#CoD enlists all-time rock traditional to soundtrack newest advertising barrage for Warzone’s Verdansk return – Destructoid

Activision’s continuous advertising division assault for Warzone culminated at the moment in a bombastic launch trailer for Warzone’s long-awaited return to its OG map, Verdansk, and it’s positive to get the blood pumping.

For any Name of Obligation gamers who nonetheless in some way haven’t realized that the 2020 launch map for the free-to-play battle royale mode is coming again this week, this trailer is certain to do it. With all kinds of Verdansk shenanigans proven off to the tune of Queen’s traditional “Bohemian Rhapsody,” this one is probably going being despatched off in textual content messages and group chats world wide.

Warzone gamers who proceed to play the BR or those that’ve lengthy since moved on are all anticipating Thursday’s arrival of Verdansk, the map the place Warzone made its title and the place tens of tens of millions of gamers dropped in 5 years in the past in the course of the COVID-19 pandemic to “escape from actuality,” as Freddy Mercury so eloquently places it within the tune.

Whereas the pandemic might have come to an finish for many, the world round us nonetheless sucks in different methods, so possibly a return to Verdansk is what all of us want. I’ve already despatched the trailer to my very own group chats with associates, and buddies who haven’t touched CoD in years are on the brink of obtain updates tonight.

Verdansk coming again as the principle BR map is simply part of the nostalgia that Activision is attempting to prey on with this season of Black Ops 6 and Warzone. You’ll be able to consider season three as an tried full rollback of the previous few years of updates to BR, which have largely been unpopular with an enormous a part of the participant base.

For instance, returning options that had been stripped from the sport embody floating loot, autos just like the helicopter and “Huge Bertha” truck, re-worked participant motion, a number of well-liked weapons just like the CR-56 AMAX and Kilo 141, an identical UI for the Purchase Station, and even the unique announcer and cutscenes.

Will all of it be sufficient to get Warzone again on monitor after years of missteps and head-scratching selections? That’s what Activision is hoping, rolling out an assumedly massive advertising price range that features this trailer but in addition a number of influencer movies on social media together with baseball participant Juan Soto, recording artist Tinashe, and a number of other others.

We’ll know extra as soon as Warzone returns at 12pm ET on April 3 after 24 hours of server downtime to deploy the replace. Gamers can play BO6 to degree up weapons and proceed to get pleasure from CoD within the meantime.