

He has access to all the undead baddies you're used to, as well as new additions like the Sturmkrieger, who has a machine gun (seems unfair) and the Boom Schreiers, who'll blow up in your face. The mass graves of Stalingrad seem like a decent option for a fascist looking to raise an army of zombies, I guess. This just keeps happening.ĭer Anfang is based in Stalingrad, the site of one of the bloodiest battles in history with an estimated 2 million casualties.


It's all very arcane, but what's happened is that Von List has managed to gain the power to raise the dead. Story-wise, we know that Nazi Oberführer Wolfram Von List was able to plunder alien artefacts with the power to bond humans with Dark Aether entities. It's a classic Zombies map with brutal gameplay and undoubtedly a hilariously esoteric Easter egg storyline to uncover. Following the recent Zombies announcement (opens in new tab), we know more about the mode and name of the map you'll be playing on: Der Anfang. Zombies are back in Call of Duty: Vanguard, led by the studio responsible for it all: Treyarch. What can we expect from Call of Duty: Vanguard's Zombies mode? Sledgehammer has also added a destruction system in Vanguard, allowing players to tactically break bits of scenery and create their own hidey-holes around the map, while sliding your mounted weapon along edges. Hopefully, that'll be good for the meta and lead to some fun and unique gun builds. The Gunsmith loadout system is back, but with the option of up to ten attachments slots for some weapons. There are three types of lobbies you're able to queue up for in the 'Combat Pacing' system, allowing you to choose between smaller and larger lobbies depending on how you feel like playing.

There's also Patrol, which plays like Hardpoint, but the capture point moves through the map and forces encounters with the enemy team, along with the potential for some sly tactics.Īccording to the Call of Duty blog (opens in new tab), there are going even more options for customising your Multiplayer experience. The other four are unique maps for the brand new Champion Hill game mode, which combines the limited lives of Search and Destroy with the frantic action of Team Deathmatch. With 20 maps available to play, there's plenty of stuff to get stuck into at launch, and 16 of them are traditional Multiplayer maps. Everything we know about Call of Duty Vanguard's multiplayerĬall of Duty: Vanguard works on the Modern Warfare/Warzone game engine, so it'll feel like reuniting with an old friend if you've experience with those.
