Black Ops 6's campaign connects to the series

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This article contains MINOR SPOILERS for Call of Duty: Black Ops 6's campaign and MAJOR SPOILERS for Call of Duty: Black Ops 2.



The Call of Duty: Black Ops the series is almost 14 years old, and unlike its slightly older sibling, it has not been rebooted. This means that each Call of Duty: Black Ops the story is currently considered canon and in the same continuity. As any longtime fan knows, Black Ops has some surprisingly deep lore dealing with mind control, false memories, and a healthy dose of non-linear storytelling, which can make the overall series story a bit tricky to follow.


thankfully, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 manages to remain newcomer-friendly by delivering a standalone story revolving around a mostly new cast of characters and a new threat. That said, there are plenty of references and callbacks to previous series entries in Black Ops 6some of which hearken back to the original 2010 installment.


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Black Ops 6's campaign strikes the perfect balance between old and new

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 delivers a stunning campaign that not only draws from the franchise's extensive past, but also dabbles with its modern side.

The biggest self-references in Call of Duty: Black Ops 6's campaign

Frank Woods, Adler and what happened in Panama

A few years before the events of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6and is set during the flashback sequences for Black Ops 2Frank Woods and his trusted teammate Alex Mason head to Panama in search of Manuel Noriega, the right-hand man of notorious arms dealer Raul Menendez. Woods corners Noriega and convinces him to capture Menendez so that Woods can execute him. Menendez faces Woods with a bag over his head, and Woods takes the killing blow. But when the bag slides down, Woods realizes he's been tricked into executing Mason.


Menendez then emerges from hiding, shoots Woods in both of his legs, crippling him for life. When Woods returns to the US, he learns from the CIA that the Panama operation went south due to an inside tip from a mole inside the CIA, and a rumor begins to spread that Russell Adler is that mole. IN Call of Duty: Black Ops 6Frank Woods dismisses that rumor, claiming he doesn't believe Adler would ever betray one of his own.

Vorkuta – A prison of memories

Towards the latter half of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6s campaign, Frank Woods and the rest of his team of rogue black ops agents discover that The Pantheon (the new big bad private military organization) is using the old remains of Vorkuta prison as a site to mass produce the Cradle bioweapon. This is a direct reference to the very first one Call of Duty: Black Opswhere players control Alex Mason as he takes part in a mass prisoner uprising at Vorkuta along with World at war character Viktor Reznov.

The Sims made it through the Cold War

With Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 as a direct follow-up to the 2020s Black Ops Cold Warit's only natural that some familiar faces pop up during the new campaign. While Frank Woods and Russell Adler play prominent roles in Black Ops 6s story, there is another Cold War character whose appearance is much shorter.


Lawrence Sims is introduced in Black Ops Cold War as one of Adler's closest allies, having fought with him during the Vietnam War. Sims helps Adler and the rest of his team hunt down the mysterious Perseus, but leaves the CIA a little while later due to their questionable methods. Sims joins the US Army and eventually receives a call from Adler, who needs his help to capture Pantheon bioweapons expert Matvey Gusev.

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