Leak Points to Free DLC and Zombies Season Pass for Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
By Nicholas Barth ·
A leak regarding Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 points to the upcoming Call of Duty title having free DLC map content and a Zombies Season Pass instead of the traditional Season Pass of past Call of Duty games.
According to a report by Gaming Intel, Treyarch intends to move away from the traditional Season Pass system for DLC content of past Call of Duty games with Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 with the intention of developing and releasing a Zombies Season Pass and free DLC maps every month.
According to Gaming Intel, multiple sources had disclosed to them that Treyarch is working to have Activision allow them to release a Zombies focused Season Pass that will act in the same way as past Season Passes for the Call of Duty franchise but will only contain content for the Zombies game mode of Black Ops 4. However, no information regarding the specific amount of content this proposed Zombies Season Pass or how much it will cost was revealed.
In addition to the Zombies focused Season Pass, Gaming Intel reported that Call of Duty players will receive one to two free multiplayer maps every month instead of the usual four that come with every DLC pack of past Season Passes.
The reasoning behind these changes in DLC content that Treyarch is allegedly pursuing is the studio's goal of addressing the steady fall off of players that past Call of Duty games have seen after the initial spike in numbers when a new map pack is released by introducing free monthly content. Some may point to the success that Epic Games has had with its development of free consistent content for Fortnite Battle Royale as a factor in Treyarch looking to see if it could be a viable method of content distribution for Black Ops 4.
This radical shift in how DLC content could be possibly released for Black Ops 4 had been hinted at earlier by co-studio head of Treyarch Dan Bunting in an interview with Polygon.
“I can’t tell you at this point in time what [DLC] is going to look like, but I can tell you that we are pushing hard to release content to our fans in a way that’s going to make them happy and a way that we believe is the right thing to do in this stage in our game’s lifespan," said Bunting.
It is important to note that this information has not yet been officially confirmed by Treyarch and could change with time.
(cover photo courtesy of Treyarch)