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Time of India
a day ago
- Time of India
How to claim your free weapon blueprint in Black Ops 6 and Warzone
Image via Activision With the launch of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 and its continued combination with Warzone, exciting new content has been released for players, with weapon blueprints being one of the most popular in the game. These blueprints are more than just some cosmetic upgrade, as they also offer a preset attachment that gives an edge in battle. If you have joined the game in beta testing, pre-ordered, or linked your Call of Duty account, you might already be eligible for this weapon blueprint. This guide walks you through simple steps on how to claim your free weapon blueprint and use it in both Black Ops 6 and Warzone. How to Unlock the Free Weapon Blueprint in Black Ops 6 Get ANY FREE WEAPON BLUEPRINTS NOW!! (MW3 Glitches) Claiming your free weapon blueprint in Black Ops 6 is easy if you provide to meet a certain eligibility criterion. The blueprint is usually provided as part of the pre-order bonus, an early access event, or other official promotions. Follow these steps to claim: Check Your eligibility Confirm that you have either: Pre-ordered Black Ops 6 digitally. Took part in the open beta using your Activision account. Linked your Call of Duty account across different platforms. Sign In to Your Activision account Visit the official Call of Duty website . Log in using an account that is connected to your gaming platforms, i.e., PlayStation, Xbox, Steam, or . Redeem the reward Go to the settings on your account dashboard, then select the 'Redeem' or 'Rewards' section. If you are eligible, the blueprint should appear under available items. Click 'Claim' to add to your in-game inventory. Launch Black Ops 6. Launch the game and navigate to the weapons section on your console or PC. Choose the right category of weapon and look for the blueprint. Equip the blueprint to start using the customized version in the campaign. How to use the weapon blueprint in Warzone Once you claim the blueprint in Black Ops 6, it also becomes available in Warzone as well. Make sure your Warzone is up to date with the latest version. Log in using the same Activision account. Open your loadouts and locate the weapon category. Apply the blueprint to customize your weapon with the new design. Claiming the new free blueprint in Black Ops 6 and Warzone is a quick and rewarding process. With just a few simple steps, you will unlock a fashionable and ready-to-use weapon setup that stands out during combat. Make sure your account is linked properly, and don't miss the window to claim the limited-time bonus. Get IPL 2025 match schedules , squads , points table , and live scores for CSK , MI , RCB , KKR , SRH , LSG , DC , GT , PBKS , and RR . Check the latest IPL Orange Cap and Purple Cap standings.
Canada Standard
2 days ago
- Politics
- Canada Standard
Passport to nowhere: Team Trumps new deportation game show
Washington is trying to outsource its migration problem to countries where people can just be forgotten You know when you're a kid and your mom tells you to clean your room, so you just shove everything under the bed and pray that she doesn't look? That's basically the Trump administration's immigration strategy, only instead of a bedroom, the mess is getting punted to countries like Ukraine, Libya, and El Salvador. "We are working with other countries to say, 'We want to send you some of the most despicable human beings to your countries. Will you do that as a favor to us?'" US Secretary of State Marco Rubiosaid, per NBC News. "And the further away the better, so they can't come back across the border." It's like a group chat where America just keeps forwarding spam to other nations. And hey, if you're really trying to make sure someone doesn't come back - not to America or anywhere else, for that matter - why not just send them to Ukraine? One day you're watching reruns of 'Friends' in the Bronx, the next you're personally starring in a Slavic war documentary without subtitles. Apparently, some Trump officials thought this was a real banger of a plan. If Ukraine's military recruiters were getting tired of kidnapping guys off park benches, surely they'd appreciate the gift of some unwitting 'pre-owned' conscripts. The Washington Post recentlyrevealedthat in late January, shortly after Trump took office, the US asked Ukraine to "accept an unspecified number of US deportees who are citizens of other countries." Ukraine, shockingly, wasn't super into the idea. Probably because their definition of 'foreign aid' doesn't include serving Washington as one giant human recycling bin. Still, it would have solved two problems at once: Ukraine gets soldiers, and the US gets to declutter its immigration problem by yeeting people into geopolitical sinkholes. No worries though, with Ukraine being picky, there are other destinations for an all-expenses paid permanent vacation courtesy of Uncle Sam Holidays. Like Libya! And Saudi Arabia! Asked about migrants being sent to Libya, Trumpsaid, "I don't know. You'll have to ask the Department of Homeland Security." He looked like a kid whose