Summary
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6now allows players to unlock the new Sirin 9mm submachine gun early by purchasing a bundle via the in-game store. The new weapon was supposed to be the final reward inCall of Duty: Black Ops 6’s Hit List event, which sees players band together to unlock new rewards by racking up as many eliminations as possible, but fans have been left miffed by Treyarch’s decision to let the community bypass the event and pay to unlock the SMG early.
Treyarch kicked off thenew Hit List event inBlack Ops 6andWarzoneon November 21 with plenty of rewards up for grabs. Players have until December 5 to unlock a variety of personal and community rewards, with the latter requiring allBlack Ops 6players to band together to reach 50 billion eliminations to unlock the Sirin 9mm SMG. There are plenty of other rewards along the way too, including a new perk, scorestreak, and more. At the time of writing, the community is a long way off from unlocking the new SMG, but that hasn’t stopped Treyarch from including the weapon in a new store bundle.
Black Ops 6 Lets Players Pay to Get New Sirin 9mm SMG Early
Players have already managed to unlock the Shadow Perk andBuffer Weight Stock as part ofBlack Ops 6’s Hit List event, but there are still another 30 billion eliminations required to unlock the Sirin 9mm SMG. But, for those who don’t want to wait for the community to unlock the reward, the weapon can now simply be purchased from theCall of Dutystore. On November 26, Treyarch released the new Cash Bandit bundle, which includes a variety of cosmetic items and a weapon blueprint for the yet-to-be-released Sirin 9mm SMG. For those unaware, base weapons are permanently unlocked inBlack Ops 6whenever a user owns a blueprint for it, which means the Sirin 9mm can be permanently unlocked before the event milestone is even reached by purchasing the new bundle, which costs 2,800 COD points.
As expected,Black Ops 6players aren’t happywith Treyarch’s decision to include the weapon in a store bundle. YouTuberJGODsaid it is “sad” to gatekeep the weapon behind a paywall until the event is over, whileNicksaid that “purposely setting the community event super high so it takes forever to achieve and then paywalling a shortcut is the most scummy thing you may do.” Plenty of other players echoed similar comments, with many saying that it “should never” have been included in the bundle.
Unfortunately, this is just the latest controversy surrounding the newestCall of Dutytitle’s microtransactions. Earlier this week, Treyarch released the highly-anticipated Replacer bundle, which allowed fans to play as the popular character used inBlack Ops' marketing videos. But players were quicklydisappointed by the newBlack Ops 6bundleafter it was revealed that the Blackcell Battle Pass must be purchased to unlock the operator’s second variant, meaning the bundle would be double the cost if players wanted to unlock all of its accompanying cosmetics.
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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.
