Call of Duty: Warzonehas evolved greatly from when it first launched in March 2020. The game has received numerous updates that have added new modes, map changes, weapons, operators, and plenty of balancing tweaks. However, the biggest update thatCall of Duty: Warzonehas received thus far came withCall of Duty: Black Ops Cold War, and saw the entire map of Verdansk being completely overhauled.
This has led many fans and players to wonder how the game will be impacted by the release of 2021’sCall of Dutytitle, which is reportedly calledCall of Duty: Vanguardand will be set in World War 2. There is a lot of potential in a World War 2 setting forVanguardto bring sweeping changes toCall of Duty: Warzone, although nothing has been announced by developers Sledgehammer Games or Raven Software. However, looking back at howBlack Ops Cold Warimpacted the game, there are some logical ways that the game could likely changeWarzonefor all players during the coming year after release.
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How Black Ops Cold War Changed Call of Duty: Warzone’s Map
After the release ofCall of Duty: Black Ops Cold War,Warzonebegan building up to an in-game event that saw zombies beginning to spread across the game’s map of Verdansk. The zombies quickly grew in number and started consuming everything, causing the map to have a nuclear bomb dropped on it to purge the undead. Thenuke event was the biggest that has happened inWarzonesince its release, and the map has never been the same since. Verdansk was transformed into Verdansk ‘84 to better match the setting ofBlack Ops Cold War’s campaign and multiplayer modes.
The new year brought an entirely new look to the map, with a lot more color, an older aesthetic, and brought changes to nearly every single location across the map. The shape of the land remained unchanged, but Verdansk ‘84 was effectively an entirely new map forWarzoneplayers to explore. However, the change also started a new era of storytelling inWarzonethat saw theBlack Opsseries’ iconic numbers program invading the battle royale. The plot has been slowly developed over the five seasons that have come out since the release ofBlack Ops Cold War. Things like satellites falling from the sky, and strange interdimensionalred doors appearing acrossWarzone’s mapthat are teleporting players, wouldn’t have been possible withoutWarzone’s events.
How Vanguard Could Change Call of Duty: Warzone’s Map
It seems very likely that the red doors will have something to do with the introduction ofCall of Duty: VanguardtoWarzone. The numbers program has been continuing unheeded throughout the game’s evolving storyline, and the red doors have continued to spread across the map and become even more unstable since they first appeared in Season 4.
Either part of the plot could eventually lead toCall of Duty: Vanguard’s integration intoWarzone, although the red doors seem to be the most obvious way to do so. Since the doors have teleported players into various places like rooms filled with high-quality loot or randomly free-falling above the map, the spreading influence of the red doors could very easily teleport the map back a few more decades to the time ofVanguard.
The time jump to World War 2 would presumably change the map dramatically.Warzone’s visuals would have to be changed to properly reflect the time period, and it would surely also introduce a variety of new locations while changing the ones that remain enough for them to feel mostly new. These changes will be a lot for players to adjust to, and recent leaks have claimed thatVanguard’s integration and seasonal contentwill start just a few weeks after its release. With publisher Activision saying that the game will launch this Fall, there is not much time left before Vanguard comes to bring sweeping changes toWarzone.
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Other Ways Vanguard Could Change Call of Duty: Warzone
Of course, the integration ofVanguardwithWarzonewill bring many more changes than just a new map. LikeBlack Ops Cold War,Vanguardwill introduce a slew of new weapons, scorestreaks, operators, and equipment to the battle royale. However, this could have many fans worried, as theintegration ofBlack Ops Cold Wardid not go very smoothly, with many guns being unbalanced for weeks afterward.
WithVanguard’s World War 2 setting, it also will be interesting to see just how the guns stack up against more modern competition. It could be that some older guns fromModern Warfareor evenBlack Ops Cold Warwill be removed from the game to make room forVanguard’s weaponry in the meta, but that remains to be seen. Doing so would make sense, however, as it would make ensuring the game stays balanced for Raven Software.
Players could also see some interesting new game modes coming toWarzonewithVanguard. One leak stated thatVanguardwill feature mini-battle royalesin its base game, but there are many World War 2-inspired variations on a battle royale that could be interesting. One possible mode could be a variation ofWarzone’s rumble mode that saw players splitting into two teams of 50 to battle it out. This variation could imitate the famous World War 2 battle of D-Day by having one team act defensively on the map while the other team attacks from the shore and has to advance to a number of objectives across the new Verdansk.
Not only would the mode be something dramatically different forWarzone, but it could also help the game adapt to the new competition it will be facing in the large-scale battles ofBattlefield 2042. Of course, there’s no way to know what changes will be coming toWarzoneuntil they are officially announced, but hopefully Activision will have something to share with fans soon, since the game is presumably months away.
Call of Duty: Vanguardis currently in development.
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