Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 Season 06 Haunting Trailer Breakdown

Treyarch's official launch trailer for Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 and Call of Duty: Warzone Season 06, "The Haunting," went up on the Call of Duty YouTube channel on September 8 and quietly packs in almost every headline from the season in three minutes. If you skimmed the patch notes and moved on, the trailer is worth the rewatch — it's the fastest way to see Haunted Hollow, the new Multiplayer maps and the Doom Slayer's first appearance in a Call of Duty game before you queue up yourself. The Haunting has been an annual event since Modern Warfare II, but this is the first time Treyarch has paired the seasonal horror theme with a crossover this size, and the trailer's pacing makes that priority obvious — Halloween set dressing gets a minute, the Doom Slayer gets the closing shot.

Season 06 goes live on September 17 at 9 AM PT across PC, PlayStation and Xbox, according to Treyarch's official Season 06 patch notes. Here's what the trailer actually shows, section by section, and what to check first once the update lands.

The Haunting Season 06 launch trailer, posted to Call of Duty's official YouTube channel on September 8, 2026.

01Haunted Hollow Takes Over Warzone Resurgence

The trailer's centerpiece is Haunted Hollow, a Halloween retheme of the Resurgence map that Treyarch describes as bringing "cosmic horrors and a Ghost Train" into the small-town map's streets. It's the same footprint Resurgence players already know, but the trailer lingers on the fog, the derailed train car and the kind of environmental set dressing that usually means new points of interest worth landing on for loot, not just for the theming.

The retheme runs alongside the returning Giant Infected mode, and Treyarch's Season 06 announcement blog confirms Resurgence Ranked Play carries over unchanged, so squads chasing seasonal rank rewards don't lose progress adapting to the new coat of paint.

02New Multiplayer Maps and Modes

Two 6v6 maps launch alongside the trailer's Multiplayer beats: Quantum, a brand-new Arctic map built around a Guild quantum computing facility, and Bloodstead, a horror-themed retheme of the Mason home from the campaign. Both are medium-sized and built for close-range fights — Quantum's frozen Tower and Bloodstead's Corpse House are the two callouts the trailer's editors clearly wanted you to notice.

The bigger structural change is T.E.D.D. Trials, a new limited-time mode that pulls three Zombies maps — Roadkill, Inferno and Lost — into 6v6 Multiplayer for the first time in Black Ops 7, with Ray Guns in the mix against a horde. Hordepoint returns with a twist where the zombies themselves switch sides depending on who holds the objective, and Freeze Tag is back as a straight 6v6 mode with proximity chat enabled. Ranked Play also opens for the season, though Treyarch's notes flag a shortened run time for Season 06 specifically, so don't assume it matches the full-length ladder from prior seasons. It uses the same map, mode and weapon restriction list as the Call of Duty League, so anything you unlock through Ranked Play carries the same career rewards regardless of how short the season's run turns out to be.

03Zombies: A New Survival Map and a Bigger Rogue Run

Zombies gets its own dedicated beat in the trailer: Tenshu, a new Survival map set inside Kowakujō's central keep, throwing shambling samurai, Hellhounds and Oni at squads fighting to reach round milestones for XP and cosmetic rewards. Rex Infernus, the final round-based map for Black Ops 7's story arc, picks up Directed Mode for players who want on-screen quest guidance instead of hunting down Main Quest steps themselves.

Rogue Run also gets a meaningful update this season — new pedestal rewards including a Pack-a-Punch IV ultra-rarity weapon upgrade and Golden Armor, plus Casual and Hardcore playlists built around the Paradox Junction and Kowakujō maps. Treyarch is also teasing a Super Easter Egg for anyone who's already cleared every Main Quest across Black Ops 7's round-based maps, though the studio hasn't detailed what that unlocks yet. If you've been sitting on a fully upgraded loadout waiting for a reason to use it, this is that reason — Rogue Run's new playlists are built specifically around squads who already know Paradox Junction and Kowakujō well enough to push for the pedestal rewards on a first attempt.

04The Doom Slayer's Call of Duty Debut

The trailer's biggest swing is saved for last: the Doom Slayer, arriving as a playable Operator through a Limited-Time DOOM Event Pass. The free track alone gets you a "Doom 1993" decal and a Roc 20mm Special Weapon, while the Premium Track unlocks the Doom Slayer Operator itself alongside a "BFG" Siren Special Weapon Blueprint and a classic Doomguy-style skin. It's a straightforward brand crossover rather than a full DOOM game mode, but the trailer treats it as the season's marquee reveal, cutting to the Slayer's armor and the Crucible Blade melee weapon in its final seconds.

One thing the trailer and the blog both leave vague is timing: the DOOM Event Pass is labeled "In-Season" rather than day-one, and Call of Duty hasn't published an exact unlock date. If you see a specific date for it circulating elsewhere, treat it as unconfirmed until it shows up on the official patch notes page or in-game.

05New Weapons and Season 06 Rewards

Outside the crossover, Season 06 adds four base weapons you'll see across Multiplayer, Zombies and Warzone: the TR51 Para Assault Rifle, the returning VMP SMG, the Arcblade Melee Weapon and the Roc 20mm Special Weapon, all earnable through the Battle Pass or in-game events rather than being locked to a single mode. A new Camo Event ties into the season's horror theme, and Ranked Play adds its own track of exclusive Blueprints, Large Decals and animated Calling Cards for players who climb to Platinum and above. None of the four base weapons are locked behind the DOOM Event Pass, so you don't need to touch the crossover content at all to unlock a full seasonal loadout — the Roc 20mm in particular is a Special Weapon reward on the free Battle Pass track, not a Premium exclusive.

06How to Jump Into Season 06

If you're planning your first few sessions around what the trailer teased, this is the order that gets you through the highlights fastest without wasting a Battle Pass tier on something you'll skip anyway.

How to Jump Into Season 06: The Haunting

1. 1Make sure Black Ops 7 and Warzone are updated before 9 AM PT on September 17 — Season 06 replaces the current season pass and map rotation client-wide.5 min
2. 2Load Warzone Resurgence to see the Haunted Hollow retheme and the Ghost Train firsthand before you commit to a full Battle Royale session.15 min
3. 3Queue Core 6v6 for the two new Multiplayer maps; Quantum rewards aggressive vertical plays through the Tower, Bloodstead rewards holding tight interior sightlines.20 min
4. 4Queue the new LTM to see Roadkill, Inferno and Lost — three Zombies maps — running as Multiplayer for the first time this season.15 min
5. 5Take a squad into the new Tenshu Survival map and push for Round 10 to bank the free "Mononoke Neko" emblem and XP.30 min
6. 6If you haven't finished Black Ops 7's Zombies story, turn on Directed Mode for on-screen quest steps through the final round-based map.45 min
7. 7Work Weekly Challenges and Battle Pass tiers for the TR51 Para AR, VMP SMG, Arcblade Melee Weapon and Roc 20mm Special Weapon.1-2 hrs
8. 8Keep an eye on the in-game news feed for the DOOM Event Pass going live — Call of Duty has flagged it as in-season, not day-one.ongoing

The trailer above is still the quickest gut-check on whether Season 06 is worth your time this week — three minutes covers Haunted Hollow, the new maps, the Zombies update and the Doom Slayer reveal without you having to dig through the full patch notes yourself.