Call of Duty Black Ops 6 promises depth if you can handle the water.
Over the weekend, a significant Call of Duty Black Ops 6 leak revealed a new Warzone map. Activision accidentally uploaded a beta build of the game to the PSN database, allowing PS4 players to access it. The new Warzone map, Babylon, faced criticism from fans for being mostly water. Fans argue that Warzone isn’t about swimming; it’s about shooting guns at opponents, and water complicates that.
If I’m being honest, this is an odd thing to be mad about. The recent leak behind this revealed several details about Call of Duty Black Ops 6, including nine multiplayer maps. Not all these maps appear for 6v6 modes; three or four are 2v2 maps, likely available in the Faceoff game mode returning from Black Ops Cold War.
The leaked maps seem small to medium, suggesting the beta build will focus on these sizes. It’s confirmed that there will be 12 6v6 maps and four Faceoff maps at launch. Despite early leaks, the game offers more features and depth than recent Call of Duty titles, indicating a more polished and fleshed-out game. While the gameplay remains unjudged until community testing, the variety in features like reticle customization, emotes, sprays and HUD customization makes Call of Duty Black Ops 6 look promising.
Call of Duty Black Ops 6 will be released on October 25, 2024. The game will also be available on Xbox Game Pass, making the subscription more appealing, but consider that the prices for the tiers were raised to allow this.
There’s another catch: while Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass subscribers will get day-one access, those with the standard Game Pass tier must wait. This change in access tiers has sparked some controversy in the gaming community. To play Call of Duty Black Ops 6 on Game Pass at launch, you will need to subscribe to either the Ultimate or PC Game Pass tier, and you have the option to buy the game on its own, too, but that feels like the worst option out of the three because you don’t get access to the Game Pass library, and you are paying much more upfront.
