Despite a lot of attention now starting to turn towards the next steps for the franchise, the post-launch content of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 is showing no sign of slowing down. The recently launched third in-game season of Black Ops 6 and Warzone has been quite eventful, seeing the highly-anticipated re-introduction of the original Verdansk map to the battle royale, with BO6's core multiplayer and Zombies also receiving a lot of love.
Season 3 of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 has many maps, modes, weapons, and operators in store, while also having a big focus on in-game events with attractive rewards that players can work towards. The first major event for Season 3 of Black Ops 6 is the Black Ops Tribute event, which does well to honor the overall legacy of the longstanding Treyarch sub-franchise. Fans were quick to notice the major operator unlock of the event, with the John Black Ops skin giving a fun nod to a meme that has followed the Black Ops series for quite some time.
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The Black Ops Tribute Event Covers One Iconic Community Element of the Series
Season 3 of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 launched on April 2, bringing back some iconic past game modes like Sharpshooter and Demolition, while also drawing a lot of attention through its re-introduction of the fan-favorite Firing Range map to the series. In terms of events, the Black Ops Tribute event launched closer to the launch of Season 3, with the additional Blaze of Glory and Got Your Six Events coming later on throughout the season.
Black Ops 6's Tribute event kicked things off on April 17, and is set to run until May 1. During this period, XP earned across multiplayer, Zombies, and even Warzone will count towards a total of 17 unique unlocks tied to the event, each celebrating the legacy of Black Ops as a whole. Alongside rewards like the Death Machine scorestreak and a new Nail Gun Special Weapon, many fans have their eyes on the final reward for the Black Ops Tribute event: the John Black Ops operator skin.
The in-game rewards tied to Black Ops 6's Black Ops Tribute event also include the likes of the Close Shave perk, emotes, GobbleGums, and the Thermite lethal for Warzone.
While the Black Ops Tribute event is available within Warzone, the John Black Ops reward is only unlockable for players who own Black Ops 6, coming as a brand-new operator for fans to embody on the battlefield. The concept of "John Black Ops" largely stems from the shadowy faceless operators that appear on the iconic cover arts of most Black Ops games, usually kneeling or sitting, with the community affectionately coining the name for these vague yet deeply recognizable figures.
John Black Ops is a Fitting Tribute to the History of Call of Duty: Black Ops
The term John Black Ops can extend to any, usually silent, protagonist throughout the Black Ops series, making the meme's inclusion in the Tribute event a very fitting nod to the wide range of playable characters that have appeared in the sub-franchise's campaigns over the years. Ironically, the John Black Ops operator does not appear within the dedicated Rogue Black Ops faction of BO6, instead appearing as a Crimson One operator, with this causing some confusion but ultimately adding another layer of humor to the character's inclusion in the game.
Many elements of Black Ops 6, such as its campaign and Zombies formula, have been praised for the ways they have returned to and honored a lot of traditional Black Ops elements, with the recent Tribute event being just another example of the respect that the title pays to the series' history. The John Black Ops meme itself was born from the wide catalog of iconic games that belong to the Black Ops name, making the inclusion of the operator in Season 3 an excellent way to bring the meme full circle during a time of celebration.
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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
- Genre(s)
- FPS
