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[Leak] Leaked bit from trailer and images of CoD: Warzone's "new" map

Kalentan

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r/CODWarzone - First glimpse at 80's Verdansk

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Hurray...? I mean it's big overhaul.... kind of? But I don't think this is what people wanted nor does this match up with any previous leaks/datamines (AFAIK)

Though it's most likely legit cause Activision has been DMCA videos and even articles talking about it.
 
Sec0nd

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Oct 27, 2017
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Honestly pretty cool.

I'm sure many people will be disappointed by the fact that it isn't a brand new map. But with how everything is going with all the messed up updates and strange additions to the game I had very little faith in a new map. Not to mention that all the Dirty Bomb maps look like absolute trash, so I wouldn't have want to have seen a map from those sections.
 
Lobster Roll

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Even though this leaked yesterday, I'm still leaning April Fool's for now. Which honestly, is a telling sign of how poorly they've handled Warzone since the Cold War integration. It's almost impossible to tell if a reskinned Verdansk instead of a new map is a joke or not.
 
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Kalentan

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Edit: Removed, apparently the screenshot was from the campaign.
 
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Marshall

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I hope they remove the ability to shoot players during the initial drop. I played the other day after a long respite and was disappointed this was still a thing.
 
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Kalentan

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Lobster Roll said:
Even though this leaked yesterday, I'm still leaning April Fool's for now. Which honestly, is a telling sign of how poorly they've handled Warzone since the Cold War integration. It's almost impossible to tell if a reskinned Verdansk instead of a new map is a joke or not.
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Sadly it's not a joke. The whole leak began when someone working on a live-action promotional video for Warzone leaked the WIP trailer, and then more leaks (the screenshots) showed up after.

www.videogameschronicle.com

New Warzone map: First footage of Call of Duty’s 1980s Verdansk leaks | VGC

The current Verdansk will be replaced by a new Cold War-themed map in April…
www.videogameschronicle.com www.videogameschronicle.com
 
ShapeDePapa

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I was expecting them to port the Dirty bombs maps instead. Would be a lot more interesting than a reskinned Verdansk. Especially if we're stuck with that "new" map for almost two years lol
 
KDC720

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Wasn't the rumor that they were just going to nuke Verdansk?

Maybe this is just an 80's reskin to to keep things consistent with the ongoing Cold War story.
 
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Kalentan

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KDC720 said:
Wasn't the rumor that they were just going to nuke Verdansk?

Maybe this is just an 80's reskin to to keep things consistent with the ongoing Cold War story.
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The nuke thing is still happening, the ingame stuff that we can see is setting it up. As for how things will narratively transition to the 80's Verdansk is anyone's guess.
 
BoxScar

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Marshall said:
I hope they remove the ability to shoot players during the initial drop. I played the other day after a long respite and was disappointed this was still a thing.
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Nothing makes me angrier than this. Don't see why you need to spawn with a pistol in the first place.

I've started playing this a lot after dropping off in October, so I'm excited for the change.
 
Sec0nd

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Kalentan said:
The nuke thing is still happening, the ingame stuff that we can see is setting it up. As for how things will narratively transition to the 80's Verdansk is anyone's guess.
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I'll believe it when I see it. Feels like it's mostly the community shouting in an echo box. The instant there was a sighting of one of the nukes it was immediately 'THEY ARE GOING TO NUKE VERDANSK AT THE END OF THE SEASON'. And that was, like, in season 3. They might do something with it, but my feeling that all this nuking of Verdansk just a massive rumor gone wild.
 
CarterTax

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Was hoping that they'd update to the Cold War Engine and deliver a Next-Gen version of the client... but if it's just overhauled/reskinned Verdansk and still no Next-Gen client I can't see myself hopping back in.
 
Fachasaurus

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BoxScar said:
Nothing makes me angrier than this. Don't see why you need to spawn with a pistol in the first place.

I've started playing this a lot after dropping off in October, so I'm excited for the change.
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Yeah, I wish they gave you the option to opt out of the minute or so prematch. I almost always alt tab and it's just shoot shoot noise and death and someone on their mic telling me to get rekt. Likewut?
 
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Kalentan

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Sec0nd said:
I'll believe it when I see it. Feels like it's mostly the community shouting in an echo box. The instant there was a sighting of one of the nukes it was immediately 'THEY ARE GOING TO NUKE VERDANSK AT THE END OF THE SEASON'. And that was, like, in season 3. They might do something with it, but my feeling that all this nuking of Verdansk just a massive rumor gone wild.
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To be fair, the silo where the nuke is has a computer that is slowly counting up based on the zombie outbreak... and now there's missiles flying over the map.

