Call of Duty: Vanguardcame out last year to a relatively middling reception. Activision recently reported disappointing sales ofCall of Duty: Vanguardand blamed the World War 2 setting for its market performance.
Vanguardalso suffered from mixed critical reception and word of mouth, but Activision has since released various updates for the game. Zombies game mode, in particular, was arguably the most significant source of criticism at launch, and it received an overhaul in a previous patch.Call of Duty: Vanguardis in its third season, and Activision now details all the content coming in the mid-season update.
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A post on the officialCall of Dutywebsite describes thenew content coming toCall of Duty: WarzoneandCall of Duty: Vanguardin Season Three Reloaded. Also known as Classified Arms Reloaded, this update will add new features toCall of Duty: Vanguardand go live later today at 10 AM PT. The post also mentions that Season Three Reloaded will add numerous quality-of-life features, and Activision will share the complete details in the full patch notes.
Classified Arms Reloaded adds a new map called Sphere toCall of Duty: Vanguard. Sphere is a small map featuring a hidden underground weapons lab, with the top floor designed as a mock coal mine. The underground area has tunnels, a workshop, and a central lab, and the post claims that Operators that can quickly navigate between the upper and lower floors will have the upper hand in combat.
Season Three Reloaded will also come with a few more pieces of content. It adds the H4 BlixenSMG toCall of Duty: Vanguardand the blog post compares it to The Owen Gun. It states that the H4 Blixen has three more bullets per magazine and features better aim down sight speed and vertical recoil. Players can unlock this weapon by completing the following challenge - Get 3 Slide Kills in a single match 15 times. They can also purchase a store bundle that will release later during Classified Arms Reloaded.
A new Operator, Kim Tae Young, will joinCall of Duty: VanguardandCall of Duty: Warzonein Season Three Reloaded. She has her own XP system, and players can earn skins and other rewards by progressing through its 20 levels. This section also shares her backstory and mentions that her weapon of choice is the newly added SMG H4 Blixen. Fans can check the blog post for more information on all the content coming toCall of Duty: VanguardandCall of Duty: Warzonein this update.
Call of Duty: Vanguardis available now on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X.
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