Call of Duty: Vanguard Zombies Details Revealed

Written by Brandon Hofer on October 14, 2021

News: The story will continue from Black Ops Cold War and will be set in World War II.

A new trailer has just been released for Call of Duty: Vanguard, this time focusing on the Zombies mode. This four person co-op mode continues and expands on the Dark Aether story that was first experienced in Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War. It will be set in World War II in the ruins of Stalingrad and will take you to the darkest corners of the occult.

The story for this new Zombie mode is below:

”It all began with the opening of the Dark Aether gateway at Projekt Endstation. After the Nazi experiment went catastrophically wrong and punched a hole through the dimensional veil, the effects traveled far and wide. More than we ever knew.

Our Special Forces operatives are stranded in the snowy graveyard of Stalingrad, with no backup and no means of communication, held in by the dark magic of Kortifex the Deathless. Kortifex is one of five Dark Aether entities bonded with mortals via their otherworldly artifacts. The other four — Saraxis the Shadow, Norticus the Conqueror, Inviktor the Destroyer, and Bellekar the Warlock — are in revolt against Kortifex.

“Der Anfang” — or “The Beginning” — introduces players to these Dark Aether entities via their artifacts, which were plundered by antagonist Oberführer Wolfram Von List. This officer was in command of the Die Wahrheit battalion in search of mystical antiquities to help turn the tide of the war in the Nazis’ favor.

Von List, now bonded with Kortifex, has gained the power to raise the dead. What better field to create an army of undead than the mass graves of Stalingrad, a year following the Nazis’ worst defeat in one of the war’s most decisive battles?

Our operatives have one slim hope in the form of help from unexpected sources. Professor Gabriel Krafft, a demonologist forced by Von List to uncover the five artifacts, sent out the initial distress call that got our operatives stuck there in the first place. With his guidance, and the help of the four entities fighting against Kortifex the Deathless, who all can give you special new powers, there might be some way to break the containment spell and keep the undead horde from sweeping across Europe.”

Just like in the standard multiplayer, Zombies players can play across platforms and generations so if you are playing on Xbox Series X you can play with those on Xbox One, for example. There will also be a unified battle pass and player progression between multiplayer, Call of Duty: Warzone, and Zombies. Your player level will also be shared between the modes so you are always leveling up regardless of what you might be playing.

Check out the reveal trailer as well as a first look at the Zombies mode and then tell us what you think. Will you be picking up Call of Duty: Vanguard next month?

source: Call of Duty Blog