Call of Duty season 4 begins next week with new maps and playlists

Warzone: The Call of Duty’s (and Vanguard’s) fourth season, the somewhat redundantly titled “Mercenaries of Fortune,” gets going on Wednesday, June 22, bringing with it a new battle royale map, some new modes to play, and for VanguardThis is a return to the round-based Zombies type of game.

Vanguard: Call of Duty also gets a new/old map, USS Texas 1945, which is a reimagining of the USS Texas map from 2017’s WWII: The Call of Duty. The map will go live on June 22 and will then be joined in the middle of the season by Desolation. That’s billed as a “small-to-medium sized map set in a dense village.” So it’s not a wide-open space, but it is a shot-to-pieces listening post out in the Pacific.

A masked fighter rushes out of an archway brandishing a submachine gun — New map Desolation isn’t as wide open as the name sounds, but it is bombed out.

Vanguard players will also see the return of Gun Game, which began life as an April Fool’s joke all the way back in 2010’s Black Ops: Call of Duty. Blueprint Gun Game, as Vanguard’s mode is called, requires a player to record kills with all 18 weapons to win a match. With each kill, the mode moves players to the next weapon in the list. The Throwing Knife is the final weapon.

Shi No Numa is the Zombies’ callback, which was a map from the original Zombies Call of Duty. The World at War 2008, back. Players will return to a round-based format in an updated “Swamp of Death,” which includes new main and side quests, and a new Wonder Weapon quest.

a skeletal zombie wearing a fedora and carrying a rifle with bayonet aims off camera at something

Warzone’s new map, Fortune’s Keep, was revealed on Monday. The battle royale will add some new in-game challenges themed to the “Mercenaries of Fortune” title, including a “Black Market Run Contract” that challenges players to get to the Black Market Buy Station before the timer expires. There they’ll find some unusual loot and gear.

NPC-mercs may also attempt to take their moolah away from the island, during Resurgence battle royale matches. Players can show up to rob their dice game, just be careful that enemy operators don’t have the same idea at the same time.

WarzoneThe Armored SUV is a brand new midseason vehicle. You can also use your own loadout weapon from the rooftop turret. A nitro boost is also available for drivers. Warzone will have an exclusive mode called Golden Plunder that increases player counts to 120. The death of a player results in players dropping more money, so they must collect $5 million to win.

You can find the complete list of modifications, additions and upgrades in Duty Call: Warzone Vanguard: The Call of Duty’s fourth season is available in Activision’s official blog post.