How to play Split Screen in Black Ops 6

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 has split-screen multiplayer, but you’d be forgiven for not knowing about it, considering Activision has done a great job in hiding it for both Zombies and Multiplayer.

Not only that, but the method to use split-screen is a bit confusing and requires a bunch of different steps and accounts to work. It’s easy to see why players find it hard to get to work, considering the amount of things you need, but have no fear.

While it can be a little overbearing and confusing, follow these simple steps, and you’ll be playing in the mode in no time.

How Split-Screen works in Black Ops 6 Zombies and Multiplayer

Before using split-screen in Black Ops 6, you need to know a couple of things first. These include the following:

• You can only play split-screen multiplayer currently on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S. Trying to play split-screen on PS4, Xbox One, or PC won’t work.
• You need to create additional accounts on your Xbox and PlayStation on top of your primary account for split-screen to work. There are also reports you need an additional Activision account, so for safety, have multiple Activision accounts prepared.

With that in mind, here are the steps to follow to get split-screen working on both Multiplayer and Zombies mode.

1. Load up Black Ops 6 and select either Multiplayer or Zombies modes.
2. Connect a second controller to your console while on the main lobby screen and sign in with a profile.
   • It an’t be a guest profile and has to be a full user account. Sometimes Xbox or PlayStation will allow you to create a new one if one wasn’t made beforehand.
   • You should then be prompted to sign into a new Activision account here, which you’ll need to log into as well.
   • If done correctly, the second player’s name should appear in the top-right corner under the first player.
3. Select the mission you want to take part in, then Standard, and you should have e the option to choose between Play in a Squad.
   • Toggle on/off Squad Fill if you want to be joined by other players online or if you want to just play split-screen only.

There is no way to play these modes offline, and for multiplayer, it appears as though you can only play against bots over other players from what we have seen, though we can’t confirm this information.

Split-screen fills the screen completely so both players should take up half the screen each. Sadly Campaign can only be played solo, so there’s no way to use split-screen there either.