The Call of Duty: Warzone is set to continue evolving even after the release of Black Ops Cold War. How this will all unfold is still unclear. However, apparently there will be a new map – at least that’s what dataminers suggest.
What was found? After each new update, dataminers dive into the files of Call of Duty: Warzone and sift through the data chaos to uncover interesting hints about the future.
And now it has happened again. Dataminers discovered something new in the Warzone that might be directly related to the release of the next “Black Ops” title: data for the Blackout map “Alcatraz”. This “mini-royale” was released as a DLC for the spiritual predecessor of Warzone “Blackout” and was impressive from the start. It seems that this acclaimed content is also coming to the new Battle Royale.
Zombie Prison Alcatraz as a new Warzone map
What does the leak look like? First, rumors circulated on social media, and various dataminers and leakers highlighted the find. Twitter user @xXNanikosXx then shared the relevant files:
What is particularly important here is the bottom image, as it shows locations of the Alcatraz map from Blackout.
- Warden’s House
- New Industries
- Cell House
- Docks
- Power House
All locations from the Blackout DLC. While some places are also missing, like “Submarine” or “Shipwreck”, the overlaps are unmistakable.
How likely is an Alcatraz comeback in Warzone? That there are files from Blackout also in the Warzone files has been known for a long time. However, one of the most well-known Warzone leakers “TheGamingRevolution” (@TheGamingRevo3) confirms that the data has been newly added and are not leftover Blackout files:
Since these are new files, the likelihood is high that the developers are planning something with them. Whether it will be a new Warzone map, a new part of the old map, a special mode, or something entirely different remains unclear for now. But with this leak, there are direct hints of a new map in the Warzone data for the first time.
Small map with big dangers
What is Alcatraz? The map on the world-famous prison island in San Francisco Bay is set on the rocky remnants of the former high-security prison. It is significantly smaller than the Blackout map and also Verdansk, the Warzone city.
Here, 40 soldiers fight in 10 teams in a mix of Battle Royale and Zombie mode against each other. There are respawns for a period of time, the circle shrinks over time, and PvE zombies make life difficult for the players. After a certain time, respawns are disabled and the team that remains at the end wins the mini-royale.
Zombies in Battle Royale? Undead were already a staple of gameplay in the Battle Royale Blackout from the start. This PvE component provided scary action and valuable loot.
There are also leaks for Warzone announcing zombie modes. The data points to a “Zombie Royale” where you mutate into an undead upon death and can only return to being human by consuming the hearts of fallen soldiers. Sounds brutal – and it likely will be.
Whether, how, or when zombies or the new Warzone map will come to Battle Royale is still not definitively clarified. So far, the rumors are purely based on the data found in the game, but not on official statements from the developers. However, the outlook for fresh locations and gameplay sounds good – just like the already confirmed fact that CoD MW, Warzone, and Cold War content will share.
