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Xfinity Rewards Members Get Early Access to Call of Duty®: Black Ops 6 Open Beta

2024-08-20 00:00 Last Updated At：00:11

PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug 19, 2024--

Today, Comcast announced Xfinity Rewards members will be able to redeem codes and get early access to the Call of Duty®: Black Ops 6 Open Beta. Customers can redeem their code today and get ready for the Open Beta Early Access starting on August 30, and experience Black Ops 6 before the game’s official release on October 25.

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"Our long-standing partnership with the Call of Duty franchise is just one of the many ways Xfinity is able to deliver the best gaming experience for our customers,” said Mark Cruz, senior director of Brand Partnerships & Amplification for Xfinity. “Through Xfinity Rewards, we are proud to be able to say thank you to our customers by offering Rewards members early access to one of the most hyped games of the year, while providing the best products for a superior gaming experience.”

Xfinity customers can sign up for Xfinity Rewards to redeem a code to participate in the Call of Duty®: Black Ops 6 Open Beta Early Access. Xfinity Rewards members can obtain their early access code by visiting the Xfinity app or www.xfinity.com/rewards. Once they receive their code, players can link their Activision account to start their gaming experience. Xfinity Rewards members can join the Early Access period between August 30 and September 4, and then play again when the Open Beta begins on September 6 through September 9. This year’s Early Access period is available on all platforms.

“We're thrilled to have Comcast Xfinity on board this year as Official Internet Service Provider of Call of Duty,” said William Gahagan, Director of Global Partnerships at Activision. “Our partnership will allow more players to experience the exciting Black Ops 6 Beta this year and get a taste of what's to come for the new era of Call of Duty. "

The news marks a continuous joint effort from Xfinity and Call of Duty to bring customers early access to one of the world’s premiere video game franchises, while highlighting Xfinity’s commitment to providing gamers with reliable Internet products, services, and experiences. Xfinity offers a best-in-class Internet connection, giving gamers a fast and reliable connection with low lag. And with the latest technology built into Xfinity gateways, customers are able to boost their WiFi performance and power dozens of connected devices throughout their home.

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As 'Born in the U.S.A.' plays, American cardinals in Rome celebrate Pope Leo XIV

2025-05-10 01:39 Last Updated At：01:42

ROME (AP) — Speakers blasted songs including “Born in the U.S.A.” and “American Pie” as six cardinal electors from the United States gathered in Rome on Friday to share their thoughts on the election of the first U.S.-born pope, Cardinal Robert Prevost.

“I took a look at Bob ... and he had his head in his hands and I was praying for him, because I couldn’t imagine what happens to a human being when you’re facing something like that," said Cardinal Joseph Tobin of Newark, New Jersey, of the moment right after casting his vote in the Sistine Chapel. “And then when he accepted, it was like it was made for him.”

One day after the Chicago-born Prevost became Pope Leo XIV, the cardinals met on a stage decorated with the Stars and Stripes and a Vatican flag at the Pontifical North American College. The hilltop institution for U.S. seminarians is a short walk from St. Peter’s Basilica, where Leo made his first speech to the world on Thursday evening as the new leader of the Catholic Church’s global faithful of 1.4 billion people.

The cardinals highlighted how his American nationality wasn't a deciding factor, especially in the most geographically diverse conclave in history, though many rejoiced in it.

“The fact that he was born in the United States of America, boy, that’s a sense of pride and gratitude for us,” Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York said.

But Dolan and others added that Leo's experience as an Augustinian as well as ministry in Peru — where he also acquired citizenship — and leading the Vatican's Dicastery for Bishops made him a “citizen of the world."

“In a very real sense, Cardinal Prevost in his life has been at his core a missionary, in every way,” Cardinal Robert McElroy of Washington said.

They also said that Leo could build bridges to all world leaders, including U.S. President Donald Trump. U.S. Catholic bishops have had a fraught relationship with Trump, especially over the crackdown on immigration, and Pope Francis had sparred with Trump since he first was a presidential candidate.

But cardinals in the conclave were most concerned with “who among us can bring us together, who among us can strengthen the faith and bring the faith to places where it has grown weak,” Cardinal Wilton Gregory said.

Earlier, the first U.S. Black prelate to assume the rank of cardinal had joked that he and Leo had chatted “from one south sider of Chicago to another.”

The United States had 10 voting cardinals in the conclave, the second-highest number of any country after Italy. Four of them currently serve as archbishops in the U.S. — Blase Cupich of Chicago as well as Dolan, McElroy and Tobin. Joining them were archbishops emeritus Gregory and Daniel DiNardo of Galveston-Houston in Texas, as well as French Cardinal Christophe Pierre, the apostolic nuncio to the United States.

They urged the faithful to see the conclave not as a political campaign, but as a grave choice driven by the Holy Spirit for a global spiritual leader.

“This wasn't our first rodeo,” said Dolan, referring to the church's election of more than 260 popes in its 2,000-year history.

He said that the “ecstasy” in the crowd gathered in St. Peter's Square on Thursday night exploded when the much-expected “ Habemus Papam ” — Latin for “we have a pope” — rang out from the loggia, even before the new pope's identity was revealed.

“There will be a man at the window on Sunday ... papa is back," Dolan added, referencing the blessing that popes have long bestowed on the crowds on Sundays, and which Leo — “il papa” in Italian — is scheduled to deliver on May 11. “It’s the office of the successor of St. Peter that endures."

Several of the men referred to the man — who they’ve known for years as Bob or Robert — by his papal name, Leo. On Friday, they joked with each other and the journalists — including Dolan and Tobin saying that the conclave might have have been short, because the first night's meal wasn't conducive to sticking around.

But they highlighted that ultimately what delivered a majority in less than 24 hours stemmed from discernment and the grace of God.

“We were able to treat each other with great respect, to listen to each other during the congregations beforehand, and then when it came time for voting, things seemed to just jell and go in a direction that set us on a path of unity,” Cupich said. “If only the rest of us, in our lives and in the world, could have that mad dash to unity that we seemed to have in conclave.”

Colleen Barry contributed to this report from Soave.

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