Call of Duty's next season might actually make everyone happy

pcgamer.com:

Call of Duty is about to get its biggest update since the release of Modern Warfare 2 and Warzone 2 last year. Activision spilled the whole beans on next week's Season 3 update in a voluminous blog post(opens in new tab) detailing new maps, guns, modes, and features coming to the 6v6 and battle royale corners of CoD.

That's «maps» plural for traditional multiplayer—a total of three 6v6 maps and two larger «battle maps» adapted from the Warzone map, which is a nice change of pace from what has been a somewhat slow start to Modern Warfare 2's post-launch support(opens in new tab).

Both halves of the community seem pretty well served this time around, which makes me think it could be the first CoD update in a while that makes everyone happy (or at least less angry than usual). Here are the most pertinent details from the Season 3 update coming April 12:

Modern Warfare 2

Battle royale

DMZ

There's also a new battle pass, of course, but Activison is trying something a bit different this time: what if there was a version of the battle pass that was triple the price and came with extra super premium exclusive skins? Called Blackcell, this new $30 version of the battle pass includes the Blackcell operator, a black/gold suit and mask combo that has become an increasingly popular shooter aesthetic in recent years.

The bundle claims to have a roughly $70 value, but better to think of it as a regular $20 cosmetic bundle that also comes with the premium battle pass. It's not a bad deal if you're super into the John Wick/edgelord aesthetic and already plan on getting the pass. Hilarious that a few digital cosmetics half the price of a new videogame can be considered a good deal in 2023, but that's where we're at.

Interestingly,