Black Ops 6 devs deliver major fix to one of the beta\u2019s biggest issues ActivisionTreyarch released a minor update that fixes several audio issues that negatively impacted players\u2019 ability to hear nearby enemies. Audio has always been a contentious issue. In September, 2023, ahead of Modern Warfare 3\u2019s launch, fans claimed that audio had \u201cnever been worse.\u201d Over a year later in March, 2024, public sentiment completely changed, and players praised the devs for making Warzone\u2019s audio the \u201cbest it\u2019s ever been.\u201d In saying that, concerns still remained over the game prioritizing other sounds than enemy footsteps and other movement actions. Those issues extended to the Black Ops 6 beta, forcing Treyarch to respond accordingly. Here are the full patch notes from the most recent minor update. Increased footstep prioritization in sound mix playback – Increased enemy sliding audio – Reduced the impact sound when taking damage – The increased footstep prioritization and increased enemy sliding audio will make it easier to hear surrounding enemies. Previously, there were instances in the beta where it was had to exactly pinpoint where you were getting shot from. This comes after Treyarch \u201cimplemented new immersive audio tech in Black Ops 6 that allows players to hear gunfire and footsteps clearer than ever in a Black Ops game.\u201d The development team added that this new system adjusts the echoes of sounds based on the environment around you and prioritizes teammate noises to reduce confusion and friendly fire. Given that we have only had the chance to experience audio changes in the beta, we will have to wait until the full release before jumping to any conclusions. Treyarch did not confirm if there will be any other changes in another update before the beta\u2019s second weekend. For more on what players can expect ahead of launch, check out our guide on every map and mode coming to the beta.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Black Ops 6 devs deliver major fix to one of the beta\u2019s biggest issues ActivisionTreyarch released a minor update that fixes several audio issues that negatively impacted players\u2019 ability to hear nearby enemies. Audio has always been a contentious issue. In September, 2023, ahead of Modern Warfare 3\u2019s launch, fans claimed that audio had \u201cnever […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23554","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23554","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23554"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23554\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}