Not to mention VGC with their own insiders said the nuke thing was happening.

CarterTax said:
Was hoping that they'd update to the Cold War Engine and deliver a Next-Gen version of the client... but if it's just overhauled/reskinned Verdansk and still no Next-Gen client I can't see myself hopping back in.
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While Cold War might look better due to being next-gen. It's engine is far less advanced than the Modern Warfare Engine.
 
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rashbeep said:
updating to the CW engine would ruin this game
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Kalentan said:
While Cold War might look better due to being next-gen. It's engine is far less advanced than the Modern Warfare Engine.
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They don't necessarily have to use that engine -- I just used that because that is a Next-Gen engine that is currently being used for the same series. I'd just enjoy a client update to the next generation because using the prior generation engine via BC is unremarkable at this point. Same Engine/Same Map Layout makes for very few reasons to visit for me, personally.
 

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CarterTax said:
They don't necessarily have to use that engine -- I just used that because that is a Next-Gen engine that is currently being used for the same series. I'd just enjoy a client update to the next generation because using the prior generation engine via BC is unremarkable at this point. Same Engine/Same Map Layout makes for very few reasons to visit for me, personally.
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The CW engine is 100% not a next-gen engine.
 

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I'm happy with this if true. I like the idea of a changing map with familiar locations but some changes affected by the lore.

I also hope this stays on the MW engine. I dont mind CW but the engine is a massive downgrade.
 
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Kalentan

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HairyFist87 said:
I'm happy with this if true. I like the idea of a changing map with familiar locations but some changes affected by the lore.

I also hope this stays on the MW engine. I dont mind CW but the engine is a massive downgrade.
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There's no way they're changing since MW's engine is THE CoD engine going forth. Cold War only used the BO4 engine due to it's trouble development. Treyarch's next CoD will be changing over to MW's engine too.
 
Zebesian-X

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So this was probably supposed to line-up with CW's launch right? I'm sure after all this time players were expecting a more substantial change but COVID must have gotten in the way
 
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Kalentan

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Zebesian-X said:
So this was probably supposed to line-up with CW's launch right? I'm sure after all this time players were expecting a more substantial change but COVID must have gotten in the way
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If Video Game Chronicles is to believed, yes, the map change was supposed to happen back at CW's launch but COVID related delays pushed it way back.

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It is, pretty sure it's a 1-on-1 copy from the playable area from one of the 2 endings.
Edit: the picture linked by Kalentan is an actual screenshot from Black Ops Cold War.
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Oh it is? Saw it in the VGC article and it looked like the portion of the map in the trailer. Will remove.
 

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Map looks fine snipers will get their range so people expect a lot from a side mode in COD? It's good to see fans engaged with Warzone and it's a huge addition but it's been thrust into gaming's spot light.
 
Jinjo

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The game has seriously suffered after the change in management occurred. Updates that break attachments, no transparency on changes, doesn't listen to community, still no anti-cheat. No real new map is another mark in the long line of disappointments.
 
PeskyToaster

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If they do a visual overhaul and add several new locations, that's decently exciting. Honestly it would be super cool if they had thought about this and actually evolved the area through history to show it as a focus of conflict over a long period of time but I don't think that was considered when initially designing it. Like if they actually put some research into how areas develop historically and were like here's verdansk in the 50s after WWII, here's verdansk as a soviet satellite state, here's verdansk after the fall of the Soviet Union, here's Verdansk now. Just doing some Googling, it's inspired by Donetsk which is a contested area even today. Could actually be interesting without having to move to a different location.

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Map looks fine snipers will get their range so people expect a lot from a side mode in COD? It's good to see fans engaged with Warzone and it's a huge addition but it's been thrust into gaming's spot light.
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Warzone is carrying CoD at the moment. It and Modern Warfare were a huge boost to the series and basically shocked it back to life after it had gotten quite stale over last gen. Cold War is certainly not the flagship product for the series.
 
Wolf

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As someone who can't stand the cold war aesthetic, this bums me out real bad
 
PanzerKraken

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This whole thing is so odd if they go back in time, what then, keep all the modern era weapons, skins, gear? This really doesn't make sense which still makes it seem fake.
 
Ciao

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So, what I understand is :
- In game even in a 80's era Verdansk, just a reskinned version, where we see what's going on with nukes being hidden somewhere.
- Then jump to the present to see the nukes detonate.
- Then brand "new" map replaces Verdansk, composed of CW maps ducktapped together.
 
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