The post-launch life ofCall of Duty: Black Ops 6is now well underway, with many players being more than ready for a fresh wave of content to shake up the core experience of the recently released title. The Treyarch-led game enjoyed a hugely successful opening weekend thanks to its Xbox Game Pass presence and the unique nature of its premise compared to more recent franchise releases, meaning that more eyes than usual are on the opening season ofBlack Ops 6.
Treyarch recently revealed a comprehensive roadmap ofCall of Duty: Black Ops 6’s first in-game season, with players having a lot to look forward to concerning the title’s core multiplayer, Zombies, and evenWarzone. The content that season one ofBlack Ops 6is set to bring is already shaping up to be quite impressive, with a huge range of new features setting an excellent standard that the game’s subsequent in-game seasons will hopefully meet or even exceed.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6’s Season One Starts Things with a Bang
Season one ofCall of Duty: Black Ops 6is set to launch on November 14, and it’s likely to run until around January 2025 with a mid-season update in between. A large bulk of season one’s content is related to the core multiplayer ofBlack Ops 6, with six new maps being slated for release. At launch,season one will introduce the Hideout, Extraction, and Heirloom 6v6 maps, with Heirloom also doubling-up as a new 2v2 experience. Later on in the season, fans will also get access to Racket, Hacienda, and a festive re-skin of the iconic Nuketown map.
New game mechanics are coming with season one in the form of multiplayer equipment, withthe powerful new Hand Cannon scorestreakrewarding accuracy with rapid and instant kills. A new multiplayer perk is also a part of season one’s content, known as Shadow, which will allow players to remain undetectable to enemy mines and traps. The Shrapnel Radar perk will also be added later on in the season; with the perk, any blast damage dealt to enemies momentarily causes them to appear on a player’s mini-map.
A new Wild Card is also set to make waves inBlack Ops 6season one, with High Roller allowing players to use up to four scorestreaks in core multiplayer. In terms of new modes, competitive players will be thrilled to hear that Ranked Play is coming toBlack Ops 6with season one, with a 6v6 looter gamemode called Ransack also being added to the game. Season one will also add Prop Hunt, which is likely the first ofmany party modes that will be added toBlack Ops 6in the near future.
A New Battle Pass and Further Weapon Customization Are at the Heart of Black Ops 6’s Season One
As expected, season one ofBlack Ops 6will also introduce the game’s first battle pass, with a skin for Sevati Dumas being the tier 100 reward andthe eye-catching Goliath skin being the crown jewel of the Blackcell battle pass. The season one battle pass will also feature two unlockable new weapons, the Krig C assault rifle and the Saug SMG. Season one will also feature the first limited-time event forBlack Ops 6, Hit List, which has its own range of challenges and rewards.
For example, players will be able to unlock the Power Drill and Cleaver melee weapons, the Siren 9MM special weapon, the Maelstrom shotgun, and AMR Mod 4 sniper rifle through season one events. Many of these weapons will be compatible with the fresh attachments of season one, with the Buffer Weight Stock and Dragon’s Breath attachments adding even more personalization toBlack Ops 6. This potential customization is taken even further with the upcoming season one store bundles forBlack Ops 6, which include the eccentric Brightmare bundle andThe Replacer Tracer Pack bundle.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Zombies and Warzone Also Get Attention in Season One
Fans ofCall of Duty: Black Ops 6Zombies also have a lot to look forward to in season one, with Directed Modes being released for both Terminus and Liberty Falls. This offers a guided experience for players regarding the major Easter eggs of both maps. Players only have a short time to completethe Liberty Falls and Terminus Easter eggsbefore their Directed Modes release in order to unlock exclusive calling cards.
Three brand-new Gobblegums are also slated to come to Zombies throughout season one, as well as a new perk, field upgrade, and ammo mod that have not yet featured inBO6. The most pressing Zombie-related addition toBlack Ops 6season one is a new map for the mode, named Citadelle Des Mortis. This fresh experience will be a round-based map set in an abandoned European castle, taking great inspiration fromthe fan-favorite Der Eisendrache map fromBlack Ops 3.
Season one ofBlack Ops 6is also set to impactWarzonein a major way, mainly by finally introducing the mechanics of the recently released title to the battle royale. This means that the likes of omnimovement, body shields, dedicated melee,BO6weapons and more will soon be integrated toWarzone. As well as this, the Urzikstan and Rebirth Island maps are set to return during season one, withthe brand-new Area 99 map also making an appearance for the Resurgence mode.
The standard Battle Royale, Resurgence, and Plunder modes will be available throughout this new era ofWarzone, with ranked play for Battle Royale being set to launch at some point during the season. Ahuge amount of overall content is set to come toBlack Ops 6thanks to season one, with the upcoming event seeming like the perfect way to carry forward the tremendous momentum that the game has enjoyed since its release.
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Forced to go rogue. Hunted from within. This is Call of Duty: Black Ops 6.Developed by Treyarch and Raven, Black Ops 6 is a spy action thriller set in the early 90s, a period of transition and upheaval in global politics, characterized by the end of the Cold War and the rise of the United States as a single superpower. With a mind-bending narrative, and unbound by the rules of engagement, this is signature Black Ops.The Black Ops 6 Campaign provides dynamic moment-to-moment gameplay that includes a variety of play spaces with blockbuster set pieces and action-packed moments, high-stakes heists, and cloak-and-dagger spy activity.In a best-in-class Multiplayer experience, players will test their skills across 16 new maps at launch, including 12 core 6v6 maps and 4 Strike maps that can be played 2v2 or 6v6.Black Ops 6 also marks the epic return of Round-Based Zombies, the fan-favorite mode where players will take down hordes of the undead in two brand-new maps at launch. Post-launch, players can look forward to even more exciting maps and groundbreaking experiences dropping into both Multiplayer and Zombies.
