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If you’re on PC, you can take a trip to New Zealand and play Black Ops 6 early with one simple trick.
Officially, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 launches worldwide on Oct. 25 for all players. If you’re on console, the game launches at midnight local time while PC players have to wait until midnight ET. However, if you’ve been around long enough, then you likely know about the “New Zealand” trick, which will make a return in Black Ops 6.
Traditionally, the New Zealand trick only works for Xbox and PlayStation, as PC launches globally at the same time, rendering the trick obsolete. With Black Ops 6, though, there’s a new wrinkle: Xbox Game Pass. To see how you may use Game Pass to take advantage of the New Zealand trick in Black Ops 6, take a look below.
Using the New Zealand trick on PC for Black Ops 6
The way theNew Zealand trickworks is you can change your address and region to somewhere in New Zealand. Since that region gets access to the new Call of Duty first, based on time zones, you can play when the game goes live there even if you’re living across the world. Using this method, players are allowed to access a new game up to 17 hours early (depending on where you live).
However, as previously stated, this has traditionally only worked on consoles. With PC players having towait until midnight ETregardless of their region, there was never any point in trying to take a fake trip to New Zealand. With Black Ops 6 releasing day one on Game Pass, though, things have changed.
For anyone planning to play Black Ops 6 through Game Pass, here’s what you need to do to change your region to New Zealand and play early:
And with that, you should be all set to play Black Ops 6 early on Oct. 24. This offers a huge advantage to PC players, as they can join in with the console players and start grinding much sooner.
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What about Steam and Battle.net players?
If you happen to be on Steam or Battle.net, you won’t be able to change your region and take advantage of the New Zealand trick. However, there is a way for you to play early as well:
There you have it. All the ways you’re able to play Black Ops 6 early on PC. The Game Pass method is ideal, but joining a friend can be a quick and easy way for PC players to access the game early. Stick around on esports.gg for morenews and updates.
