Summary

  • A Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 player discovers a sneaky flanking route on Lifeline.
  • The player discovered an out-of-bounds trick that allows players to pop up behind the enemy spawn point.
  • Lifeline is one of the three new maps added to Black Ops 6 with Season 2.

A Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 player has discovered a handy traversal trick for the new Season 2 map, Lifeline, allowing them to appear behind the enemy spawn point without being seen. Lifeline was just one of three new maps added to Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 with the game's Season 2 update and is set onboard a luxury yacht similar to Hijacked, which was a popular multiplayer map during the days of Black Ops 2.

After one of the longest seasons in Call of Duty history, Black Ops 6 and Warzone​​​​'s highly-anticipated Season 2 update was finally released on January 28. The patch brought with it a fresh Battle Pass filled with new weapons, operator skins, Double XP tokens, and various other cosmetic items. While Black Ops 6 players were also treated to new maps and modes, Warzone players had less content to check out as Activision confirmed it would be prioritizing gameplay tuning, bug fixes, and quality-of-life improvements for Season 2. The decision comes after multiple weeks of complaints from players, as many believe Warzone is in its worst state to date.

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Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Player Discovers Alternative Route on Lifeline

With the game's Season 2 update, developer Treyarch Studios released three new maps for Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, with two more still to come during the mid-season update. One of the most highly-anticipated maps to arrive with Season 2 was Lifeline, with fans instantly comparing it to Hijacked from 2012's Black Ops 2​​​​​​. The map can be played on either 6v6 modes, such as Team Deathmatch, or on the popular Gunfight mode, which is 2v2. With the map being so small, one player has discovered a handy traversal trick to quickly get behind the enemy spawn point and rack up plenty of kills in quick succession.

In the short clip, the user shows how it is possible to dive off the side of the yacht in Black Ops 6's Lifeline map and swim to the back end of the ship. With less than a second left before being eliminated for being out of bounds, the player springs up behind the enemy team and racks up plenty of eliminations. As diving into the water is not technically part of the map, players only have three seconds to pull off this trick before they are eliminated, so it might take a few attempts.

This isn't the first time that a player has discovered an out-of-bounds trick on one of the game's maps. Not long after its release, Black Ops 6 players discovered a similar traversal trick on Stakeout, one of the game's most popular maps. On one side of the map is a hallway with a set of stairs; while these stairs are blocked by a small rope that indicates an out-of-bounds area, players quickly realized that they can still venture up the stairs and jump from the top floor back into the center of the map. Again, with only three seconds on the clock, it requires some quick and precise movements to pull off successfully.

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Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
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Top Critic Avg: 83 /100 Critics Rec: 91%
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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
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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
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
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