mom just looked under the bed and found a year's worth of dirty clothes. Asking DHS might be tricky, since Secretary Kristi Noem was last seen giving a stern PSA in front of a Salvadoran mega-prison while dressed like she was auditioning for Call of Duty. "Do not come to our country illegally," shewarnedon March 26. "You will be removed and you will be prosecuted." Washington is reportedlypayingEl Salvador $6 million to hide part of America's mess from voters. And President Nayib Bukele is very upfront about the arrangement: "We are willing to take in only convicted criminals (including convicted US citizens) into our mega-prison (CECOT) in exchange for a fee," heposted. Nothing says 'land of the free' like outsourcing incarceration to the highest bidder. Libya, meanwhile, still hasn't recovered from being turned into an open-air dystopia after the West's 2011 Greatest Hits Tour featuring regime change and chaos. Human trafficking is booming. Leadership is a mess. There's the Government of National Stability (East), the Government of National Unity (West), and various militias doing daily interpretive dance performances with Kalashnikovs. Allinsistthat they never agreed to take Washington's deportees from places like Vietnam, Laos, or the Philippines, according to NBC News. So what was the game plan anyway? To just drop people off in the middle of the desert and hope no one noticed, like it was Survivor: North Africa? The State Department's owntravel advisorywarns: "Do not travel to Libya due to crime, terrorism, unexplored land mines, civil unrest, kidnapping, and armed conflict." Having US citizenship doesn't "guarantee fair treatment" of foreigners, the advisory states. So, what you're saying is that it's an ideal place to send folks who can't even sue if something goes wrong. At one point, a US judge had to block a military aircraft that was gearing up to taxi with a batch of deportees en route to Libya. Legal red tape might be slow, but you know what's faster that a judge's order, probably? That military plane's engine at full throttle. And then there's Saudi Arabia. Because why not build your immigration policy like an awkward wedding seating chart: Latin Americans to El Salvador, Asians to Libya, Arabs to Saudi Arabia. To be fair, it's not just the US tossing migrants around like political hot potatoes. The entire West has been in a full-blown existential crisis since right-wing populism started 'threatening' elections in blowback against decades of lax migration. Even Canada is having second thoughts. Newly elected Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is trying to cut back on permanent residents, from 500,000 to just over 350,000 per year, and must know full well that isn't nearly enough of a cut. Last year, Germany flirted with the same genius idea as Britain: Send asylum seekers to Rwanda. Why Rwanda? Because the Brits already built the facility there, and Germany figured they could just Airbnb it. The only hiccup? German law doesn't actually let you deport people to a country they've never set foot in. Also, there's the tiny matter of... the Geneva Conventions. And those pesky historical vibes of mass deportation schemes in Germany during the Second World War. But that minor detail apparently doesn't prevent Rwanda from still being on the table forfuture US deportations. What a mess the West has made for itself by prioritizing virtue signaling over self-preservation. The end result? Don't call it dystopian foreign policy - just a pan-continental escape room. (
Campaign ME
2 days ago
- Business
- Campaign ME
Noon Food, KFC, Hardee's top ad awareness in the UAE for April
Noon Food, KFC, and Hardee's have each exhibited significant increases in ad awareness for the month of April, as tracked by YouGov's BrandIndex. Noon Food experienced a significant increase in ad awareness, rising from 22.8 per cent on March 26 to 31.8 per cent on April 23, marking a 9.1 percentage point gain. KFC's ad awareness went up by 7-percentage points, rising from 37.2 per cent on March 26 to 44.2 per cent on April 22. This increase may be due to earlier marketing campaigns. In January, KFC launched the 'Bribe Bucket' campaign with Call of Duty, offering rewards to gamers. Around the same time, they ran the 'Original Fake Games' campaign, which turned fake mobile game ads into real games. Hardee's also saw a 7-percentage point rise in ad awareness, moving from 12.7 per cent on March 26 to 19.7 per cent on April 22. This increase is likely driven by their out-of-home advertising campaign promoting the Frisco Philly Steak sandwich. The campaign featured high-impact billboards across Dubai and Sharjah, showcasing the sandwich's gourmet appeal. Data from surveys of adults aged 18 years and above, residing in the UAE from 26 March to 25 April 2025 make up a brand's ad awareness score based on the percentage that responded 'yes' to the question: 'Which of the following consumer brands have you seen an advertisement for in the past two weeks?' YouGov's Ad awareness scores are based on a four-week moving average. The change in scores for brands is calculated by taking the difference between the highest and lowest scoring days within the period.
