Call of Duty Warzone Now Has the Much-Maligned Winner’s Circle From Black Ops 6

Call of Duty Black Ops 6’s Winner’s Circle is now in battle royale Warzone, players have noticed following the launch of Season 1.

With Season 1 out now (via a mammoth 40GB update), Warzone players finally get to experience the Black Ops 6 integration into the free-to-download battle royale. It’s early days yet to issue a verdict on how the addition of weapons and Omnimovement from Treyarch’s recently released first-person shooter affect the Warzone meta, but one thing is clear: the unskippable Winner’s Circle has spread across games.

You can see Warzone’s take on the Winner’s Circle in the clip below, captured from Call of Duty streamer Symfuhny’s gameplay by CharlieIntel. It shows the entire squad of four players (rather than the top three performing players on the winning team in Black Ops 6), and lets players select from the emotes now shared across both games.

Earlier this month, IGN reported on how Black Ops 6 players were rotating between wanting to skip the Winner's Circle and liking it because it gives them time to check their phone between matches. In Warzone, the Winner’s Circle shows up after the battle royale’s extraction cutscene, and also displays some of the players’ statistical competence for all to see.

As noted in the Warzone Season 1 patch notes, the exfil sequence duration has been reduced with a larger focus on the winning squad. Players can now swap between their own squad and the winning squad showing off accolades and player stats. There is a new progression overview screen too, focused on player choice experience.

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