Nuketown is confirmed to return in Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, but with Treyarch keeping quiet about what it will look like, fans hope it’ll live up to expectations.
There are some Call of Duty maps that live in our memories long after their release – and there are others that Activision simply won’t let us forget.
Originally arriving with the original Black Ops, and having made its return on countless occasions, it’s safe to say that Nuketown falls under both those categories.
Is Nuketown Coming to Black Ops 6?
Yes, Nuketown is confirmed to arrive in Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, although it won’t be present on release day.
Activision has already confirmed all 16 maps coming to Black Ops 6 at launch, and Nuketown isn’t one of them.
However, the map Warhead appears to be a version of Nuketown from after the nuclear warhead has detonated, and that Strike Map will be available on day one.
A Nuketown variant has been present in every Black Ops title to date, and we’re happy to report that it’s set to return in Black Ops 6 too!
After all, all the way back in Black Ops 6’s initial showcase, we saw the map’s name appear in the matchmaking lobby, giving us confirmation that Nuketown will be back again.
In the case of Black Ops Cold War, Treyarch’s most recent title, Nuketown arrived in a post-launch update on November 24, 2020, eleven days after the game’s release.
We expect that the map will arrive shortly after Black Ops 6’s launch, though this is yet to be confirmed.
What Should Nuketown Look Like?
Over on the Black Ops 6 subreddit, fans are sharing their hot takes as to what Nuketown should look like this time around.
One popular post shares the opinion that Treyarch should cease making new variants of Nuketown with each new instalment and simply return to the map’s classic appearance from Black Ops 1:
On the other hand, several fans are hoping that the opposite is true!
A new rumor suggests that Black Ops 6 will feature multiple Nuketown variants to play on, similar to MW3’s new assortment of Shipment variants. For some players, it seems that would be the ideal situation.
Other Black Ops fans suggest that they’re tired of Nuketown altogether, which is fair enough given that players are already complaining about Black Ops 6 having too many small maps.
Personally, we think it’s quite unlikely that the OG Nuketown will come back, seeing as Treyarch always likes to offer a new take on the beloved map every time it returns.
However, with only a few in-game years having passed since Cold War’s Nuketown ’84, we don’t expect Black Ops 6’s 1990s version of the map to be too wild.
