Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Update 1.66 Released, Breaks Matchmaking for Players
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It’s not easy to be a Call of Duty fan these days, and that issue seems to have been exacerbated even more today. Treyarch released Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 update 1.66 on all platforms this January 13, 2025, and while it’s aimed to fix an issue, it seems to have brought in a rather literal game-breaking one.
If you can’t connect to a match, the servers aren’t really down, but rather, the update seems to have caused issues with Black Ops 6 (and Warzone’s) matchmaking.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 and Warzone Matchmaking Stuck in Queue After Applying Update 1.66
Update: The complete patch notes are available below.
BUG FIXES
- Fixed an issue where loading screens were causing instances of freezing or crashing.
- Fixed an issue with bullet trajectory on the AMR Mod 4.
- Fixed an issue in Resurgence where a player dying out of bounds would lose functionality of their field upgrades and killstreaks.
- Fixed an issue where models weren’t visible for ammo boxes, self revives, and throwing knives.
- Fixed an issue where players would not have a death icon when dying to Red Light Green Light.
Multiple players are have reported on how after applying today’s patch, players are now stuck in matchmaking queue purgatory.
Trouble finding a match in ranked after last update
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Activision has acknowledged the issue, though only said that players might be seeing “longer than usual” matchmaking times due to the update.
As we roll out the current update, players may temporarily notice longer than usual matchmaking times.
— Call of Duty Updates (@CODUpdates) January 13, 2025
What’s worse is, there are no notes on what this update actually does. Call of Duty account Charlie Intel mentions that this patch was supposed to fix the loading crash issue, though we can’t even test it now, since, y’know, matchmaking is broken.
We’re waiting on the patch notes, and once we have them, we’ll add them to the article. The same goes for any changes to matchmaking. If things get worse or are resolved, we’ll let our readers know.
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