COD: Black Ops 6 & Warzone New Update 1.066 Fixes Loading Screen Crash, But Breaks Matchmaking

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Treyarch has pushed out (Call of Duty) COD: Black Ops 6 and Warzone new update 1.066 on all platforms. While this aims to fix the loading screen issue and other bugs, it also caused problems with matchmaking.

Players who are having issues connecting or finding matches, it’s not just you, as gamers on all platforms are experiencing this after applying today’s patch.

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Call of Duty’s New Update Version 1.066 Fixes the Loading Screen Freezing and Crashing

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.

While the bug fixes are welcome, what’s not is the connection issues that are affecting gamers once the patch is installed.

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Black Ops 6 and Warzone’s Latest Patch Is Causing Matchmaking Issues

Multiple players are have reported on how after applying today’s patch, players are now stuck in matchmaking queue purgatory.

Another bricked update.
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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.

📢 #BlackOps6 #Warzone

As we roll out the current update, players may temporarily notice longer than usual matchmaking times.

— Call of Duty Updates (@CODUpdates) January 13, 2025

If the servers take a turn for the worse, or they’re fixed, we’ll let our readers know. Hopefully, this is the last issue players will face with the game with today’s patch. If Activision releases another statement about the update, we’ll let our readers know.

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