'Call of Duty' developer takes us on a tour of the new Zombies map
"Rave in the Redwoods," the new Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare Zombies map, is pretty damn cool.
I got a tour of the map on Feb. 7 from none other than Lee Ross, associate project director on Infinite Warfare's Zombies maps. For 20 rounds, we smashed the undead and talked at length about Call of Duty, broadcasting every moment of it on Facebook Live.
You can watch the rerun right here on Mashable's shiny, new Gaming portal on Facebook:
The new addition -- which arrived as part of the "Sabotage" DLC -- sends up to four players off to help Kevin Smith (no, really) and TRIP THEIR FACES OFF in the woods of northern California. It would be a fun party, if not for all the zombies.
Rave picks up where the previous map, "Zombies in Spaceland," left off. Our four hapless heroes are held captive by Willard Wyler (voiced by Paul Reubens), a filmmaker who uses dark magic to rope them into his gorefests.
Spaceland was a neon-drenched romp through an '80s-era theme park. Rave leaps forward into a '90s setting (hence the whole techno music party thing). It's a larger map with tighter corridors and a trippy hallucination mode -- the only way you can actually see the map's chainsaw-wielding boss.
While Ross remained tight-lipped on the map's still-undiscovered secrets -- yes, there are some -- he had plenty to say about both this map and what's ahead. If you're wondering what the deal is with the Zombies level cap or how they're looking at future maps and time periods -- basically, if you dig Call of Duty Zombies -- you'll want to check this out.
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Adam Rosenberg is a Senior Games Reporter for Mashable, where he plays all the games. Every single one. From AAA blockbusters to indie darlings to mobile favorites and browser-based oddities, he consumes as much as he can, whenever he can.Adam brings more than a decade of experience working in the space to the Mashable Games team. He previously headed up all games coverage at Digital Trends, and prior to that was a long-time, full-time freelancer, writing for a diverse lineup of outlets that includes Rolling Stone, MTV, G4, Joystiq, IGN, Official Xbox Magazine, EGM, 1UP, UGO and others.Born and raised in the beautiful suburbs of New York, Adam has spent his life in and around the city. He's a New York University graduate with a double major in Journalism and Cinema Studios. He's also a certified audio engineer. Currently, Adam resides in Crown Heights with his dog and his partner's two cats. He's a lover of fine food, adorable animals, video games, all things geeky and shiny gadgets.
