Call of Duty Season 6 – date, start time, new features and Warzone changes revealed

29th September 2020

CALL of Duty players can now dive in to a brand new Battle Pass season.

The new Call of Duty Season 6 is available right now – and we’ve got all the details.

The new Call of Duty season is upon us

Call of Duty Season 6 release date and start time

You’ll be able to bag Season 6 on Tuesday, September 29, from 7am London time.

The download should be available right now, coming in at around 20-22GB on consoles.

However, this rises to nearly 60GB for PC gamers.

Enjoy playing as Farah in Season 6

If you can’t see the update then don’t panic: it will turn up eventually.

You can get the update on all platforms, but only PS4 players can pre-load it.

Here are the full Call of Duty Season 6 patch notes.

PLAYLIST UPDATE

MODERN WARFARE:

Ground War
Gunfight Blueprint Customs
Face Off – Station
Killstreak Confirmed
Season Six Mish Pit – Season Six maps Broadcast and Mialstor Tank Factory in mosh pit game modes

WARZONE:

GENERAL FIXES:

C4: Slight delay when performing a quick detonation. A beep will now play when quick detonation is triggered. Also reduced throw initial velocity by 30%
Fix for a bug where, after reviving a teammate in Survival, there will be a 5 second delay before the user is able to use their weapon again
Fix for an issue where players could obtain unlimited Stopping Power rounds
Fix for an issue where the defending player had a long respawn timer after the HQ was taken back and all players were dead while in a Headquarters match
Fix for an issue where it was possible to put a molotov or grenade into a planted bomb causing it to kill the diffusing player

WEAPONS:

Fix for two issues where the player’s watch and/or Heartbeat Sensor would not be entirely visible when using the XRK Chainsaw attachment on the Finn LMG
Fix for a bug where explosive and thermite rounds do not function as intended on the Chronic variant from the Blunt Force II bundle
Fixed an issue where the muzzle selection screen for the Finn LMG was hard to view in the Gunsmith menu
Fixed an issue where the player’s left hand will not properly grip the weapon when the 23.0” Romanian barrel is equipped on the AK
Fixed a few bugs where the prone hipfire viewmodel positioning was not appearing as intended and could disappear in certain circumstances
Origin 12: Reduced very close damage in Warzone
Shotguns: Increased damage of slugs in Warzone
XRK ChainSAW – FiNN LMG: Adding a description in Gunsmith nothing the attachment does not allow for weapon mounting
Increased brightness on the Tac Laser attachment

WARZONE:

Fixed a collision issue in the south corner of the Stadium
Fix for an issue where a fence with a white tarp over it near the Hospital was allowing players to see through it on one side
Fix for an issue where, on occasion, the train would appear as a white placeholder icon on the map
Implemented fixes to help properly track Warzone wins
Fixed a bug where players were unable to damage enemies with gunfire while on an ascender
If a player has their minimap set to not rotate, they will see inaccurate pings on the heartbeat sensor. This has been fixed
Fix for a rare issue where the Train’s supply boxes could vanish during longer rounds

PC:

NVIDIA Reflex is now available in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, including Warzone, and will deliver latency improvements in GPU-intensive gaming scenarios on GeForce GTX 900 and higher NVIDIA graphics cards
Improved stability and performance

What’s your favourite change in the new Call of Duty Season 6? Let us know in the comments!

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