Summary
- Black Ops 6 introduces a festive Jingle Hells limited-time mode on the Liberty Falls Zombies map.
- The map is decorated with Holiday themes, zombies wear festive gear, and new features like snowball piles are added.
- Additional Holiday events like GobbleGum Mania, Merry Mayhem, and Archie's Festival Frenzy are available until January 3.
Treyarch has revamped the Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Zombies Liberty Falls map with a Holiday theme for the Jingle Hells limited-time mode. Going even further than earlier entries in the series, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 celebrates the Holiday season in numerous ways.
Many games celebrate the Holidays in their own way, and that remains the case with the latest Call of Duty. Fans of the series have seen the Holiday season celebrated before, including in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, Vanguard, and Black Ops Cold War. Modern Warfare Remastered also received a Holiday-themed Crash map, while many fans will recognize festive Shipment. These changes to classic locations provide some novelty to maps that long-time fans are already familiar with. Multiple changes have arrived in Black Ops 6 as part of CODMAS 2024, including the Jingle Hells changes to Liberty Falls.
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The Call of Duty blog recently confirmed the details for CODMAS 2024, including the Jingle Hells limited-time mode for Zombies' Liberty Falls map. Like the Holiday Nuketown map, Liberty Falls has been decorated with wreaths, ribbons, snowmen, colorful lights, Christmas trees, garlands, and snow. The Call of Duty Zombies enemies have also been dressed up for the season, with the zombies, Manglers, Parasites, and more all clad in Holiday gear. A large floating stocking will reward players with power-up presents or spawn Vermin, zombies can periodically drop presents, and the Holiday Cheer Gobblegum is available at Gobblegum Machines. With CODMAS 2024 lasting until January 3, gamers have just over two weeks to experience the festivities.
What's Included With Call of Duty: Black Ops 6's Jingle Hells?
- Main Quest is Active! The Main Quest is available to complete this time around, with some added challenge now that the Arsenal and Crafting Tables aren’t around. Note: you’ll earn the standard Main Quest completion rewards if you finish the quest in Jingle Hells.
- Hear that Jingling? Expect bespoke audio to bring the festive flavor. You might want to look to the skies, too…
- GobbleGum Gifts: This is the best way to earn the “Holiday Cheer” GobbleGum!
- Snowball Piles: Gather up to five snowballs from various piles scattered about the map, then use them as potent projectiles!
- Naughty or Nice Power-Up: This large, floating stocking dishes out presents or spawns Vermin, depending on whether you’ve been naughty or nice.
- Snowmen: Undeniably jolly, but also fiendishly unfriendly, Liberty Falls has snowmen dotted around the map, and these can hide zombies or loot if left intact. It’s wise to make these your primary targets, especially as they drop handy loot when dispatched.
- Present Boxes: Under certain circumstances, zombies may drop a small present box, which can be opened for a gift that keeps on giving.
- S.A.M.T.A. Trials: The Trial computers that appear around the map now have a much more festive appearance. S.A.M.T.A. Also has a few present boxes spawning nearby the machine when entering the map, so it’s worth seeking out!
- Frozen Rounds: There’s strange fog in the air, and during certain rounds you’ll be chilled to the bone, slowing your reactions considerably. Perhaps it’s time to head indoors…
Beyond Jingle Hells, there are many other ways that Black Ops 6 players can celebrate the Holidays. GobbleGum Mania, Merry Mayhem, and Archie's Festival Frenzy events also join the rotation, with the first two playable until December 19, and the latter one running from December 19 to January 3. Players can purchase two Holiday bundles in the shop, with the Season's Bleedings bundle including two Weapon Blueprints, a Calling Card, an Emblem, an Emote, a Spray, and the Daddy Claus Operator Skin for Toro. Warzone players will also be able to celebrate the Holidays with Holiday Rush, Ran-Snack, and Slay Ride Resurgence Modes, along with decorations similar to Black Ops 6's Nuketown and Liberty Falls.
While many gamers are busy with family and friends during the Holiday season, CODMAS 2024 ensures that they can continue celebrating when they get some downtime. As Treyarch continues to update Black Ops 6, this may not be the last festive season for the game.
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OpenCritic Reviews
- Top Critic Avg: 83 /100 Critics Rec: 91%
- Released
- October 25, 2024
- ESRB
- Mature 17+ // Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Suggestive Themes, Strong Language, Use of Drugs
- Developer(s)
- Treyarch, Raven Software
- Publisher(s)
- Activision
- Engine
- IW 9.0
- Multiplayer
- Online Multiplayer, Online Co-Op
- Cross-Platform Play
- Yes - PlayStation, Xbox, PC
WHERE TO PLAY
Forced to go rogue. Hunted from within. This is Call of Duty: Black Ops 6.
Developed by Treyarch and Raven, Black Ops 6 is a spy action thriller set in the early 90s, a period of transition and upheaval in global politics, characterized by the end of the Cold War and the rise of the United States as a single superpower. With a mind-bending narrative, and unbound by the rules of engagement, this is signature Black Ops.
The Black Ops 6 Campaign provides dynamic moment-to-moment gameplay that includes a variety of play spaces with blockbuster set pieces and action-packed moments, high-stakes heists, and cloak-and-dagger spy activity.
In a best-in-class Multiplayer experience, players will test their skills across 16 new maps at launch, including 12 core 6v6 maps and 4 Strike maps that can be played 2v2 or 6v6.
Black Ops 6 also marks the epic return of Round-Based Zombies, the fan-favorite mode where players will take down hordes of the undead in two brand-new maps at launch. Post-launch, players can look forward to even more exciting maps and groundbreaking experiences dropping into both Multiplayer and Zombies.
- Cross Save
- Yes - PlayStation, Xbox, PC
- Prequel(s)
- Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War, Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, Call of Duty: Black Ops III, Call of Duty: Black Ops II, Call of Duty: Black Ops, Call of Duty: World at War
- Franchise
- Call of Duty
- Number of Players
- 1-4
- Split Screen Orientation
- Vertical or Horizontal
- Steam Deck Compatibility
- Unknown
- PC Release Date
- October 25, 2024
- Xbox Series X|S Release Date
- October 25, 2024
- PS5 Release Date
- October 25, 2024
- Platform(s)
- PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, Xbox One, PC
- Genre(s)
- FPS
- How Long To Beat
- 8 Hours
- X|S Optimized
- Yes
- PS Plus Availability
- N/A
- File Size Xbox Series
- 216 GB (October 2024)
- Local Co-Op Support
- 1-2 Players
- OpenCritic Rating
- Strong
