Warzone Season 6 launches later today, here's what time the new Call of Duty update goes live.

As we approach the release of the next Call of Duty title, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, the Warzone live-service train keeps on rolling, with the Season 6 update set to be released later on today. Whilst the game's previous major content update, Season 5, focused on introducing hip-hop operators and a new resurgence map, Season 6 will feature The Haunting, an event that will see the major maps plunged into darkness, and feature the re-introduction of the popular Zombie Royale mode in what promises to be a Halloween-themed extravaganza.

Here's the confirmed Warzone Season 6 release time, and how to download the update.

Warzone Season 6 release time

Warzone Season 6 will release at 5pm BST / 12pm EDT / 9am PDT today. The new season will launch worldwide simultaneously across all platforms, so no region will be able to jump in early. Activision confirmed the Warzone Season 6 release time in a blog post that was published earlier this week. If you're new to Warzone, big content updates always go live at the same time, and always on a Wednesday.

Players on PS5 and PS4 will likely be able to pre-load the Warzone update prior to the release time, but players on PC, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S will likely have to wait until 5pm BST / 12pm EDT / 9am PDT to begin downloading the Warzone Season 6 update. But once the download is done, you'll be able to drop into Season 6 right away.

Season 6 will also be the first Warzone season to launch following the Warzone Caldera servers being shut down, with the original Call of Duty: Warzone title no longer playable.

Warzone Season 6 – what to expect

The much-loved Halloween-themed The Haunting event not only plunges maps like Al Mazrah and Vondel into darkness but will also introduce brand new POIs, areas and secrets to explore, including:

  • An ancient tomb complex has been unearthed [[REDACTED]], hieroglyphs, and [[REDACTED]] entity known as “The Pharaoh” has been [[REDACTED]].
  • Witnesses report seeing strange lights and [[REDACTED]] in the night sky over [[REDACTED]], though unidentified anomalous phenomenon (UAP) has [[REDACTED]] or “orbs”.
  • Encounters with a spectral [[REDACTED]], seemingly accessible [[REDACTED]], with Operator vehicles necessary to [[REDACTED]], moving at a rapid pace.
  • Unconfirmed [[REDACTED]], further into the swamp, where [[REDACTED]] abomination known as the “Swamp Creature,” though [[REDACTED]] non-standard armaments.
  • Observers in the [[REDACTED]] region describe a glowing, wisp-like ethereal [[REDACTED]], multiple hostiles [[REDACTED]] “Evil Spirits.”
  • Outside the stone walls [[REDACTED]] platforms of particular concern, [[REDACTED]] the Altars of Lilith, [[REDACTED]] Nightmare Portal [[REDACTED]] codenamed “The Butcher.” This influence may extend to the Vondel AO.

Season 6 will also introduce a number of previously popular modes such as Zombie Royale, which will be available in both Al Mazrah and Vondel, and allows players to become re-animated as zombies when they're eliminated, with the goal of stopping whichever human players are left standing!

And not only that, but there's also a few new weapons being added to Warzone for Season 6, which are as follows:

  • TR-76 Geist (Assault Rifle — Launch, Battle Pass)
  • ISO 9mm (SMG — Launch, Battle Pass)
  • Dual Kamas (Melee — Launch, Battle Pass)
  • DOOM Chainsaw (Melee — Mid-Season, Bundle)

    • There's also a cool Diablo 4 crossover coming to Warzone for Season 6, with the Queen of the Succubi Lilith and the fallen archangel Inarius being introduced as Operators, but they'll only be available through paid bundles. Boo!