The busy post-launch life ofCall of Duty: Black Ops 6is starting to wind to a close, with attention starting to shift over to what the game’s penultimate fifth in-game season might have in store. Some controversy recently arose around the title’s post-launch content due to the delay of Season 4 Reloaded, with players now having to wait until early July to get their hands on the new maps, modes, and more that the mid-season event will offer.
Despite this, a lot of excitement still exists overCall of Duty: Black Ops 6’s plans for Season 5, which is expected to launch around August 7. Particular interest is being paid to this in-game season due to the confirmation that it will see the launch ofBlack Ops 6’s sixth and final major Zombies map. Fans have had a general idea of what this final experience will involve for some time, and a recent leak seems to set up some big things that will hopefully end theBO6era of Zombies with a bang.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6’s Season 5 Zombies Map Will Hopefully Live Up to Its Name
Asthe final map forBlack Ops 6Zombies, there is a significant amount of pressure on Season 5’s map to really commit to some major story points that will echo beyond the game itself. Through things like the Shattered Veil cinematics, fans have sensibly assumed that the finalBlack Ops 6Zombies map would be set around Janus Towers. With it being all but confirmed that this is the case, some recent leaks give a good idea of how far Treyarch is committing to making this map extremely important in terms of its narrative value.
Black Ops 6recently added the popular Grief game modeto its Zombies offerings, with the accompanying game files for the mode leaking some important information about Season 5’s map. Through some uncovered voice lines, it seems as if the final Zombies map forBlack Ops 6will be called The Reckoning, with mention also being given to a showdown between Richtofen and SAM.
While the leaks forBlack Ops 6’s Season 5 Zombies map seem quite credible, they should still be taken with a grain of salt.
“The Reckoning” seems to indicate that a major narrative culmination will happen throughout Season 5’s Zombies map and its associated Easter egg. It seems as if players should expect quite a thematically dark and serious experience with Season 5’s map, with it seeming very likely that some major character deaths could accompany the upcoming map, given the stakes of its premise. Of course,Janus Towers is deeply tied to Project Janusand its experimentation, with The Reckoning seeming like a sensible name for the prospect of fighting through the twisting halls of the infested facility.
SAM’s Involvement in The Reckoning Could Provide a Huge Story Highlight For Black Ops 6
It seems as if SAM could appear as the major boss enemy of Season 5’s Zombies Easter egg, making the map a potential reckoning of one of the most important storylines inCoDZombies' history. Of course, it is confirmed that Zombies will continue with theDark Aether narrativein the upcomingBlack Ops 7, putting even more pressure on Season 5’s map to do justice to theBO6era while passing the torch to its successor.
Janus Towers will hopefully be a perfect setting forBlack Ops 6’s final Zombies experience, with this having a lot of potential to give fans the narrative pay-off that they have been waiting for. Everything that is currently known about The Reckoning seems to indicate that Treyarch is aiming to make a big statement with the map, and some major events need to happen in the upcoming map to give a worthyend toBlack Ops 6’s wider narrative.
