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If you want to play Zombies or Multiplayer with your friend using the split screen feature, this ONE Esports guide on how to do split screen in Black Ops 6 will be useful.

Black Ops 6 offers a split-screen mode, which allows players to play the Zombies or Multiplayer game modes with their friends using a second controller.

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Couch co-op, which we also know as split screen, is one of the staple features of multiplayer games.

Black Ops 6 split screen guide

Making local split screen work is now becoming a thing of the past as we usher in the new age of gaming, no matter how good your hardware is.

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Still, Black Ops 6 manages to make it work, though the process of accessing it is hidden behind a few steps that many might miss out on if they don’t know what to do.

With that said, here’s how to play split screen in Black Ops 6.

How to do split screen in Black Ops 6

To play Zombies or Multiplayer modes in split screen in Black Ops 6, open the game on PlayStation 5 or Xbox Series X | S, and enter Multiplayer or Zombies mode.

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After that, once you are in the game lobby, plug in the second controller and press the ‘X’ button on your DualSense Controller or the ‘A’ button on the Xbox Controller to start the split screen.

Once you press the respective button, you will get the user login option. Log in using a different user profile and ensure it has an Activision account.

After selecting the second user, you will be prompted to log in to your Activision account.

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Do it and you will be all set to play Zombies or Multiplayer, whichever mode you have selected, in split screen.

Do note that the Split Screen feature is unavailable on PC and previous generation consoles. Moreover, if you play the Multiplayer mode in split screen, you will get bots as opponents instead of actual players.

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