Key Takeaways
- Fans are calling for the return of the Stakeout 24/7 mode on Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 following its recent removal.
- Stakeout was highly popular due to its small, fast-paced maps allowing for intense gameplay and faster weapon leveling.
- The removal of the Stakeout mode has sparked anger and disappointment among players, with many expressing a desire for its return.
Following the recent Season 1 update, Activision removed the incredibly popular Stakeout 24/7 playlist from Call of Duty: Black Ops 6.
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Less than a week after its removal, fans are desperate for the playlist to come back, with hundreds of messages on social platforms calling for its return.
“We Want Stakeout 24/7 Back”
Among a sea of complaints about Call of Duty: Black Ops 6’s maps, Stakeout was a shining light.
It’s one of the smallest maps in series history, allowing for frantic firefights, plenty of kills, and the ability to level up weapons and grind for gold camos a lot quicker. Up until recently, players could select the Stakeout 24/7 playlist, which, as you guessed, allowed them to play through the game’s different multiplayer match types on Stakeout exclusively. That was until Activision and Treyarch removed it.
It’s standard practice for the game’s developers to add and remove playlists throughout its life cycle, but this one has proven particularly unpopular among the player base.
Since its removal, dozens of threads racking up thousands of combined comments have cropped up on Reddit with players desperately asking for it to come back.
In one of the threads, Reddit user Ashamed-Farmer8919 said, “No clue why they even removed Stakeout, besides Nuketown, it was probably the most played game mode in the preseason.”
No clue why they even removed Stakeout, besides Nuketown, it was probably the most played game mode in the preseason.
It was a sentiment echoed by many, with LonesuumRanger saying, “I mean, I understand why people don‘t like it, but it was also one of the most played modes, so by removing it, they just f**k with the player base.”
The calls got some angry responses from players, implying they had “brainrot” and needed “instant gratification”, a claim which others quickly rallied against. “People hating with the whole “brainrot” take… Shipment, Rust, Shoot House, Dome, virtually every COD had smaller chaotic maps. Different strokes for different folks. I like to stroke to Stakeout,” said Ok-Instruction830.
MemeManDanInAClan had some final words of encouragement for those pining for Stakeout, saying, ” [When] Radioactive 24/7 [was live] everyone was voting for Nuketown so they made it in Nuketown 24/7, they’re clearly listening. My guess is that they don’t want another shipment situation where basically 99% of the player base is in 1 playlist playing one map .”
Forced to go rogue. Hunted from within. This is Call of Duty: Black Ops 6.
Developed by Treyarch and Raven, Black Ops 6 is a spy action thriller set in the early 90s, a period of transition and upheaval in global politics, characterized by the end of the Cold War and the rise of the United States as a single superpower. With a mind-bending narrative, and unbound by the rules of engagement, this is signature Black Ops.
The Black Ops 6 Campaign provides dynamic moment-to-moment gameplay that includes a variety of play spaces with blockbuster set pieces and action-packed moments, high-stakes heists, and cloak-and-dagger spy activity.
In a best-in-class Multiplayer experience, players will test their skills across 16 new maps at launch, including 12 core 6v6 maps and 4 Strike maps that can be played 2v2 or 6v6.
Black Ops 6 also marks the epic return of Round-Based Zombies, the fan-favorite mode where players will take down hordes of the undead in two brand-new maps at launch. Post-launch, players can look forward to even more exciting maps and groundbreaking experiences dropping into both Multiplayer and Zombies.