Fans are gearing up for another batch of post-launch content forCall of Duty: WarzoneandBlack Ops 6, with more information starting to surface around the upcoming Season 5. In what should be the penultimate season of theBlack Ops 6era, Season 5 is expected to launch for the title as well asWarzoneon August 9. Large-scale content is expected to wind down forBlack Ops 6andWarzoneas attention starts to shift toward the upcomingBlack Ops 7, though a recent teaser forWarzonechallenges this assumption.
Recently, a teaser was released for the ongoing seasonal storyline ofCall of Duty: WarzoneandBlack Ops 6, featuring the likes of Frank Woods, Russell Adler, and Sevati Dumas. Fans were quick to notice how heavily Avalon featured in this cinematic, with it seeming very likely that the location is being set up to appear heavily in the franchise’s future. The concept of Avalon being aWarzonemap has been debated, rumored, and leaked for some time, with this recent cinematic either being a left-field announcement or a strange misdirect for the franchise’s future plans.
Call of Duty: Warzone’s Potential Avalon Map Has Been a Confusing Back and Forth
Avalon played a massive role in the overall narrative ofBlack Ops 6, being integral to the game’s campaign as the breeding ground of several high-profile criminal factions. It always seemed like adding a fully-fledged Avalon map toWarzonewould be a fantastic way to bridge the story ofBlack Ops 6into the battle royale, yet Treyarch has not narratively linked both franchises in the same way thatWarzonedid with the recentModern Warfarereboot.
Despite this, datamines in late 2024 gave way to leaks and theories that a majorAvalonWarzonemapexists within the files ofBlack Ops 6, with theater mode exploration even confirming this. This map came with a range of POIs directly tied to many ofBlack Ops 6’s launch multiplayer maps, with it seeming like a sure-thing that the map would eventually be a major release forWarzone.
Of course, theBO6era ofWarzonehas instead largely been defined by the return of the iconicVerdanskmap, with Activision seemingly prioritizing this over the potential risks of adding a new core map to the game. Many fans understandably assumed that Verdansk would remain as the majorWarzonemap to see out theBlack Ops 6era of the game, though the recent teaser for Season 5 ends with a lingering wide shot of the city in what appears to be a clear set up for something like a majorWarzoneexperience.
Season 5’s Avalon Teaser Could Be Closely Tied to Black Ops 7
This would seem out of the blue given howBlack Ops 6is nearing the end of its shelf life, yet Avalon could instead be tied toBlack Ops 7’s stewardship ofWarzone. It is all but confirmed that The Guild will be the major antagonistic faction ofBlack Ops 7’s story, with the group having been created in Avalon. Essentially, this means that Avalon will still have huge narrative importance throughout the life cycle ofBlack Ops 7, potentially meaning that an Avalon map could come toWarzoneto mark the release of this new title.
Sevati Dumas indicates that she is staying in Avalon in the Season 5 teaser cinematic, potentially indicating that the figure could have some ties toBlack Ops 7through The Guild.
If the recent teaser forCall of DutySeason 5does not relate to Avalon coming toWarzone, then it seems to be a real slap in the face to the players who have wanted the map to release for almost a year. It remains to be seen what plans Activision has for Avalon over the next few months, but either way, the location is one of the most confusing and unclear elements ofCall of Dutyin recent years.
