A new batch of game maps has been released in Call of Duty multiplayer, but the community response did not exactly fit into Activision’s acclaimed hype scenario. The official Call of Duty Twitter account teased the three new locations—Runway, Exchange, and World Motor Dynasty (W.M.D.)—promising a whole lot of high-octane action. Instead of cheers, the replies had become something of a battleground in their own right, with the players roasting the game from every angle.
The new maps? Runway sets you in a decaying airport where players sprint and dodge last second chaos. Exchange is a little maze of market stalls, sounds great until you think of how many times you’ve been shot in the back in those very narrow corridors. And W.M.D.? It’s a laboratory turned into a luxury hotel, and honestly, that just makes us shrug and ask who thought this aesthetical thought was a good one. Do we want to be “scientists”? Or are we looking for that billionaire feel? Can’t be both, guys.
But the real drama came not from the trailer but from the replies. The gamers came shooting, some shots hotter than a bullet! “One player” outright called Call of Duty the “wish version of Battlefield,” which…ouch. One demanded double XP, because honestly, no one’s grinding through these maps for regular points. The Battlefield 6 stans were popping like unkillable campers, reminding everyone that EA’s future shooter awaits there to snatch CoD’s lunch money.
The toxic vibes peaked when players started calling out the devs for recycling Warzone assets. “Did you motherfuckers really just give us a piece of a Warzone map and call it a day?” one user tweeted, and honestly? Mood. Others brought up the obvious: hacking. “There still a bunch of hacking??” asked one player, and yeah, that’s actually a fair question. Nothing ever killed the vibe faster than getting domed by some dude with an aimbot popping from behind a building.
Then there were those moments of madness where the spams would include stuff like “Cronus Cronus Cronus,” likely referring to the notorious cheat device that’s been wrecking lobbies. Or the player who demanded that they filter them from matching with “elementary school kids,” which… same, dude. Same.
It got weaponized, even by the distraction of Battlefield 6, with simultaneous tweets muttering “Who cares when BF6 is around the corner” and “Battlefield 6’s hype and success is the result of your incompetency.” Damn, the Call of Duty community manager probably needed a stiff drink after reading that thread.
New maps are fantastic, but when the player base is more focused on dunking on their game than playing it, maybe it is time for reassessment. Or at least for some double XP while everyone shuts up. Either way, the war CoD is having with its fans is the entertaining thing to watch rather than gameplay at this point.
