Today on PS4 (one week away for Xbox), there will be massive changes to the Blackout map the player base has come to know so well. Most notably, a new area marked as “Ghost Town” has been added in the desert region, and it is a combination of former Call of Duty multiplayer/zombies maps Outlaw and Buried. This is a two layered part of the map. On the main ground you have Outlaw, an old west town with a cool feel. Below ground, you have the iconic zombies map Buried, which as far as I can tell looks almost exactly like it’s Black Ops 2 counterpart. This massive addition to the map, much like the earlier addition of Hijacked, should bring a new element of fun and adventure to the map. Additionally, dozens of small areas on the map are seeing big changes. Houses, garages, sheds, food chains, and other buildings are being added like crazy, and many of the areas you have passed through before may now harbor enough loot to actually justify landing at these unmarked locations. When the update drops, be sure to hop into a custom games match and explore all the exciting new changes!
Blackout Blueprint Revealed?!
Yesterday, Treyarch tweeted a picture of a blueprint of the current Blackout map. In this blueprint, you can see multiple red X’s, dots, circles, and other indicators suggesting the first major upcoming map changes since the release of the game. Since the last update, as I’m sure many have noticed, there have been dozens and dozens of survey posts spread across the map. These usually indicate where new buildings or structures will be built, and sure enough these posts are almost exactly mirroring the blueprint markings. I strongly encourage interested readers to do additional research on YouTube, where there are many excited content creators buzzing about all the possibilities. Personally, I would really like to see another island added out into the ocean part of the map, as well as a possible “old west” style town in the open desert. From the content I’ve seen via YouTube, it would appear both of these could be possibilities, and anything after that is just a bonus to me.
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