Yahoo
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
'I hope to turn my love of gaming into a career'
"I remember my first ever time gaming when I was with my uncle, and he taught me how to play Call of Duty." Arkay has been "in love" with gaming ever since and has been playing "for the majority" of her life. But the 17-year-old started to take it more seriously when she joined the Confetti Arrows - a team representing Confetti College in Nottingham, where she is enrolled on a Level 3 BTec esports production course - earlier in the year. She believes the esports industry - competitive multiplayer gaming often live-streamed for spectators - is changing and hopes to turn her passion for it into a future career. Her team, which competes playing Overwatch 2 - a team-based hero shooter game - qualified for the British Esports Student Champs final, which will take place in July, after a flawless run, losing no matches this season. Arkay's roles in the team are known as "flex" and "support", meaning she provides healing to her team members in the game and tailors her play style to a variety of different gaming scenarios. She said her teammates had helped her "a lot" since she joined, adding she wanted to "learn everything" about esports and "hopefully" have a career in it. "It was very male-dominated 10 to 20 years ago, but things have changed, and women are really being accepted more in the industry," Arkay said. Her team is not the only Confetti Arrows one to have been successful this season. One that plays a game called Valorant made it through to the northern final of the National Esports Student Championships but got knocked out in the last stage of the competition. Miki Kielbowicz, in-game leader and captain of the team, started taking gaming seriously during the Covid-19 pandemic when he was unable to play traditional sports like football. "My drive to win drew me to esports," he said, adding he thinks of it "like a chess game". He said: "I know my team; I have a deep understanding of their personalities, and that helps me create strategies around them." Ryan Grundy, tutor and head coach of the Confetti Arrows teams, said attitudes towards esports are changing. "In the past, gaming has been linked to staying indoors and leading an unhealthy lifestyle which lends itself to fast food, sugary snacks and drinks," he added. "You wouldn't see a top traditional sports team nowadays without a nutritionist or a psychologist - and esports is starting to follow a similar trajectory." He said the aim was to improve a player's mental health, focus and reaction times. "Milliseconds can be the difference between a win or a loss in esports; you're always trying to get that edge over other teams," he added. Follow BBC Nottingham on Facebook, on X, or on Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@ or via WhatsApp on 0808 100 2210. Where does esports go after Commonwealth omission? Esports course boosts SEND pupils' school attendance Confetti Institute of Creative Technologies
Perth Now
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
Sarah Silverman met Rory Albanese through Call of Duty
Sarah Silverman was "happily single" before she met Rory Albanese. The 54-year-old comedy star actually thought she was "done" with dating before she met Rory during the COVID-19 pandemic. Speaking to People, Sarah shared: "I went to GameStop, and I hadn't played video games since Nintendo 64, but I bought a console, and I figured I would learn how to do video games. "This is what I'm going to focus on. I'm going to sleep as late as I can. I'm going to go to bed as early as possible, and I'm going to learn video games in between and this is going to be my life." Sarah kept herself busy during the pandemic by learning to play 'Call of Duty: World War II', and her passion for gaming led her to Rory. She explained: "Rory who I knew, but I didn't remember what he looked like, we had hung out once. We knew each other through comedy a little bit, but I didn't really know him. "He direct messaged me and was like, 'I play that. Do you have headphones?' I said, 'Yes, but I don't know how to do it.' And he talked me through it. And so every night, I'd play Call of Duty with Rory Albanese." At the start, Sarah never actually imagined dating Rory, as she was "very peacefully and happily single" at the time. She said: "I felt done, to be honest. You just can't predict anything! You never know what's around the corner." Sarah has actually learned some important life lessons through her love life. Asked to reveal the biggest lesson she's learned, Sarah replied: "It's human nature to be afraid of the unknown, but don't waste anxiety on the unknown. The unknown is thrilling. We really should just be on the edge of our seat." Sarah split from actor Michael Sheen in late 2017. But the actress previously revealed that they've remained good friends. During an appearance on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!', Sarah shared: "I was with Michael. We broke up over Christmas. He moved back to the UK and his life is really there and my life is really not there, but I love him to pieces."
