Black Ops 6 acts as a “recent begin for everybody,” developer Treyarch has confirmed.
2023’s Modern Warfare 3 carried ahead content material from Modern Warfare 2 into the sport. However, in Black Ops 6, totally revealed throughout Microsoft’s Xbox Games Showcase and Call of Duty Direct, solely Black Ops 6 content material will probably be accessible to make use of throughout Multiplayer and Zombies.
In an interview with IGN, Miles Leslie, affiliate inventive director at Treyarch, stated Black Ops 6 is “a recent begin.” This implies that when Black Ops 6 comes out in October, gamers is not going to be taking part in Multiplayer and Zombies modes within the many and various skins they’ve already purchased for Modern Warfare 3 and Modern Warfare 2. Yes, which means you do not have to fret about killer clowns and Warhammer 40,000 troopers ruining that early 90s appear and feel.
It additionally means you will not see operators from the Modern Warfare sub-brand, which is presently set years after the occasions of Black Ops 6, complicated issues.
“So, day one, you will not be working round with any of these skins, in order that it does not break that immersion in that narrative we wish,” Leslie defined. “Now, after all, we’ll add these issues into post-launch. We know gamers like these stuff, after which we’ll discover actually cool issues that tie to Black Ops lore and in addition new thrilling stuff as nicely.”
There is one exception to this rule: the Black Ops 6 Vault Edition Woods Operator Pack preorder profit. It is presently accessible in Modern Warfare 3 and can carry ahead into Black Ops 6, Activision stated.
When Modern Warfare 3 launched final yr, some gamers complained that it was cluttered with totally leveled weapons carried ahead from Modern Warfare 2. On the opposite hand, some gamers stated they appreciated the very fact the cash they’d spent on content material for Modern Warfare 2 didn’t go to waste only a yr later.
Activision additional defined the choice in a blog post. Here’s the assertion:
We wish to make it possible for all people begins recent, collectively, as we transfer into an all-new expertise with the launch of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6.
Allowing everybody to expertise the Black Ops universe the best way it’s meant to be performed, studying the era-specific weapons and kit, studying the gameplay improvements like Omnimovement, and retaining that signature Black Ops fashion is necessary.
Therefore, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and Modern Warfare 3 content material is not going to carry ahead to the Black Ops 6 Premium expertise.
Despite this recent begin for “premium” Call of Duty gamers, as Activision calls it, Black Ops 6 content material will combine into Warzone and sit alongside all of the Modern Warfare 2 and three content material already accessible within the battle royale. Warzone is a Call of Duty mash-up that seemingly has no restrictions with regards to skins.
Black Ops 6 is ready within the early Nineties, after the occasions of Black Ops Cold War and tied to the Eighties flashbacks in 2012’s Black Ops 2. Multiplayer launches with 16 new maps, together with 12 core 6v6 maps, and 4 smaller Strike maps that may be performed 2v2 or 6v6.
For extra particulars, take a look at all the things we learn about Call of Duty Black Ops 6, together with its model new motion methods. And for extra of what Microsoft has up its sleeve, take a look at all the things introduced on the Xbox Games Showcase 2024.
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