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Sledgehammer Games' imminentCall of Duty: Modern Warfare 3has teased connections toBlack Ops Cold War’s Zombies mode. Sequel to 2022’sModern Warfare 2,Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3will be the first everModern Warfaretitle to feature a Zombies mode, as all previousModern Warfareentries have featured Special Ops instead.
WithModern Warfare 3releasing just one year after its predecessor, it makes sense that it would pivot its co-op offering away from Special Ops and toward Zombies in order to mix things up. Fans of the franchise have been wanting to see what aModern WarfareZombies experience would look like for a while now, so the announcement of its inclusion in this year’sCall of Dutywas met with excitement coming off alargely disappointingVanguardZombies modenearly two years ago. Most interestingly,Modern Warfare 3’s Zombies mode has been confirmed to be open-world instead of round based, akin toModern Warfare 2’s DMZ mode.
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Providing further insight into the background story of its new Zombies experience,Call of Dutytook to Twitter to launch a text-based promotional event via text message or WhatsApp. Fans can text the number provided in the tweet to receive cryptic messages and images which hint toward the storyline ofModern Warfare 3’s exciting new Zombies mode, and its connection to 2020’sBlack Ops Cold War. The tweet itself contained the first image, which featured a cellphone, map, and two notebooks. Most importantly, the notebooks make clear reference to Omega Group, the antagonists ofCold War’s Zombies storyline.
Other images released during the promo event point toward a potential nighttime setting, which is in-line with the campaign missions fromModern Warfare 3that have already been shown off. Another image features a letter from the director of Requiem,Black Ops Cold War’s CIA squad the players side with against Omega Group. In the letter, Requiem’s director, pivotalCall of DutyZombies character Dr. Edward Richtofen, expressed that they’ve ended the outbreak and stopped Omega Group. With the letter dated 1985, it’s clear that it indicates thenarrative conclusion ofCold War’s Zombies story, and thatModern Warfare 3may be picking up that thread in the modern setting with perhaps a new set of characters who may have potential relations to some members of Requiem like Weaver, Carver, and Grey, who are also hinted at in the promo event.
Since the stories of the Zombies modes have historically been locked away for players to uncover by completing each map’s Easter egg, it’ll be interesting to see how Sledgehammer Games will handle telling a Zombies story in aModern Warfaretitle for the first time. This may be especially challenging when takingModern Warfare 3’s open-world Zombiesdesign into account. Fans will have to wait until later this Fall to see exactly howModern Warfare 3andBlack Ops Cold War’s Zombies storylines intertwine.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3is coming on November 10 to PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S.
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