The Haunting comes to Call Of Duty
Things are about to get quite a lot spookier in Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare II and Warzone as ‘The Haunting’ event kicks off this week. The Halloween-themed event also serves as the midseason update, so along with creepy changes to maps, modes and so forth, expect a big patch with gun balancing, bug fixes and more.
The Haunting event kicks off at the same time the Modern Warfare III beta ends. The beta should wrap up at about 10am PT on Tuesday, October 17th. That’s when the midseason update should go live in Modern Warfare II and Warzone and The Haunting changes will go into effect. Some of the horrific Operator Bundles (more on those in a minute) are already live.
I’d like to also point out that this is the final season of Modern Warfare II and the final season of Warzone’s Al Mazrah map. Modern Warfare III launches on November 10th and Season 1 will see the launch of the brand new Warzone map, Urzikstan, in December.
Here’s the visual aid roadmap for this final half-season:
The Haunting roadmap
Before we get into the changes and new content heading to these games, check out this fun new trailer:
Alright, we’ll start with Warzone, move on to Modern Warfare II and then take a look at what’s headed to both games.
Here’s what’s headed to Warzone and the DMZ during The Haunting event:
Some fun changes are also headed to multiplayer, including:
New twists on classic modes include:
We’ve already gotten several Halloween-themed Operators like Alucard from Hellsing, including a bunch in the Season 6 Battle Pass which is headlined by Spawn, but even more are here for this event, including:
On top of this we have the Haunting Soul Capture event across WZ and MWII. It’s basically like the Trophy Hunt Event but you gather Souls from dead Operators and trade these in for rewards in the Events Tab. Finally I can retrieve Souls not only in Dark Souls but in Call Of Duty. Praise the sun!
Actually, the Haunted Boxes look like Mimics, which is another connection to Souls games (and D&D). Maybe we’ll get a Dark Souls crossover someday . . . .