The season 3 content afforded to players of Activision and Sledgehammer Games’Call of Duty: Vanguardwas relatively sparse; most of the season’s most interesting new additions were introduced to the popular battle royale spin-offCall of Duty: Warzone, while the most current mainline title received little more than two new multiplayer maps and awildly controversial Godzilla-themed operator skin. This trend may change inCall of Duty: Vanguard’s upcoming season 4, the intro cinematic for which just debuted.
The brief cutscene features a skirmish between forces led by Arthur Kingsley, who was featured in theCall of Duty: Vanguardcampaign, and Carver Butcher, a character made more recognizable through the game’s post-launch content. While few players are likely to keep up with the story elements ofCall of Duty: Vanguard’s seasonal updates, fans were quick to spot issues with the trailer. Most notably, Kingsley and Butcher engage in a firefight in a clearing, yet, despite the fact that they can’t be more than two dozen yards away from one another, nobody on either squad manages to land a single shot.
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Of course, the opening cinematic isn’t something for whichCall of Duty: Vanguardfans play the game. While the season 4 cutscene offers very little in the way of information regarding new content—save perhaps for the fact that Carver Butcher may serve as a playable operator—a second trailer uploaded to the officialCall of DutyYouTube channel offers a preview of Fortune’s Keep, anew island to be added toCall of Duty: Warzone’s Caldera map.
However, the most significant news concerningCall of Duty: Vanguard’s forthcoming fourth major update has to do with the game’s Zombies component. Zombies was neglected entirely during season 3 save for the addition of a few new weapons, and rumors circulated that Treyarch may have either abandoned the mode entirely or opted to move away from the objective-based game modes it had previously prioritized. Indeed, the latter proved to be true, as season 4 will see the addition of atraditional round-based map in the form of Shi No Numa.
A legacyCall of DutyZombies map that was first introduced all the way back in 2008’sCall of Duty: World at War,Shi No Numa also played a role inCall of Duty: Vanguard’s Zombies mode. However, launching alongside the rest of the season 4 content on June 22, players will be able to explore a fully-remastered map with new areas, weapons, quests, and Easter eggs. On the whole, post-launch content forCall of Duty: Vanguardcontinues to be a bit sparse, though this will at least be a boon for Zombies fans.
Call of Duty: Vanguardis available now for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X.
