After a period of controversy due to voice actor recasting and the divisive Tomb map,Call of DutyZombieshas been building excitement once again. Its next map is poised to drop as part ofBlack Ops 6Season 3, which kicks off on April 3, and will take players to the mansion featured in Liberty Falls’ intro cinematic. Players have been shown images depicting the exterior of the mansion, a giant T-Rex fossil (which fans hope will serve as the map’s boss encounter), and the massive containment unit housing the real Samantha Maxis. With teasers referencing the Chaos story’s Order, and bothRichtofenand the Wunderwaffe likely to appear, everything is coming together to suggest players could be in for a special experience.
However, even thoughBlack Ops 6Zombies has a good bit of life left in it,Call of Dutyfans and insiders alike are accustomed to looking to the future. Those curious about this year’sCall of Dutyrelease will find a fair bit of information spread throughout various reports, all of which come together to suggest an interesting approach for the new entry. Supposedly, Activision will be publishing aBlack Ops 2successor that offers a mixture of new multiplayer content and map remasters from the 2012 release, alongside a fresh campaign and the carry forward system. For Zombies fans, not only can they apparently look forward to playing as new versions of the original four characters, but six original maps with settings that sound more comparable toBlack Ops 3’s lineup than locales from the Dark Aether universe. Given how beloved that game was, this can only really be seen as a good thing.
The Latest Call of Duty Zombies Leak is Another Big Step in the Right Direction
AfterBlack Ops 6got things back on track by improving on the fundamentals ofBlack Ops Cold War, it seems like Treyarch is striving to take a big swing withCoD2025’s Zombies mode. Per Insider Gaming, if Treyarch moves forward with the ideas it has considered,the next iteration ofCoDZombiescould feature maps that take place in:
WhileInsider Gaming’s report suggests some more grounded map settings as well, those being Vietnam (which was explored in Firebase Z) and Afghanistan (which could borrow assets fromBlack Ops 6’s open-world campaign mission), the three maps above boast bolder settings than what was seen in the last severalCall of DutyZombies releases. After all,Black Ops Cold War’s maps were all grounded and heavily borrowed campaign assets,VanguardZombies re-used multiplayer arenas, and MWZ took place on the exact same map asWarzone.Black Ops 6has undoubtedly been a step in the right direction, with maps likeCitadelle Des Mortsand the Tomb being far more unique from a visual standpoint than anything seen in the current game’s three predecessors. Still,BO6Zombies’ settings are a far cry fromBlack Ops 3’s, which went all-in on “the rule of cool” and took players to a squid-infested 1940s city and a war-torn Stalingrad ravaged by dragons and giant robots. ForBO3fans, the rumoredCoD2025 maps could finally scratch that same itch.
Insider Gaming’s report also mentions possibilities like the return of Grief, one of the “biggest Zombies maps to date” with aTranZit-like travel system, and the option to play maps in the survival or Outbreak formats.
Wackier Maps and Primis’ Return Could Be a One-Two Punch For CoD Zombies
Though there were numerous strengths of the Jason Blundell-ledBlack Ops 3Zombies, ranging from Zombies Chronicles to lengthy Easter egg hunts, two of its biggest positives were its map concepts and character work. Based on all the leaks forCoD2025, Treyarch will not only be checking off that first box, but the second as well. A previous report from Insider Gaming suggested that gamers would be controllingnew versions of the Primis crew, and with the full extent of Edward Richtofen’s latest scheme still unknown, this is not too hard to believe.Black Ops 6has done well to feature some in-game conversations between its new crew, but for old-school fans, there is simply no matching the likes of Dempsey, Nikolai, Takeo, and Richtofen. Having fresh dialogue between those characters on maps that wouldn’t feel out of place inBlack Ops 3seems like a match made in heaven, so nostalgic players have good reason to be optimistic about this year’s Zombies experience.
