Name of Responsibility’s annual vacation occasion, CODMAS, begins right now and affords up quite a lot of actions to partake in themed across the holidays, together with snowball fights and a mission to kill a zombified Santa. This is the whole lot you might want to learn about CODMAS 2023, which incorporates actions and occasions masking multiplayer, Zombies, and Warzone.
When is it?
CODMAS begins December 19 at 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET and runs by January 3 at 8 AM PT / 11 AM ET. That ought to give gamers an excellent period of time to take a look at the content material throughout any breaks they could have from work or faculty.
Santa’s Slayground occasion
As a part of the Santa’s Slayground occasion, gamers can full as much as eight challenges to unlock particular gear just like the “Christmas Skulls” calling card, the “Elfsecution” ending transfer, and a particular weapon blueprint and operator pores and skin. Gamers can full challenges throughout multiplayer, Zombies, and Warzone to unlock the particular gear.
Map makeovers and new modes
As a part of the CODMAS occasion, the favored multiplayer maps Cargo and Highrise are getting holiday-themed updates and will probably be known as “Shipmas” and “Hangover,” respectively. Hangover provides beauty parts like snowmen and Christmas lights, whereas Shipmas has snowy parts, too. When it comes to new modes, multiplayer is including “Infectious Holiday” and “Snowfight” as a part of the CODMAS occasion. For the Infectious Holiday mode, everybody turns into Santa, and contaminated gamers rework into Zombie Santa. Snowfight, in the meantime, is a twist on Gunfight the place gamers toss snowballs for the primary two rounds to take down enemies. Starting within the third spherical, gamers can use regular weapons or search out snowballs on the map. There may be one particular yellow snowball on the map that delivers a one-hit kill.
Zombies
In Zombies, the CODMAS occasion brings holiday-themed music and snowballs to the map, and these snowballs could be whipped at zombies to take them down.
Warzone
Within the battle royale mode Warzone, “Slay Trip Resurgence” is coming to the sport by the CODMAS occasion. Gamers can board the prepare on Urzikstan and kill Santa to earn particular gear and an emblem.
Warzone’s map may also have six “Deck the Halls” tree-themed seize factors. Anybody standing near a tree with no enemies close by will earn festive decorations for the tree, which could be upgraded to Tiers 2 and three to enhance loot worth. Briefly, the higher your tree is adorned, the higher stuff you may unlock.
Activision additionally stated there will probably be “CODMAS-related secrets and techniques” on the map all through the occasion.
What can you purchase?
As with different seasonal updates, the in-game retailer is getting a refresh with the CODMAS occasion. The headliner is an Operator bundle known as “Paindeer.” This bundle, which prices 2,400 COD Factors ($20), modifications your character’s head to appear to be a reindeer. It additionally comes with a weapon blueprint and different themed objects.
The Vortex
After CODMAS wraps up, Activision is launching a brand new occasion known as The Vortex on January operating by January 17. There will probably be three Vortex-themed map updates coming to core multiplayer by the replace, together with Tetanus, Devil’s Quarry, and Sporeyard, that are up to date variations of Rust, Quarry, and Scrapyard. Every has an eerie sci-fi vibe, and you may get a more in-depth take a look at the map updates within the photographs beneath. The Vortex occasion ends on January 17.
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