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Hirun Cryer

Call of Duty voice chat reaches its final form, gives enemy players a way to scream at you mere inches from your ear by using you as a meat shield

A player wearing a gasmask and holding a gun in the upcoming PS5 game, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 will inexplicably allow players to talk to enemy players that they've taken hostage as a "body shield" via voice chat, and I'm predicting levels of toxicity never seen before.

In amongst the slew of details stemming from yesterday's Call of Duty Next event , Activision relatively quietly let slip a new feature for the former. Body shields are returning, where players can pick up enemies and use them as shields, but this time, you'll be able to communicate directly with the player you've grabbed via the in-game voice chat.

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