New Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Scorestreak Drama

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, developed by Treyarch, is making significant changes to its scorestreak system in multiplayer, eliminating scorestreak looping and reverting to a traditional system where scores reset upon death. This decision has sparked a lively debate among fans. The revamped system aims to minimize 'scorestreak spam,' a well-known annoyance in the community. High-skill players face restrictions under this new rule, potentially needing to intentionally die to reset their streaks, which has added fuel to the debate.

Scorestreak looping allows players to earn their streaks multiple times within the same life without having to die. This feature enabled high-skill players to dominate matches by continuously cycling through their powerful rewards.

Interestingly, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 is the first mainline installment to directly launch on Xbox Game Pass. This is a significant development following Microsoft's $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard. Such changes aim to reshape the multiplayer landscape and address core issues that have long divided the Call of Duty community.