Call Of Duty: Black Ops 6 releases in less than two days, but the game’s first live-season won’t go live for several more weeks. Season 1 will include new maps, modes and other goodies, as well as the first Black Ops 6 Battle Pass. It will also mark the first time the game fully integrates with free-to-play Warzone, which will also include a brand new Resurgence map, Area 99.
Activision hasn’t announced Season 1 just yet. The publisher is likely waiting until after launch to release those details, allowing players—and the marketing department—to focus on the game’s release and pre-season content.
However, towever, the launch date for Season 1 has already leaked thanks to a promo partnership with the Little Caesars pizza chain. Call Of Duty has partnered with Little Caesars in the past, giving away cosmetics including Operator skins as well as XP tokens to players who make qualifying purchases there. An Operator skin you can’t find anywhere else is a reasonably decent reason to buy pizza (which I did for game night when Modern Warfare III launched last year).
Here’s some of what you can get:
According to players who have already bought some pies and received emails from Little Caesars about their rewards, Season 1 of Black Ops 6 / Warzone will launch on Thursday, November 14th:
“You have unlocked 15 minutes of Dual 2XP + a Battle Pass through the LITTLE CAESARS x CALL OF DUTY promotion!” the screenshotted email above reads. “Your Dual 2XP will be delivered to your Activision account on October 25. The Battle Pass will be delivered to your Activision account at the start of Season 1 of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 on November 14.”
Of course, this is not an official announcement so this information could be incorrect and it could also change if the Season 1 timeline is pushed back (or forward) so take all of this with a grain of salt. It’s also possible that Area 99 will release in-season rather than at the beginning of Season 1, which could push back its release into December.
This would be a relatively quick launch for a first season for Call Of Duty at just about three weeks post-launch. Modern Warfare III released on November 10th and Season 1 didn’t come out until December 6th, nearly four weeks later.
Black Ops 6 launches with 16 brand-new maps, including 4 small “Strike” maps used for Gunfight and Faceoff modes (read my interview about these tiny maps here) with Nuketown releasing between launch and Season 1. The game will include a full single-player campaign, round-based Zombies mode and a full arsenal of new guns. None of the content from Modern Warfare II or Modern Warfare III will transfer to Black Ops 6 but guns, Operators and other cosmetics from all three games will playable in Warzone.
