Call of Dutyfans have already gotten a taste of whatCall of Duty: Vanguard’s multiplayer has to offer thanks to the Champion Hill Alpha, and soon they will get another crack at the game. TheCall of Duty: Vanguardmultiplayer beta kicks off this weekend for PlayStation gamers that have pre-ordered the game, and it will let fans battle it out on a handful of multiplayer maps in more traditional modes. Fans will have to wait forCall of Duty: Vanguard’s launch in November to check out all of the maps, which will include two returning classics fromCall of Duty: World at War.
Sledgehammer games has confirmed that the fan favoriteCastle and Dome maps fromCall of Duty: World at Warare making a comeback inCall of Duty: Vanguard. There will be some noticeable changes to theCall of Duty: Vanguardversions of Castle and Dome, as both maps will take advantage ofVanguard’s new features. Specifically, both maps will feature “reactive environments,” allowing them to change over the course of a map.
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Reactive environments are essentiallyCall of Duty’s way of introducing more destructible environmentsto its multiplayer matches. Sledgehammer has given the example of the Castle map, which will now let players destroy shoji screens. Both the Castle and DomeCall of Duty: Vanguardmaps can be changed in other ways as well, which players will notice as multiplayer matches march on.
It should be reiterated that neither the Castle nor the Dome maps fromWorld at Warwill be featured in the upcomingCall of Duty: Vanguardbeta, so fans won’t get to see them in action until the game’s launch on November 5. The first week of theCall of Duty: Vanguardbeta will feature Champion Hill, Gavutu, Hotel Royal, and Red Star maps, whereas the second week will add Eagle’s Nest to the mix.
Come launch, there will be a total of20Call of Duty: Vanguardmultiplayer mapsfor fans to check out, with 16 of those being traditional maps and four of those being for modes like Champion Hill and Gunfight. This is quite the improvement fromCall of Duty: Black Ops Cold War, which infamously launched with a low number of maps compared to other games in theCall of Dutyseries, and it’s worth pointing out thatVanguard’s map selection will likely grow with time.
Call of Duty: Vanguardwill have significant post-launch support, if any of the other recentCall of Dutygames are any indication, and that will undoubtedly include more maps. BeforeCall of Dutyfans worry about that, though, they can focus on the upcoming beta tests as well as theVanguardrelease date in November.
Call of Duty: Vanguardlaunches November 5 for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X.
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