What Time And Where To Watch Call Of Duty: Warzone’s Big Nuke Event

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If you want to shake things up, there’s nothing quite like a nuke. Those most terrible weapons have been hovering around Verdansk since early on in its lifespan, spurring on speculation that the developer would be blowing the map to smithereens. And while past speculation never seemed to pan out, it’s looking a whole lot like this is really the moment. We’re on the verge of what is looking like a full-on, map-destroying nuke event, and you won’t want to miss it.

The business gets underway at 12:00 PM Pacific on April 21, as per the Call of Duty Twitter account:

This will mark the game’s second live event: the first was the reveal of Black Ops Cold War which featured Woods doing…something. To be honest I can’t remember, though I do remember liking it. This one looks to be on a larger scale, however, bringing with it what looks to be some extensive fireworks along with a full-on map refresh. Here, Warzone follows somewhat in the footsteps of Fortnite, which sucked its map into a black hole back in 2019 before going offline for two days and then rebooting the thing.

The plot seems to have something to do with a containment protocol due to the zombies that have been making their way to the island. And while guns and grenades do a decent enough job taking care of them, one by one, you can’t really fault the logic that a nuke would take care of things on a somewhat grander scale. Based on clues sent to some influencers, it seems like the nuke is going to destroy the dam, which will flood the island. Chances are we’ll get as dedicated playlist to watch it in.

It’s funny, I distinctly remember Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare—not to be confused with Call of Duty: Modern Warfare—the game that arrived on the scene in 2008 and changed first person shooters forever. There was a nuclear weapon at the center of that game, too, which blew up and killed the player character halfway through, rendered with a sort of unstoppable, horrific power that felt present and terrible in a way that I had never quite seen in a game before. I was also, it’s worth noting, in college at the time.

The series has changed a lot since then, and just the simple addition of zombies makes this event less like a confrontation with the most terrible weapon ever created by mankind and more like a fun way to get a new map. But even as the series has changed, its never lost its flair for spectacle. So show up on April 21 for a show, to be sure.