Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 getting a Squid Game event this weekend after the hit Netflix show recently returned with season two. Unlike previous events, however, this one will lock some of the best perks behind a paid event pass. Think of it as a battle pass within a battle pass, on top of an already $70 game. How fitting for the military shooter's latest war-class crossover.
The Squid Game event goes live January 3rd with limited time events over BO6 multiplayer, zombies, and Call of Duty: Warzoneincluding the acclaimed Red Light, Green Light game at the horror show. The update will include the sale of new operator packs, including the Pink Guards Detective Pack. More controversially, some of its rewards, such as the Front Man operator skin, can only be unlocked through a main event pass route that costs 1100 COD Points, or about 11 dollars.
“While all players can advance and unlock items on the free reward track, a second Premium reward track in the Event Pass offers even more, Activision's blog post for the update has been read. “Purchase the Premium Track to access the ability to unlock additional themed rewards, including the instant 'High Authority' XM4 Assault Rifle Blueprint reward as well as Blueprints for the Knife, GS45 Pistol, and Saug SMG a plus the Concussion Grenade Gear Skin, Move finish, the 'Throwdown' Emote, the 'Who's Left' Chat Gun Screen, and more!”
While call of duty charging extra for cool stuff is nothing new, it's a paid event pass. Outside of shop bags, previous crossovers for Fall out and Dune let players earn rewards just by playing. The Squid Game event gates some of these rewards behind a paid battle pass that, unlike the game's regular battle passes, doesn't even allow players to earn the COD points they used to buy it (you used to earn points back by advancing through a passing battle, but that opportunity recently passed).
It's just another way today call of duty has been shouting Fortniteis a business model with cooperation, but without the main effect of that game: being free-to-play. The latest microtransaction controversy in the series comes amid other ongoing community complaints about skill-based matchmaking and anti-cheat protections, but call of duty he still dominates the charts. It was the best selling game last year, and still is topped the console's weekly active user charts.
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