 6 will be available day one via Xbox Cloud Gaming when it launches on Oct. 25, 2024. Microsoft was forced to sell off the Cloud streaming rights to Activision Blizzard King games to Ubisoft,

Black Ops 6 will be available on Xbox Cloud Gaming (Beta) for Game Pass Ultimate members at launch, along with two other Call of Duty titles later this month. Per Microsoft's blog post, Black Ops 6 will begin rolling out on Xbox Cloud Gaming at 10am PT on October 25,

Black Ops 6 will be on Xbox Cloud Gaming on its launch day, October 25, and it will be joined by last year’s Modern Warfare III episode and the free-to-play Warzone mode.