Call of Duty declassifies the upcoming Season 3 content
The multiple studios behind Call of Duty: Vanguard and Warzone Pacific have officially released the Season 3 roadmap for the popular franchise. Like with the previous seasons, players can expect a collection of brand-new content along with a new Battle Pass and limited-time events to keep the first-person shooter fresh.
Season 3 has been dubbed Classified Arms and will introduce the newest task force, S.O.T.F. 008, to both games. At launch, players can join the fight as American sniper Mateo Hernandez while ace pilot Florence Carter and the mysterious vigilante Kim Tae Young will join the lineup later in the season.
Call of Duty Season 3: Classified Arms release date
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Call of Duty: Vanguard Season 3 multiplayer changes
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Once the mid-season refresh rolls around, Vanguard will receive a second free map titled Sphere. Sphere will also embrace the small-map playstyle, encouraging fast-paced, close-quarters combat in a secret underground weapons lab. This map will eschew the classic three-lane system, however, as it will feature dual layers to expand the play zone.
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In addition to the new field upgrade, players can expect four new weapons as part of the Classified Arms Battle Pass. The M1916 marksman rifle, a semi-automatic rifle, will drop at launch and is the favored weapon for new operator Mateo Hernandez. If you prefer a more full-auto experience, however, the Nikita AVT assault rifle will also be available at launch. The Nikita AVT will be the fastest-firing assault rifle in Call of Duty: Vanguard, making it a great choice for SMG fans who would like a little more range. Later in the season players will be able to pick up the Junkyard Jet Sledgehammer and the H4 Blixen SMG for all the close-quarters combat the new maps will bring.
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Lead studio Sledgehammer Games has released several updates to address balancing issues as well as hotfixes for visual glitches. During the course of Season 2 Reloaded an Experimental Playlist was added to Vanguard where players could provide live feedback. This has led to some changes being made in multiplayer’s spawn logic among other updates. Sledgehammer will release the Season 3 patch notes for Call of Duty: Vanguard closer to the update’s launch.
Call of Duty Season 3 zombies changes
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Changes to Call of Duty: Vanguard’s zombies mode is a bit lighter than in previous updates as Treyarch Studios has announced that they are working on a classic round-based zombies mode for Vanguard. Season 2’s “Terra Maledicta” was the last official seasonal update for the mode as development focuses on a reimagined “Shi No Numa” update. “Shi No Numa” initially released with Zombies in Call of Duty: World at War, and Treyarch Studios plans to rerelease the map for Vanguard in its classic scope, complete with new wonder weapon quests, classic traps, Easter eggs, and a new story line tying into the Dark Aether saga established in Black Ops Cold War.
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In addition to the new Zombies content for Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War, Treyarch is also planning to release a remake of the classic Black Ops map, Jungle, for Cold War’s multiplayer.
Call of Duty: Warzone Pacific Operation Monarch and new Points of Interest
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The dig site is not the only new point of interest, however, as the fortification project on the Peak has been completed. Buildings don a fresh coat of paint bearing the symbol of a global organization known as Monarch, a cryptozoological defense force. Players can make use of exterior and interior ascenders to get to the roof tops where they can parachute to a wide variety of other areas on the island, though they do risk being shot down by looking at the skies.
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All of these changes to Caldera are a gear up to May 11th’s special limited-time event, Operation Monarch. Operation Monarch will include a new game mode for 4-player squads based on several classic experiences but with the addition of Godzilla and Kong. More details about Operation Monarch will be revealed closer to the event’s start date. Operation Monarch’s impact on Caldera is clearly going to be noticeable, but there are additional rumblings coming from beneath the surface that will be revealed later in the mid-season refresh.
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Rebirth Island will also see some changes following its recent reinforcement, with some Operators now being required to undergo an EXFIL mission prior to the collapse of the final circle. Support studio Beenox is currently working on the mid-season refresh update for Rebirth Island, and players can expect more information at a later date.
Call of Duty: Warzone Points
While a portion of Call of Duty: Vanguard and Warzone Pacific’s Season 3 content will be available to players for free, a large part will be locked behind the Battle Pass paywall. Pick up 2,400 COD Points to purchase the Battle Pass bundle for tier skips and to access all of what Season 3 has to offer.
Call of Duty: Vanguard
Multiplayer and zombies content for the Classified Arms update requires Call of Duty: Vanguard to play. If you intend to play on Xbox Series X or Series S, this is the version of the game to grab. You’ll want it to look and run as smoothly as possible, which does mean it’ll be a bit more expensive.
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