Name of Obligation gamers have a welcome shock at present after Activision handed out a whopping 20 free battle go tier skips to Warzone and Black Ops 6 gamers.
In a social media publish, beneath, Activision stated the free handout was “in celebration” of the Black Ops 7 reveal. However Name of Obligation followers are totally extra sceptical, primarily based on the replies to the social media announcement.
Feedback embody all the pieces from the standard “lifeless sport” accusations having sparked the beneficiant supply to persuade lapsed gamers to return to the sport, to stress from Battlefield 6 forcing Activision into extra pro-consumer habits.
There’s additionally a level of frustration from some who had simply spent cash to unlock tier skips earlier than this announcement. And there are after all loads of followers who’re simply pleased to get free stuff.
Has the participant retention been THAT dangerous this season 😭🙏
— Actuality (@realityuk) September 2, 2025
In reality, Activision has handed out free tier skips and XP tokens earlier than. Certainly, round this time final yr it gave 10 tier skips and 20 XP tokens to gamers who downloaded final yr’s Season 5 Reloaded replace.
Regardless of the case, this yr’s Season 05 Reloaded launches on September 4. It provides a brand new Multiplayer map, new and returning modes, new armaments, occasions, Reckoning Directed Mode in Zombies, and extra.
In a weblog publish, Activision warned that the Season 5 Reloaded obtain might be bigger on some platforms, and blamed it on “reorganizing” Name of Obligation content material to arrange for the Black Ops 7 beta on October 2. Does that imply Name of Obligation’s notorious file measurement will shrink for this yr’s sport?
As a “thanks” for downloading the replace (how huge is it going to be?!), Activision is gifting gamers a pack of 2XP Tokens throughout all platforms. Gamers who full the obtain and log into Name of Obligation from 10am PT on September 4 till October 1 will obtain:
5 1-Hour Double Participant XP Tokens (5 hours complete)5 1-Hour Double Weapon XP Tokens (5 hours complete)5 1-Hour Double Battle Go XP Tokens (5 hours complete)
There’s rather a lot taking place on the earth of Name of Obligation. We simply received the announcement of a Name of Obligation live-action film from Paramount, and final month a U-turn on goofy skins for Black Ops 7’s launch, which received’t see a carry ahead choice for cosmetics.
Wesley is Director, Information at IGN. Discover him on Twitter at @wyp100. You’ll be able to attain Wesley at wesley_yinpoole@ign.com or confidentially at wyp100@proton.me.
