After a franchise-topping opening weekend, it is clear that the recently releasedCall of Duty: Black Ops 6has a bright future ahead of it. The title has been largely praised for the ambitious changes in approach it has taken with its single-player narrative and core multiplayer, while also possessing a well-received focus on traditional mechanics for its Zombies experience.
With fans now being firmly up to speed with whatCall of Duty: Black Ops 6has to offer at launch, many players are already looking forward to what content will come next throughout the game’s post-launch life. While new maps and modes are set to be added to standard multiplayer onceBlack Ops 6kicks off its in-game seasons, fans have yet to experience how the game will alterCall of Duty’s popular battle royale,Warzone. Players have already found a direct nod to maps from 2008’sWorld at Warin the multiplayer ofBlack Ops 6, and this is a huge indicator of what fans can expect to see from the near future content ofWarzone.
Treyarch’s Map History Will Seemingly Play a Big Part in the Future of Warzone
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6was praised for its fresh approach to its launch multiplayer maps prior to launch, with the game featuring 16 brand-new maps for players to enjoy. The high hopes for this approach were only amplified bythe lack of originality in recentCoDtitles likeModern Warfare 3, which itself possessed a launch map pool composed entirely of remade maps from 2009’sModern Warfare 2.
Despite the originality behind them,the launch maps ofCall of Duty: Black Ops 6still leave a lot to be desireddue to their lack of variety and non-traditional layouts, and there are great indications that more classic maps from Treyarch-led games have a place inBlack Ops 6’s future. Of course, the iconicBlack Opsmap Nuketown was added toBlack Ops 6on November 1, and it seems as if this is only the tip of the iceberg for older maps getting another stint in the franchise’s spotlight.
For example, fans have already discovered that the Courtyard map fromWorld at Warexists aroundthe outskirts ofBlack Ops 6’s Skyline multiplayer map. Some players initially thought that this indicated that remakes of classicBlack OpsandWorld at Warmaps would come toBlack Ops 6’s multiplayer throughout its post-launch seasons, and while this could certainly happen, it seems as if Treyarch has even bigger plans for these past experiences.
Warzone’s Future Will Potentially Take Inspiration From Blackout in its Map Design
The iteration of Courtyard outside of Skyline has been altered to match the aesthetic of Avalon, a fictional Mediterranean city-state that plays a role in the campaign ofBlack Ops 6. Skyline also takes place in Avalon, and some very high-profile leaks suggest thatAvalon will be the setting of the next major core map forCall of Duty: Warzone. From what players have seen of the Avalon map through these leaks, it appears that a huge range of the most popular past Treyarch maps will make up the POIs of Avalon, with Courtyard being just one of many returning titans.
This is a similar approach toCoD’s original foray into the battle royale genre, Blackout, which wasan extremely popular element of 2018’sBlack Ops 4. The map for Blackout was itself comprised of fan-favoriteBlack Opsmaps brought together in a larger area, and it seems thatBlack Ops 6’s influence onWarzoneis set to emulate this same approach. While it is very possible that the remade past maps will still appear as standalone experiences inBlack Ops 6’s - or evenCall of Duty2025’s - core multiplayer, a lot of evidence points to the nextWarzonemap being a huge tribute to the best ofBlack Ops' history.
