Call of Duty: Warzone has revealed a brand new faction alongside a number of the different new content material coming to the game with Season 5.
As the launch of the fifth season of Call of Duty: Warzone and Modern Warfare approaches, Infinity Ward has been slowly revealing extra about what gamers can anticipate.
After a spherical of teasers that confirmed earlier stories of the stadium opening and the arrival of trains, the developer has now given us a primary have a look at a brand new faction becoming a member of the fray, and within the course of confirmed the 2 new weapons coming in Season 5.
Shadow Company is its title, and the group was shaped to fill the ability vacuum the collapse of Armistice created. This is a personal navy firm that’s out for its personal positive aspects, even when it’s ostensibly aligned with the Allegiance faction. The new Shadow Company has the identical emblem because the one from Modern Warfare 2. This probably doesn’t imply a lot, as Modern Warfare has repurposed and reintroduced loads of sequence characters and ideas already.
Realistically, the arrival of a brand new faction additionally doesn’t have any gameplay implications. Though it does transfer Warzone’s flimsy story ahead, in gameplay phrases this quantities to a brand new set of operators (three), which may have simply as simply match into both of the 2 present factions.
The actual information, in fact, is affirmation of the 2 new weapons coming to each Modern Warfare and Warzone. Though the developer has but to formally verify them, they do present up within the trailer and promo pictures for Shadow Company.
The first is the AN-94 assault rifle, a Russian-made weapon amongst a number of thought-about as a alternative for the AK-47. This will probably hearth 7.62mm rounds within the game, becoming a member of the AK-47 and final season’s CR-56 AMAX. Then there’s the B&T APC9 (SMG-9), whose existence was leaked months in the past when dataminers dug up its 3D mannequin and sounds shortly after launch.
The APC9 will probably hearth 9mm rounds as normal, however on condition that it is also chambered with .45 ACP in the true world, we might even see a conversion equipment of some description within the ultimate game. It’s price retaining in thoughts that although the 2 weapons can clearly be seen in official materials, their names might find yourself being totally different, as we’ve seen with different weapons up to now.
The assumption is that the 2 new weapons might be a part of the Season 5 Battle Pass, whose 100 tiers might be revealed nearer to launch. Season 5 kicks off Wednesday, August 5, so anticipate extra information at first of subsequent week.
If you’re trying to end any remaining Season four tiers or ribbon challenges, there’s a double everything promo this weekend. Shipment 24/7 can also be returning for the weekend.
