Treyarch has a huge task ahead of itself with the post-launch content of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, with the record-breaking launch of the title creating a high bar that the game is struggling to maintain. The post-launch content approach for the project has been quite comparable to most modern CoD releases, with periodical in-game seasons being launched alongside big content injections for things like new weapons, perks, scorestreaks, and perhaps most importantly, maps.

A lot of scrutiny has been placed on the maps of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 for their alleged small size and lack of traditional three-lane structure, and Treyarch recently turned to an already-established map from the sub-franchise’s past with the introduction of Grind to Black Ops 6‘s map pool. From what is already known about the plans for 2025’s Call of Duty title, it seems that more base-game maps from the likes of Black Ops 2 probably will not appear in BO6, but that more remastered DLC maps like Grind are still firmly on the table.

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2025’s Call of Duty Project May Limit Which Maps Black Ops 6 Can Remaster

A lot of attention is already starting to turn towards what 2025 has in store for the Call of Duty franchise, with the longstanding series’ annual release schedule showing no signs of slowing down. Despite reports indicating that 2025’s CoD is still without a main development studio, many rumors and alleged leaks paint a good picture of what narrative premise the game will portray. Reportedly, 2025’s Call of Duty release will be a direct sequel to 2012’s Black Ops 2, with this potentially repeating the pressure and controversy of Infinity Ward’s back-to-back Modern Warfare releases in 2022 and 2023.

A consistent element of these rumors surrounding 2025’s Call of Duty is that the multiplayer maps of the game will largely consist of remasters from Black Ops 2 itself, much in the same vein as how 2023’s MW3 launched with maps entirely pulled from 2009’s Modern Warfare 2. It remains to be seen how this might impact the reception and gameplay of this year’s Call of Duty release, but it seems to paint a clear picture that Black Ops 6 cannot pull any subsequent remasters from BO2, at least from its launch maps.

The maps of 2023’s MW3 adhered strictly to the launch maps of 2009’s MW2 in its choice of remasters, with this seemingly setting a precedent that this year’s project is set to follow. Black Ops 6 has already tried its hand at Black Ops 2 remasters, however, with the popular Grind map being introduced as part of the game’s Season Two Reloaded content. A huge amount of pressure is being placed on BO6 to bring more tradition and balance to its map pool through post-launch additions, and remastering pre-existing fan favorites seems like an easy way that Treyarch is attempting to achieve this.

Black Ops 2’s DLC Maps Could Be the Key to BO6’s Future Content

There are plenty of other DLC maps from Black Ops 2 that now seem like likely candidates for Black Ops 6 remasters, with the likes of Studio, Rush, and Uplink standing out as some iconic experiences among Black Ops 2‘s 16+ DLC maps. With close to 20 post-launch maps having already been added to Black Ops 6 across its core and strike map pools, it seems as if Treyarch is starting to turn to remasters to pick up some of the slack for future seasons.

Remasters have proven to be quite controversial across modern CoD titles thanks to the different ways that recent games play compared to their original counterparts, although a few well-chosen remasters for Black Ops 6 could easily maintain a positive reception. The supposed focus on remastered maps for 2025’s Call of Duty seems like a much more risky approach, although its likely self-limitation to BO2‘s base maps should still leave a lot of breathing room for BO6 to build upon the positive reception of Grind by exploring more of BO2‘s post-launch life.

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