Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 devs confirm the FPS is launching without the controversial Riot Shield
Oct. 21, 202433 weapons but the Riot Shield is nowhere to be found
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After years of fans complaining about the Riot Shield, it looks like the devs ofCall of Duty: Black Ops 6are taking pity. The full list of launch weapons for the upcoming FPS is here, and the controversial shield is nowhere to be found.
You can check out the full list on theofficial sitefor a complete breakdown of the 33 weapons that’ll be available when Black Ops 6 launches on October 25. A quick scroll suggests and a full ‘control+F’ confirms that there’s no Riot Shield here. AsIGNnotes, this confirmation has been a major source of celebration among players who’ve grown sick of everyone turtling behind these shields in multiplayer.
There weren’t any Riot Shields in the Black Ops 6 beta, and even then players were taking notice. As oneReddit userput it, “I realized one of the reasons it was so fun was there were no dumb idiots running around with riot shields/turtle shells.” Historically, Treyarch - the developer taking the lead on Black Ops 6 - has not included Riot Shields in its own Call of Duty titles, but with a three-year streak of the weapon appearing in recent entries fans had reason to be nervous.
Of course, it’ll take more than the presence (or absence) of one controversial weapon to make or break Black Ops 6. We’ll see how the game fares when it releases across PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and PC on October 25, and you can get theBlack Ops 6 preloadnow to prepare yourself for launch.
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