As with every Treyarch title, the audio team has redesigned or captured new sound effects for every single weapon in the game, including new reload and firing sounds. How those sounds interact with the environment, however, is being pushed to new limits using the studio’s most advanced audio systems yet.
“The goal for the audio team on Black Ops 6,” Collin said, “is what we’re calling the adaptive battlefield, a more purposeful and directional soundscape that focuses on the information players need when they need it while reducing the clutter of extraneous noise.”
Specifically, the team has been laser focused on distant firing sounds, giving players information on directionality, distance, and threat level so they can more easily identify where the enemy Operator is firing from and then formulate their plan of counterattack. “We want to make sure that the soundscape in this game will adapt to each player as they play, creating a living and breathing play space.”