Want to know more about the new Warzone map? We now have confirmation from Activision themselves that Call of Duty: Vanguard is coming later this year. Sledgehammer Games’ World War II themed release will integrate with Warzone later this year introducing new weapons, vehicles, and a brand new WW2 map set to replace ‘80s Verdansk.
Black Ops Cold War fully integrated with the battle royale game at the beginning of Season 3 with the release of ‘80s Verdansk, five months after its November launch. There were a number of issues with the Cold War integration that took a while to fix: popular weapons were completely unbalanced for months, attachments didn’t function like they were supposed to, and weapon balancing on Modern Warfare weapons completely stopped.
The Battle of Verdansk is going to take place in Warzone, giving players a glimpse of the new Call of Duty game. Similar to the Black Ops Cold War teasers last year, Warzone is going to host a number of Vanguard teasers in the run up to the WW2 game. Here’s everything we know about the new Warzone map so far.
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Battle For Verdansk
The first teaser for Call of Duty: Vanguard is going to go live in Warzone on August 19 at August 19 at 10:30am PDT / 1:30pm EDT / 6:30pm BST. The upcoming Warzone teaser has been named Battle of Verdansk by the devs on Twitter. Battle of Verdansk introduces a new weapon to the battle royale game and an armoured vehicle, rumoured to be a train, that circles the map.
We need every squad to be ready for a joint operation at 10:30AM PST on 8/19. #BattleofVerdansk pic.twitter.com/MdDXYh7n9k
— Call of Duty (@CallofDuty) August 16, 2021
Players need to work together to take the armoured vehicle down. If you don’t have the time to join the event, there’s a good chance the trailer is going to be uploaded to the Call of Duty YouTube account after it premieres. This was the case for the Black Ops Cold War event which many players couldn’t access due to the servers becoming overloaded.
NEW WARZONE MAP RELEASE DATE
The new WW2 themed map is likely to launch in November 2021. The biggest game releases of the year typically appear in Q4. Over the past decade, only two Call of Duty games haven’t launched in November: Black Ops 4 and Modern Warfare (2019). There is a chance Vanguard could be released in October, but this seems unlikely given Activision’s usual release schedule.
NEW WARZONE MAP LOCATION
VGC’s sources claim the new Warzone map is set in the Pacific theatre of World War II and is “significantly larger” than Verdansk. ‘80s Verdansk is the same size as modern Verdansk, whereas this new WW2 map sounds like it will be much larger. To accommodate the increase in the map size, new vehicles will be added to the mode to make travelling easier.
Zesty, a known Call of Duty dataminer, found in-game files relating to seven new vehicles joining the game back in early April. This was originally thought to be for ‘80s Verdansk, but the reskinned version of the map didn’t include brand new vehicles.
NEW WARZONE ENGINE
Treyarch opted to use a modified version of the Black Ops III engine for Cold War, resulting in marginally worse visuals compared to Modern Warfare. Vanguard is reported to use an upgraded version of the Modern Warfare engine, the same engine used by Warzone. This means any upgrades in Vanguard should make their way to Warzone – this also gives us hope that the Warzone integration period will be seamless this time around.
WILL ‘80s VERDANSK EVER RETURN?
It’s unlikely that players will ever be able to return to ‘80s Verdansk as they have been unable to return to modern Verdansk. Though Warzone does support the ability to play on ‘80s Verdansk and the smaller Rebirth Island, the devs have never given players the ability to go back to different versions of the map.
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And that’s all there is to know about the latest map coming to Warzone. We expect Activision to drop a teaser for Vanguard over the next couple of months. Savour your time on ‘80s Verdansk as this map is set to rotate out once the WW2 game launches. In the meantime, crush your enemies by picking the best Warzone loadouts to ensure you’re ready to fight off rival squads.
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