Less than eighteen days remain in Call of Duty: Vanguard's inaugural season, but this weekend's double XP event grants players double battle pass progression to help with faster leveling of this season's pass. Starting today, players will also earn double the rate of standard XP, weapon XP, clan XP, and operator XP for Vanguard until January 17 at 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET.

The weekend event isn't limited to Vanguard though. Warzone players can level up faster too with double XP, weapon XP, and battle pass progression. And as announced by Treyarch on Twitter, double standard XP and double weapon XP earn rates are also live in Black Ops Cold War.

Call of Duty's mid-season update recently went live to add the new Welgun submachine to Vanguard and Warzone, and Attack on Titan crossover DLC has been announced to arrive on January 20.

Call of Duty content carries on as walkouts continue in protest of surprise contract terminations within Raven Software's QA team, and Activision Blizzard Employees have recently reported radio silence from leadership in regards to attempts of reconciliation. Activision Blizzard also faces lawsuits and other investigations related to alleged sexual harassment and discrimination against women.

If you have played a recent Call of Duty title lately, you will know that the titles have had their share of troubles. From game-breaking bugs, server issues, to invisible skins, and more, it seems impossible to play a match without encountering a problem. As expected, this has caused the community to become frustrated. To address concerns, Activision has issued a statement and provided fans with some clarity on the state of Call of Duty. The statement acknowledges the calls to fix the game, and affirms that the developers are on the situation. We are told that updates are being deployed as fast as possible for Call of Duty: Vanguard, Warzone Pacific, and Modern Warfare 2019.   Expect bugs to be squashed across Call of Duty In a thread, the statement is followed up with a brief list. It explains what has been fixed in Warzone Pacific and in Vanguard, and what further fixes are to come. In terms of Warzone Pacific, invisible skins are being investigated. Also, freezing when acce...

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A new weapon, the Welgun, has been added to Call of Duty: Vanguard and Warzone Pacific. Here's how to unlock it.

Call of Duty Season 1 Reloaded is live in Vanguard, bringing a new location, objective, and feature to the Zombies map Der Anfang. Treyarch also included an optional story prologue that can be completed to learn more about where the narrative is headed for Season 2. Here we walk you through completing this storyline Easter egg.

How to complete Der Anfang's prologue quest

Gain access to Von List's office

First, you'll need to progress through at least two objectives in order to gain access to Von List's office, which is the new area added to Der Anfang with Season 1 Reloaded. The first objective you'll need to clear from the hub is the north-facing portal in the Fountain Square, and doing this will open up the Panzer Column East section of Stalingrad. Inside the Store location is the new portal objective needed to unlock Von List's office.

The Store location of Panzer Column East

Complete this second portal objective to clear the pathway. Then, you will be free to head up the staircase and explore the new area. Treyarch calls this Von List's office, but it's labeled on the map as Command Post. Here you'll find the portal for the new Shi No Numa Void survival objective.

Von List's office/Command Post portal

Note: I did choose to clear a third objective to unlock access to the Fiendish Fortitude "Juggernog" health perk fountain before attempting the survival rounds of Shi No Numa. This isn't required for the quest and surviving isn't too difficult, but I wanted to ensure I could outlast the hordes in such a small space. There won't be any perk fountains inside Shi No Numa, so grab whatever perks you want before entering the portal. If you're new to Vanguard Zombies, we have a complete perk guide to help to locate them all.

Survive in Shi No Numa

Head into the Void portal and survive for three rounds to complete the objective. Then, you'll want to go back through the portal to return to Stalingrad. During this time spent warping back through the portal, you’ll get a cutscene with dialogue featuring Kortifex, one of the main antagonists of Vanguard Zombies.

Talk to Krafft

When you finally return back to Stalingrad, Professor Kraftt says he wants to speak to you. Head back up the staircase leading to Von List's office. Look on your right as you reach the top level of the staircase, you'll see a glowing red X marked on a door. Here you'll get dialogue from Professor Krafft, who is trapped behind the door with a spell from the Tomb of Rituals. He asks you to collect the missing pages from the spell book, but it doesn't look like this part of the quest can be completed yet.

The spelled door

Talk to Norticus

Exit out of the office area to trigger dialogue from Norticus. He directs you to the Apartments area to speak with him. You'll need to complete the portal objective to unlock this area of the map. Once you have access, head up to the top floor of the Apartments. Look for the room with the candlelight and the two skeletons sitting in chairs. There will be a stone tablet on the floor that you can interact with to receive story dialogue from Norticus and the other Dark Aether entities that have teamed up with you and Professor Krafft to stop Kortifex and Von List.

Apartments room with stone tablet

Return to Krafft

After finishing the dialogue in the Apartments, Krafft will ask you to return to him. Return back to Von List's office, and turn around as soon as you reach the top of the first level of the staircase. You'll see a new green portal has spawned, and more dialogue will confirm this portal belongs to another Dark Aether entity being enlisted to help in the fight.

Green portal

The green portal can't be accessed, and there doesn't seem to be a way to collect the missing pages of the Tomb of Rituals. Spawning the new portal seems to be as far as players can get with the story quest for now. More steps may be unlocked later in the season, but this is likely just meant to be a story teaser for both the main Easter egg quest and the arrival of the new Dark Aether entity that were announced by Treyarch for Season 2.

For now, you can collect additional intel for Vanguard Zombies ongoing storyline by collecting intel found around the map. Here is our complete guide for intel locations in Der Anfang.

The Call of Duty: Vanguard mid-season update is here. As a part of the update, Call of Duty is gearing up to release an Attack on Titan bundle to celebrate the anime’s final season. While we wait for that, a new weapon has been added into the mix named the Welgun. Already, the Welgun is showing its dominance on the battlefields of Vanguard and, with the best attachments, you can build a show-stopping class. The Welgun is a fully automatic submachine gun that is capable of taking out enemies at up to medium-range distances. To unlock the weapon, you have to complete a challenge. This requires you to earn 10 kills with a submachine gun while aiming down sight in a match 15 times. You should get the challenge completed in very little time using submachine guns such as the powerful MP40 or the M1928. If challenges are not your thing, you can always buy the gun as a part of the Reserved Steel bundle. This Welgun build will focus on improving the fire power and accuracy to make the ...

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