Summary
ThoughCall of Dutycan trace its crossover roots all the way back toCall of Duty: Black Ops' Call of The Dead Zombies map, it’s entered a whole new era of pop-culture collaboration. Kicking off back in 2020 with the release ofTexas Chain Saw MassacreandSawskins forCall of Duty: Warzone, the franchise has since become a melting pot for some truly bizarre crossovers, ranging from currentlypopular franchises likeThe Boysto some more dormant IP likeDonnie Darko.
The latestCall of Dutycrossover definitely belongs to the former camp, tying in directly with the ongoingWalking Deadfranchise. Heading to the game on February 7,Call of Duty’sWalking Deadcrossover will add two new Operator skins based on the show, with Rick Grimes being instantly available via the Battle Pass, and Michonne being available as part of the purchasable Tracer Pack. A majorWalking Dead-themed event will also take place acrossCall of Duty: Modern Warfare 3andWarzonefrom February 28 to March 6, but there’s one strange issue that might end up making this crossover feel poorly timed: a lack of content for MWZ.
When looking outside theCoDfranchise itself, thisCall of DutyxWalking Deadcrossovercan be seen as very well-timed. Unlike the recentBoyscrossovers, which came out long before the new season dropped, or past crossovers of decades-old franchises likeDie Hard, thisWalking Deadcollaboration is happening in direct conjunction with the release ofThe Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live.
Abrand-newWalking Deadseries,The Ones Who Livetakes place directly after the events of the mainWalking Deadseries' conclusion. In this series, fans will catch up with Rick and Michonne and they struggle to find their past selves in a rapidly changing world that thrives on never-ending war and conflict, both against the dead and the living.Call of Duty’s main in-gameWalking Deadevent kicks off on February 28, just a few days afterWalking Dead: The Ones Who Live’s premiere date of February 25, making the crossover favorable forWalking Deadfans.
However, there’s one glaring omission inCall of Duty’sWalking Deadevent, and that’s a severe and surprising lack of actualCall of DutyZombies content. On its February 7 launch,Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3Season 2will have no new Zombies content to offer fans. According to its roadmap, Season 2 will feature a new Zombies Dark Aether Rift, a new Zombies story mission, a new Zombies Warlord, and some new Zombies schematics, but none of that is coming at launch, and it’s currently unclear just when fans will see it all get added to the game.
For a crossover themed around a show that’s based entirely around a zombie apocalypse, it seems incredibly strange that there’s no newCall of DutyZombies content coming to coincide with the event. To be fair, it’s possible that this new Zombies content could drop alongside theWalking Deadin-game event on February 28, but that hasn’t been confirmed, and it’s currently unclear if fans will see anyWalking Dead-themed content come toModern Warfare 3’s Zombies modethis month. While it’s great to seeWarzoneand some multiplayer maps getting aWalking Dead-themed makeover for the event, it’s truly bizarre that the game’s actual Zombies mode is seemingly getting nothing.
Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (2023)
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The war has changed. Call of Duty returns with an all-new campaign, modernized versions of classic Multiplayer maps and an open-world PvE Zombies experience. The campaign, a direct sequel to the record-breaking Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II, sees Captain Price and Task Force 141 face off against ultranationalist war criminal Vladimir Makarov as he extends his grasp across the world. In Multiplayer, the 16 maps that launched with Modern Warfare 2 in 2009 return with upgraded graphics, new modes and innovative gameplay features. In Modern Warfare Zombies, team up with other squads for the first time ever as you work together to survive in the largest Zombies map yet
