There’s only so much you can do to truly evolve Call of Duty multiplayer maps. We’ve seen speeding trains, maps littered with doors, and matches contested in the dark and rain. However, Modern Warfare 4 has a new, constantly-changing idea for a map, and it sounds like one of the most inventive ever.
Infinity Ward has come hot out of the blocks to push Modern Warfare 4 as a new and fresh CoD game. IW claims there will be ‘No BS’ or Silly Skins in Modern Warfare 4, and that the Campaign will ‘return to series’ roots.
We’ve already seen the launch MW4 multiplayer maps, but one, in particular, stands out.
Infinity Ward Has 900 Combinations For MW4 Kill Block Map
Episode 2 of Infinity Ward’s new series about MW4 breaks down the ‘Philosophy of Multiplayer.’
It talks about the natural progression of online multiplayer: Systems, style, gameplay balancing, and, of course, maps.
A huge section of the video is dedicated to the new Kill Block map. Geoff Smith, the game’s Studio MP Creative Director, talked about the ‘next level’ of map design evolution, and one MW4 example that is ‘living’ and ‘keeps changing.’
Kill Block is a Shoot House (originally debuted in 2019’s Modern Warfare) size map, consisting of three ‘slabs.’ The map will change every match, with the slabs being randomly decided before a game.
Smith claimed that IW can do ‘upwards of over 900’ different slabs to feature in MW4, but technical limitations will likely bring this down to 500.
Check out from 4:21 onwards for a full breakdown of Kill Block and the map’s creative concept.
Let’s be honest, we want to see more of this innovation in Call of Duty multiplayer. I think this sounds like a great idea if IW pulls it off, but what do you think? Let us know through the Insider Gaming Discord.
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Kinda Funny that they take CoD out of Game Pass the year they have a amazing one come out haha. I still would take the discount Game Pass got over getting this day one, especially since it will come a year later.
Also, I have a pretty good feeling that Xbox is going to be bringing Blops v1 & 2 to Game Pass/Xbox in July or August… And those were two of my favorite CoD games ever, for MP, Zombies and Campaign. Gonna be really cool playing those again.
This Kill Block map sounds like the real map that should be put into the game every year instead of MFing NukeTown for the billionth time. I can almost bet that NukeTown will be in this CoD, and they will promote it as if it is some special thing… I do not understand why they dont just make another small map every year, it always has to be NukeTown.