Black Ops 6 & Squid Game collab: Release date, skins, Event Pass, game modes & more
Activision Black Ops 6 confirmed its first official collaboration, featuring the Netflix television show Squid Game.
There have been several ambitious crossover events throughout Call of Duty’s history. For example, Modern Warfare 3 introduced operator skins for The Boys, The Walking Dead, Tomb Raider, Spawn, Gundam, and other collabs that treaded new ground for the series.
Rumors suggest that BO6 is set to reportedly get a Master Chief skin after a canceled event in MW3. Yet Activision announced that the first crossover will be with Squid Game, a fictional series that followed a group of 456 participants who competed to win a massive cash prize with their lives at stake.
The Korean survivor thriller became Netflix’s most-watched show and won multiple awards, including a Golden Globe and Primetime Emmy award. Squid Game Season 2 premieres on Netflix on December 26, 2024. It was also revealed that the final season will air in 2025.
Here is everything you need to know about the Black Ops 6 Squid Game event.
Does the Black Ops 6 & Squid Game event have a start date?
Activision confirmed that Squid Game will come to Black Ops 6 on January 3. Season 1 Reloaded arrives on Thursday, December 5, meaning this collaboration will hit just before that update goes live.
It isn’t clear how long this event will be sticking around at the time of writing.
Black Ops 6 Squid Game Event Pass rewards and price
Black Ops 6’s Squid Game event is coming with its very own Battle Pass, complete with free and premium tracks. However, the fact that there’s a premium track means that this will be a paid pass.
The free pass has a pretty decent offering, with it having two operators and a new melee weapon as the highlights. However, if you want any of those weapon blueprints or the Front Man operator skin, you’ll have to pay.
So, how much does it cost? The Event Pass price is set at 1100 CoD points, the same that the base version of the seasonal Battle Pass costs. Tier skips will cost 150 CoD points apiece if you want to get through the pass but don’t have time to grind.
What to expect from the BO6 & Squid Games event
Five limited-time modes are coming to Black Ops 6, Warzone, and Zombies. All of these will be sticking around for a limited time and put their own twist on the CoD formula.
The three multiplayer modes are Pentathalon, Squid Game Moshpit, and Red Light, Green Light. Red Light, Green Light is the only wholly unique mode, with the others putting a unique twist on traditional CoD modes. They provide things like new killstreaks and weapons that mix up the gameplay.
The Warzone integration is described as putting players into a “rotating series of challenges”, with squads that don’t perform at the set objectives being eliminated. Also, Red Light, Green Light can be triggered during the middle of a match, sucking the entire lobby into the mode.
Zombies is getting Dead Light, Green Light, a mode that has a variety of phases. Green Light gives you bonus points, Red Light takes them away as you move. There’s also a Dead Light phase that spawns a wave of tough Zombies to fight your way through.
That’s everything we know about the Squid Game collab for Call of Duty Black Ops 6. Almost every detail has been revealed, though it seems we’ll have to wait until the official release to see how much event items will actually cost.