The post-launch life of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 is now well underway, with the highly anticipated first in-game season for the title being live already. The game has garnered a lot of popularity and positive reception since it was first released in October, with the launch of season one being the perfect way to maintain and expand on this momentum. Season one of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 has already seen the release of a range of new maps, modes, playlists, cosmetics, and more, with a wide range of other content already being outlined for the mid-season “Reloaded” event.
As expected, season one of Black Ops 6 has also introduced the game’s first battle pass, which itself offers a huge range of operator skins, weapon blueprints, XP tokens, finishing moves, and calling cards, among other things. Perhaps the most exciting of season one’s battle pass offerings are its brand-new weapons – however, two fresh firearms are only accessible through battle pass progression. These two new guns take clear inspiration from the arsenals of past Call of Duty releases, painting a clear picture of what kind of weapons fans can expect to see in future Black Ops 6 updates.
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Call of Duty: Black Ops 6’s Battle Pass Weapons Seem Like a Celebration of the Franchise’s History
The included weapons of any Call of Duty title are always massively important, with the franchise having portrayed a massive range of real-world and fictional firearms from different eras over the years. Across its range of primary weapons, secondary weapons, melee weapons, and launchers, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 launched with a respectable 33 weapon choices, a welcome reduction from Modern Warfare 3‘s overwhelming 115 weapons at launch.
The downside of a small weapon pool, however, is that only a handful of weapons dominate the meta of different maps and modes, with Black Ops 6 predictably following the recent franchise trend of adding new firearms through its in-game seasons. With the launch of season one, players now also have access to the Krig C assault rifle and the SAUG submachine gun, with these weapons being freely available to all players through battle pass progression.
Black Ops 6 is Spoiled For Choice with its Post-Launch Weapon Introductions
Long-term fans of the Call of Duty franchise will recognize the Krig C from 2020’s Black Ops Cold War, with the gun previously being known as the Krig 6. The SAUG has also previously appeared in the Black Ops franchise, with its first iteration belonging to 2018’s Black Ops 4. It seems logical to think that all the post-launch weapon introductions to Black Ops 6 will follow this trend of being from past titles, with the recent release paying a lot of respect to the sub-franchise’s past in many other areas.
Aside from the campaign and characters of Black Ops 6‘s story being heavily linked to the narratives of Black Ops, Black Ops 2, and Cold War, the return of round-based Zombies and the inspiration of past titles for the game’s prestige emblems makes Black Ops 6 a shining testament to the wider series. This is seemingly being echoed in the post-launch guns for the game, and more guns from the likes of Black Ops and Cold War could easily be added in the future while still maintaining some timeline accuracy with the base game.
The wider Black Ops franchise has built up a huge wealth of past firearms over the years, meaning that Treyarch has heaps of fan-favorite weapons to choose from when it comes to future seasonal introductions. The Krig C and the SAUG are a great way to ease into this while still letting the launch guns of Black Ops 6 shine, and the future looks bright for many more iconic past weapons to make their way into BO6‘s weapon pool.