CALL OF DUTY BLACK OPS 6 MADE THIS ENDING OF BLACK OPS 2 CANON
The presentation of Call of Duty Black Ops 6 revealed that Treyarch’s new video game will be set in the early 90s at the height of the Gulf War, therefore – in the chronology of the saga – in a period immediately following the part of Black’s story Ops 2 set in 1986 (the other takes place in 2025).
What is the canonical ending of Call of Duty Black Ops 2?
The time placement of Black Ops 6 immediately raised a question in the minds of all fans of the Treyarch series: which of the endings of Black Ops 2 can be considered canon for Black Ops 6? Before answering this question, it is necessary to do a brief review, given that fourteen years have passed since the release of the game.
Call of Duty Black Ops 2 has four different main endings : the official canon ending sees Raul Menendez and Chloe Lynch’s characters survive and the war ends thanks to an alliance between the United States of America and China. Alongside this main ending, there is also a secondary ending which depends on the fate of Alex Mason , one of the players’ favorite characters.
If Alex Mason lives, he visits Frank Woods and reunites with his son David “Section” Mason; if Alex Mason dies, Woods and Section go to Alex’s grave, after which Section announces his retirement from the military forces.
CALL OF DUTY BLACK OPS 6 MADE THIS ENDING OF BLACK OPS 2 CANON
Unlike the main ending, Mason’s fate was never made canon, but we are happy to let you know that this doubt has finally been dispelled: in an interview with GamesBeat, Associate Creative Director Miles Leslie resolved the age-old question by clarifying that the canonical secondary ending is the one in which Alex Mason dies . The story of Black Ops 6, therefore, will unfold taking into account this important detail.
The story of Black Ops 6: a taste
In the single-player campaign of Call of Duty Black Ops 6, the central pivot of the narrative is represented by Frank Woods , a historical character around whom old characters and new faces gather.
Following the traumatic wound inflicted on him by Raul Menendez, Woods had to step aside and adjust to a new role within the CIA.
Here a new character enters the scene, his protégé Troy Marshall , who has gained a certain reputation in the field as a methodical and stubborn leader.
Both work for another new face of Black Ops 6, the CIA coordinator Jane Harrow, a charismatic, courageous and brilliant woman who knows how to best manage the relationships between the members of the agency. In the background, there is the world scenario which sees the Soviet Union dissolved after the fall of the Berlin Wall and the end of the Cold War, the United States as the only remaining superpower and the Gulf War on the front pages of newspapers every day.