Black Ops 6 launches on October 25 with 16 brand-new multiplayer maps, however the newest episode of Name of Responsibility’s podcast has revealed that Treyarch’s iconic Nuketown map will return post-launch.
Initially launched in 2010’s Name of Responsibility: Black Ops, Nuketown was a map designed as a mockup of a Fifties US suburb used for nuclear testing. It is beloved for being a small and chaotic map, and it is returned a number of occasions over time with completely different variations.
The podcast contains an interview with Treyarch’s affiliate artistic director, Miles Leslie, who confirms Nuketown’s return in Black Ops 6. The sport’s marketing campaign takes place within the Gulf Conflict, however when requested if Black Ops 6 would function a ’90s-themed variant of Nuketown, the developer was unable to verify the map’s setting.
Nonetheless, shortly after the podcast was launched, Treyarch confirmed the map is arriving on November 1 with a teaser clip that exhibits a small portion of the map. The design is unquestionably a basic Fifties-style Nuketown, however not sufficient of the map is proven to find out what modifications may very well be anticipated.
The interview additionally discusses Black Ops 6 Zombies, revealing that one other round-based map will arrive earlier than the top of the yr. The sport will launch with Terminus and Liberty Falls as the primary two round-based Zombies maps.
Liberty Falls acquired criticism after the map’s reveal at Name of Responsibility: Subsequent, with among the group expressing that the map’s design regarded and felt too informal, missing a darker, more-traditional Zombies ambiance.
Activision confirms that Liberty Falls has undergone modifications because the map’s reveal, explaining the map proven at the moment was nonetheless a work-in-progress. Liberty Falls has since acquired modifications to visible tone for a “moodier really feel.” HUD components are additionally being touched for the mode. Nonetheless, Activision additionally expressed that Liberty Falls remains to be imagined to be a smaller and extra informal map, whereas Terminus is a a lot bigger map with a extra conventional Zombies really feel.
The podcast confirms extra Zombies particulars will arrive nearer to the sport’s launch. Black Ops 6 releases on October 25 for Xbox Collection X|S, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, and PC.
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