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Call of Duty: Black Ops 6Season 3 will kick off on April 2, Activision has announced. The nextBlack Ops 6season is hence starting earlier than previously—but later than initially—announced.
Call of DutySeason 2 Reloadedoriginally launched on February 20. Activision subsequently said that Season 3 would start exactly a month later, on March 20. However, the publisher later changed those plans, pushing it back to April 3. The company cited the need for more development time as the chief reason for the delay.
Activision has now revised those plans once again, rescheduling thepreviously delayedBlack Ops 6Season 3for April 2. This time around, Activision offered no official reasoning for its change of plans. The extra day thatBlack Ops 6players will get with Season 3 will also double as a free trial period. This won’t be the first demo period offered by the first-person shooter, which was also available to try free of charge in mid-December 2024 and early February 2025. However, with a planned runtime of only 24 hours, the April 2 promotion will be the game’s shortest free trial to date.
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Like Season 2 Reloaded,Black Ops 6Season 3will start at 9am PT / 12pm ET / 5pm CET. The launch date of the upcoming content drop hasn’t been rescheduled forWarzone, whose Season 3 is still planned to kick off on April 3, as previously announced. Moreover, the battle royale game will be taken offline for 24 hours in the run-up to the next season’s release. Activision cited backend preparations for the start of the new season as the reason for this rare move. As compensation, anyone who launchesWarzoneduring the offline period and reaches its main menu will receive the Kilo 141 free of charge. While the assault rifle has relatively modest stats (751 RPM, 28 damage, 639ms TTK), it’s still one of the most devastatingWarzoneweapons in its class from up close.
With the launch of Season 3,Black Ops 6will likely enter the final stretch before being exactly in the middle of its life cycle, as all the recent entries in the franchise besidesVanguardreceived six seasons. New series installments are historically announced a few months ahead of release, often in June or July. If this pattern continues,the 2025Call of Dutygamecould be officially revealed duringBlack Ops 6Season 4 or 5.
