Yesterday afternoon, Activision confirmed off all the new content material coming to Name of Obligation: Trendy Warfare 3, Warzone, and Warzone Cell with the launch of Season 5 later this month. From new multiplayer maps to a returning fan favorite Warzone location, Season 5 is shaping as much as be one other large content material replace. However followers have as soon as once more been left baffled by a returning character who is meant to be useless.
After disobeying an order from Vladimir Makarov through the Trendy Warfare 3 marketing campaign, Ivan Alexxeve was brutally shot by his successor, Andrei Nolan. Now, nevertheless, Ivan is returning to Name of Obligation by way of the upcoming Season 5 replace as a brand new playable Operator. The character even has a scar on the aspect of his head, implying that Ivan may in some way survive a gunshot to the temple.
Whereas this may not look like a lot of a giant deal, the cutscenes which might be included with every new season act as a continuation of the Trendy Warfare 3 marketing campaign. Thus, every time a brand new character magically returns from the useless, it’s thought-about canon.
It was only some months in the past that followers expressed their outrage over the “pointless” story, because of the return of one other supposedly useless character: John “Cleaning soap” MacTavish. Now, only one season later, we’re again as soon as once more asking the query: “Does Name of Obligation perceive how character deaths work?”
Over on X (previously Twitter), followers are calling out Activision’s lack of look after Trendy Warfare 3’s marketing campaign. “I hate this about MWII/MWIII. There’s no story past the marketing campaign just like the earlier cods did, they simply throw random stuff into the combination,” one person stated regarding the return of assorted ‘useless’ characters.
Ivan’s return marks the third character to be reintroduced to Name of Obligation, regardless of supposedly dying within the Trendy Warfare 2 or 3 marketing campaign. Commander Phillip Graves was the primary to be resurrected in Season 5 of Trendy Warfare 2, adopted by Cleaning soap in Season 4 of Trendy Warfare 3, and now Ivan within the upcoming Season 5.
Whereas there’s clearly no regard for any story continuation, there’s nonetheless loads of nice content material coming with Season 5. From a plethora of recent cell-shaded map variations, new gameplay options, weapons, modes, and even a collaboration with the WWE, Season 5 has one thing for everybody. If you wish to discover out extra, try the total roadmap on the Name of Obligation web site.
