Black Ops Royale — Live Now
Call of Duty: Warzone’s Season 6 launched Black Ops Royale worldwide — it resurrects Blackout-style scavenging with no buy stations, but the roll-out has bots in Europe and the Middle East and no Casual playlist at launch while devs monitor feedback [][].
In an update on March 12, 2026, Activision said bots may start appearing “next week” in select Black Ops Royale lobbies in Europe and the Middle East dotesports.com. Raven/Treyarch described the run as a regional matchmaking test that “builds on lessons” from earlier Casual experiments and will be evaluated using player data and player feedback, so the global Battle Royale Casual playlist was temporarily paused while the trial runs dotesports.com. Several high-profile creators — including TimTheTatman, Swagg and XclusiveAce — publicly criticised the bot test, and multiple outlets reported strong community backlash after the announcement dotesports.com. Developers signalled the test could lead to a Black Ops Royale Casual playlist if successful, and follow-ups already flag that solo queue options are being worked on in future updates dotesports.com.
