New Rumors About Call of Duty: Vanguard, Release Date

Call of Duty: Vanguard – Announcement on August 19

• 24 multiplayer maps
• Dark, intense single-player campaign spanning the European and Pacific theaters of war
• Historically accurate
• The game will feature the swastika
• Alpha/beta test coming soon
• Dynamic weather changes
• War mode: all-arms/ground warfare
• Treyarch is developing the zombie mode
• Anti-cheat at launch (Will be integrated into Warzone)
• Release on November 5

More Details About Vanguard

• Dynamic interiors: grenades will now scatter furniture in a room
• Trailer locations: Japan, Africa, and the Pacific Ocean
• Doors are back, using the MW2019 engine, but now they can be destroyed
• One of the missions involves D-Day, where a plane crashes into water, and you must swim ashore to retrieve an enemy Kar 98k
• Steady aim shooting will also be included

New Information

• There will be no announcement in Warzone. However, an event is likely closer to the Vanguard release
• Alpha within a month, Beta in October
• The campaign takes place after World War II, focusing on remnants of the Gestapo as the main villains
• The main antagonist is Müller, with the illustration featuring a black U.S. soldier who parachuted into Normandy on D-Day and received numerous awards

Leaked Illustrations for Call of Duty Vanguard

What Can We Infer?

• Operators: Polina – USSR, Wade – USA, Lucas – Britain, the black guy is likely from a French colony
• There’s already some controversy around black characters and women in the game, but it seems these are the four campaign heroes, not one unit

Vanguard Leaks from Yesterday’s Closed Session

Images above are actual in-game screenshots.

• The campaign is about four soldiers, but there won’t be a cooperative campaign
• Co-op will be with zombies, developed by Treyarch, part of the Dark Aether storyline
• Real swastikas will be included, not crosses
• The game will be historically accurate
• The campaign will be dark and brutal

Multiplayer

• Dynamic weather
• 24 starter maps for different modes
• SBMM remains the same
• The large-scale mode will incorporate elements from Ground War (MW2019) and Combined Arms (CW)