Summary
Due to massive demand from players and the ongoing issues with cheaters, Activision has announced that Season 2 ofCall of Duty: Black Ops 6will give console players the ability to disable cross-play in Ranked Play. With the next season ofCall of Duty: Black Ops 6andWarzoneright around the corner, Activision has addressed some of the game’s biggest issues in a lengthy blog post, detailing how it plans to tackle the many bugs, glitches, and hackers present in both titles.
At launch,Call of Duty: Black Ops 6was a massivesuccess for both publisher Activision and developer Treyarch Studios. Unfortunately, in the weeks after the game’s release, things don’t appear to have panned out as expected for the studios.Call of Duty’s player count has been on a rapid decline, losing 50% of players on Steam since the launch ofBlack Ops 6in October 2024. While the never-ending list of bugs and server issues likely won’t have helped, the huge drop-off is speculated to be largely due to the game’s severe cheating issue in Ranked Play.
Call of Duty Season 2 Bringing Big Ranked Play Feature to Black Ops 6 and Warzone
WithSeason 2 ofBlack Ops 6andWarzoneset for January 28, Activision has outlined how it intends to tackle a variety of issues in both titles, including hackers in Ranked Play. While the studio did outline some big improvements to the game’s anti-cheat system, it has also revealed that Season 2 will allow players to disable cross-play while in Ranked Play, a feature fans have been requesting for the past few weeks. This will, of course, only apply to console players and prevent them from matchmaking with PC players. Activision says the feature is currently in testing and is planned to go live for bothBlack Ops 6andWarzone“during” Season 2, which implies it might not be available at launch.
The studio also outlined various other improvements forBlack Ops 6andWarzoneRanked Playduring Season 2. At launch, a new Vote to Forfeit feature will be made available, allowing players to vote with their team to end a match early. Also being tested is the ability to rejoin Ranked Play matches, allowing for fuller teams if a player is disconnected during the match. Finally, there are brand-new rewards for Season 2, including camos for Gold rank and up, a Jackal PDW blueprint for 10 wins, and a Large Decal for 100 wins.
With so many bugs and glitches plaguingWarzoneat the moment, fans are hopeful that this huge community update is the beginning of something great for both titles. Unfortunately, Activision did also reveal thatSeason 2 ofWarzonewill have less contentthan originally planned as the studio intends to prioritize new gameplay tuning, quality-of-life improvements, and bug fixes.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
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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.
