Call of Duty Warzone’s new Pacific map has a release date

Call of Duty: Warzone’s new Pacific map debuts on December 2, a little less than a month after the launch of Call of Duty: Vanguard on November 5.

Activision released the new Call of Duty content roadmap on Thursday, which sets out important dates that will lay the foundation for the transition of players from Verdansk to the sandy shores of Caldera. Several new images of Caldera were also revealed.

Everything is presented in the colossal Call of Duty Blog, but here are the highlights you need to know.

October 28 (console) and November 2 (PC): Call of Duty: Vanguard preload begins. If you are concerned that your hard drive will choke on another Call of Duty installation, the good news is that Vanguard will be between 30% and 50% smaller than the installation sizes of previous games. However, it still sounds like a good chunk of storage space.

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November 5th: Call of Duty: Vanguard launches on consoles and PC. That includes campaign, multiplayer, and zombie modes. This is also when Call of Duty’s new kernel-level anti-cheat program “Ricochet” server-side deployment will begin. Warzone’s Ricochet rollout begins December 2.

November 5 to December 2: Preseason at Vanguard. This includes a new Vanguard map on November 17.

November 18th: Call of Duty: Warzone Operation: Flashback event begins. This is described as a limited-time “encore” event celebrating Verdansk’s 18 months of service. Players can earn a unique emblem just for participating and an animated business card for winning their match.

November 24: You can unlock the “Secrets of the Pacific” and gain information about the Caldera map by completing the Warzone and Vanguard multiplayer challenges.

November 30 and December 1: The “Last Hours of Verdansk” event. Activision mocks the event by saying “bombard”, which suggests we’ll see a pretty destructive erasure of the slate before Caldera goes live. Considering that they have already bombed Verdansk once, one wonders how much bigger the bombs can get.

December 2nd: The first season of Call of Duty begins in Vanguard and Warzone. Vanguard players will receive access to new multiplayer maps, 24-hour exclusive access to Warzone, and Warzone launches the new Pacific Caldera map. Players will also be able to purchase a new Battle Pass and receive two free “functional” weapons.

Vanguard will also see some integration in Call of Duty: Black Ops’ and vice versa. All Black Ops Cold War and Modern Warfare carriers and calling cards will carry over to Warzone, including cross progression and seasonal prestige.

Certain weapons from Black Ops and Modern Warfare will be integrated into select Warzone playlists. This currently includes Rebirth Island playlists like Resurgence and Mini Royales, along with regular Battle Royale and Plunder modes. All of the 150+ weapons unlocked in previous seasons will also be integrated with Warzone Pacific.

A bevy of new images of the Warzone Pacific Caldera map were also revealed. Take a look at the gallery below to see the mountainous heights and sandy depths that we will visit for our next Battle Royale victory. Activision says it will have more than 200 points of interest for players to discover.

Don’t forget to check out our massive Call of Duty: Vanguard preview coverage. We recently got a behind-the-scenes look at the Vanguard campaign, as well as how God of War composer Bear McCreary is bringing his signature musical style to the Call of Duty shootouts.