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A Black Ops 6 character shooting a pistol while riding a motorbike at night

Rock Paper Shotgun has a fuzzy conception of “news”, in that we regard the “new” element of news as overrated, more of a guideline than an obligation. The trick to selling this mindset is to overclock your obnoxious narcissism until it levels up into stylish solipsism. “It’s news to me,” I sternly insist, whileannouncing a gameyou might pedantically observe was announced in 2019. “I can obtain no reliable empirical evidence that this existed prior to my noticing it,” I declare, writing about my discovery thatCall Of Duty: Black Ops 6requires a permanent internet connection, even when you’re playing the campaign.

The hair-splitters amongst you might object that this has been known since June this year, but that’s no problem, because I have no reliable empirical evidence that you exist either. The only sources I’m prepared to trust are certain people on Reddit, who have also just learned about the always-online requirement after experiencing disconnects in single player, and are getting violently pissed off.