Now that the dust has settled?or rather rewound a few decades?on the nuking of Verdansk, Warzone’s new map is finally live: Verdansk. Or Verdansk 84 to be more precise, a 1984 version of the city and surrounding areas that will tie into the ongoing Black Ops Cold War storyline. But this is far more than a simple 1980s reskin of the map we’ve known for the past year. This new old Verdansk houses plenty of new points of interest, drastic changes to its layout, and other secrets and surprises just waiting for players to discover them.
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Following yesterday’s Destruction of Verdansk Part 1 event, where players were caught with no escape as a zombie-filled Verdansk was nuked, players then were tasked with setting off the nuke themselves from Rebirth Island today. After a scrap that saw everyone fighting over control of the nuclear device?with the winners declared the Destroyers of Verdansk?time rewound via a cutscene, and players were immediately dropped into this new 1984 version of the map. Now, ideally, the discovery Verdansk 84 would have come via this event, however countless leaks and issues, like private matches allowing players to get into it early, caused Verdansk 84 to get into the open earlier than intended. This led to Activision releasing the latest trailer for Warzone?filled with a whole bunch of celebrities I’ve never heard of?early, a few hours ahead of the in-game reveal of the new map. Whether or not this was scheduled beforehand is unkn...