![]() ![]() I know people that buy Call of Duty just to play Zombies,” says Ford, who is best known for his roles in shows like Private Practice and Teen Wolf. But I will play Call of Duty Zombies every time it comes out. “Other zombie media, I don’t care about them anymore. "īut how and why does Call of Duty’s Zombies keep coming back like a virulent infection? How can a glorified add-on feature of a blockbuster video game franchise maintain its own fandom? Longtime fans of Call of Duty, like Inklsasher and actor/filmmaker Stephen Ford, tell IGN that the killer combination of the series’ signature shooting mechanics combined with the sheer visceral fun of killing zombies means it will always be popular even when zombies have decayed from mainstream tastes. All of a sudden, it puts you into Zombies. "You beat the game thinking it's a normal campaign. It’s still present today, 15 years after its initial debut, in both the standalone Call of Duty: Warzone battle royale spinoff and in the upcoming Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 as a brand new, open-world PVE experience. Since the release of Call of Duty: World at War, unloading ammo into the undead has become a popular recurring feature that stands out amid the wider Call of Duty franchise. A couple of years after Bowman’s shock experience came the television phenomenon The Walking Dead. It was also the late 2000s, when zombies rose from the grave as the genre du jour of the time movies like 28 Days Later, Shaun of the Dead, and the Dawn of the Dead remake contributed to pop culture’s zombie outbreak. It wasn’t people on Twitter going, ‘Get ready for zombies!’” “You didn’t have everyone posting everything on Reddit. Bowman points out that it was a time when audiences could still be taken by surprise. And despite it only being 2008, it was still a nascent era for social media, particularly YouTube. I didn’t know it was even part of the game until it popped up.”īowman’s lasting impression of the experience were also informed by vivid memories from his childhood of watching George Romero’s classic Night of the Living Dead while on a family vacation. “You beat the game thinking it’s a normal campaign. The Call of Duty: Vanguard official reveal comes in a time of turmoil for the game's publisher as the Activision Blizzard lawsuit, filed against the company by the California DEFH, alleges a "frat boy" culture of harassment and discrimination.“I didn’t know zombies existed in the game,” Bowman remembers about the surprise feature. It's exciting to hear Treyarch is back on the project and to see what this new origin story can add to the ever-expanding tome of COD zombie lore. For more, check out our Call of Duty: Vanguard preview. Most recently, the infamous undead made an appearance in Call of Duty: Warzone. Our first look at the now-iconic Zombies mode came with Treyarch's Call of Duty: World at War in 2008, and the mode has been a fan favorite ever since, developing its own lore and timeline. You can read more about it in our extensive Call of Duty: Vanguard preview. You'll get to play through the game swapping between the perspectives of four pivotal characters, like Soviet sniper Paulina Petrova and British paratrooper Arthur Kingsley. Sledgehammer promises a new take on the conflict, looking at the stories of different nations during the war and the birth of Special Forces. The presentation also stated that the mode would provide continuity with the zombie lore "while innovating on core gameplay."Ĭall of Duty: Vanguard will be released in November 2021, and focuses on World War 2 for its narrative. ![]()
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