Lesser line: Warzone hosted its second in-game event yesterday, where Activision revealed the latest CoD installment to the world. Call of Duty: Vanguard takes players dorsum to the battlefields of WWII, featuring a single-player campaign across four major fronts of the war, a Battle Pass-driven multiplayer with xx maps at launch, a new Zombies mode, and integration with the free-to-play Warzone mode that volition (finally) receive an all-new map to supersede Verdansk, alongside an anti-crook organization for PC.

There's probably less room for surprises given that this year's Telephone call of Duty is yet again taking players to a WWII setting. However, fans of this long-running franchise are expected to dive in anyhow, propelling it to the top charts post-obit the game's November 5 release date.

Development of 2022'south Call of Duty: Vanguard is being led by Sledgehammer Games, the studio which Activision briefly demoted to support part for assisting Treyarch'southward BlackOps series. Like the latter'southward Cold War entry concluding twelvemonth, Vanguard's reveal took place in the Boxing of Verdansk in-game event in Warzone.

The game's single-player campaign will see players take on the roles of British, Russian and U.s. soldiers, forming operatives of Task Force One and fighting across WWII'southward major theatres.

Although it remains to be seen if the story is as engaging as 2022'due south Modern Warfare, the visuals are expected to be at least on par (or better), given that Vanguard is using an upgraded version of the IW 8.0 engine.

The game'southward multiplayer volition offer xx maps at launch, aslope avant-garde versions of Gunsmith and Caliber systems as well as a variation of MW's Gunfight mode chosen Champion Colina. This tournament-style experience pits 8 teams (solos, duos or trios) across 4 maps to be the final ones standing. For Zombie slayers, Vanguard volition feature a new Zombies co-op experience developed by Treyarch.

Call of Duty's Warzone experience is also evolving with the upcoming title and is gear up to get an all-new map and a much-needed anti-crook system sometime later on this twelvemonth. It'll integrate weapons and content from Vanguard then players tin await WWII-inspired locations and themes. With Vanguard at present upwards for pre-society, there are at present four games listed in Call of Duty's main bill of fare.

Vanguard is launching on November five for PC, last and electric current-gen PlayStation/Xbox consoles, and is a cross-gen title. Interestingly, the Microsoft Store listing for the game reveals the $60 standard version at 75GB, while its $100 Ultimate edition comes in at a gargantuan 270GB!