CoD BO6 Squid Game event: Start date, UK time and what to expect

With the game on Game Pass too, any Xbox player should undoubtedly check it out.

Here is everything you need to know, including when the new event will be released and what to expect.

When is the CoD BO6 Squid Game event?

The good news is you won’t have to wait too long until the event drops, as it’s arriving on Friday 3rd January.

So, we’ll be able to jump in very soon, and it’s releasing right after the second season of Squid Game to ride the wave of the show.

When is the UK start time for the CoD BO6 Squid Game event?

While a release time has not officially been announced, as with other live-service games like FC 25 and Fortnite, updates are always at the same time, so we can confidently expect the Squid Game update to arrive at 6pm UK time.

It may change or drop at a different time, but it’s very unusual for BO6 to change from this pattern. The event will last until 24th January.

What to expect from the CoD BO6 Squid Game event

Multiple Limited Time Modes are being introduced inspired by the hit show, including:

• Red Light, Green Light: Young-hee is watching, so don’t misstep at the wrong time. Get on the pitch in the Red Card stadium and play three rounds of Red Light, Green Light, each two minutes long. In Round 1, no one gets a weapon. In Round 2 and 3, you can pick up weapons on the ground and eliminate other competitors with melee attacks and Finishing Moves.
• Pentathlon: Prove that you have what it takes in the long run by competing in a series of Multiplayer modes to find out who reigns supreme! Play Domination, Kill Confirmed, and Hardpoint along with two new mode variants: Piggy Bank Team Deathmatch and Roulette. In Piggy Bank TDM, every elimination adds score to the Mega Piggy Bank; fight for possession of the huge payout when it drops part way through the match. In Roulette, one-shot eliminations via the Roulette Handgun award double the points, though with each fired shot there’s a chance it’ll blow up in your hands!

The Squid Game Moshpit is classic game modes like Team Deathmatch and Domination but with a sprinkling of Squid Game-infused fun, including the Red Light, Green Light Scorestreak that commands all enemy Operators to stop moving or risk elimination.

Piggy Bank sees eliminated players drop Piggy Banks when they perish, which offers a score boost when picked up, while the Roulette Handgun will spawn in the middle of the map, and when picked up activates a permanent UAV and offers one-shot eliminations. The only downside is you're always visible to other players.

Squid Game is also coming to Zombies, with an undead version of Red Light, Green Light arriving that is charmingly named Dead Light, Green Light in Liberty Falls and Citadelle des Morts.

Squid Game Event Pass and Store Bundles

What will please many fans is that it's not just game modes arriving in Black Ops 6 to celebrate the show; it's also an Event Pass with free and premium rewards ranging from skins to blueprints.

There are also three packs arriving in the game that can be purchased, which are listed below:

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• Pink Guards Tracer Pack: Three Operators, two weapon blueprints, Emblem, Reticle, Weapon Charm and a Calling Card
• VIPs Tracer Pack: Two Operator Skins, three weapon blueprints, Finishing Move, Calling Card, Emblem and a loading screen
• Young-hee Tracer Pack: Young-hee Operator skin, two weapon blueprints, Finishing Move, Emblem, Decal, Spray, Calling Card and emote

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