Trendy Warfare 3 Reverses CoD’s Most Controversial Change

It appears like Name of Responsibility writer Activision goes to reintroduce the first-person shooter collection’ 16-year-old crimson dot mini-map, which developer Infinity Ward controversially eliminated for the 2022 recreation Trendy Warfare II, within the upcoming Trendy Warfare III. Earlier this month, developer Sledgehammer Video games prompt that slide canceling (a dash combo that makes a participant a lot faster and extra slippery) would additionally return to the MWIII, too, so hardcore gamers can as soon as once more sleep peacefully at evening.

CoD information and leaks website Charlie Intel posted a screenshot of an nameless, presumably, insider confirming red dots’ presence in MWIII to Twitter on August 14. Initially, the mini-map turned actively capturing gamers (notably, those that weren’t utilizing Silencers or sneaky subsonic rounds) into crimson dots, making it simpler for opponents to hunt them down and shoot them within the face. In 2022, Infinity Ward stated it wished to take away this function in order to not “punish gamers for firing their weapons” in a neighborhood replace weblog.

“We additionally need gamers to actively get your hands on the origin of a gunshot versus simply touring on to the place the dot is on the mini-map,” it continued. Regardless of participant outcry, Infinity Ward saved the traditional minimap out of MW2 till it launched a Gun Recreation mode in February.

That call, together with Infinity Ward’s throwing away slide canceling, made some gamers accuse the CoD developer of—gasp!—appealing to casuals.

“[It’s] clear that [Infinity Ward believes] informal gamers having fun with the sport is extra vital than the hardcore participant expertise,” Charlie Intel sulked final yr on Twitter.

However what about now? As Sledgehammer is, apparently, selecting to overturn two of MW2’s most contentious departures from CoD custom? Fuck the casuals, I assume.

“Pink dots on the mini map for unsuppressed weapon hearth ought to’ve by no means been eliminated,” Charlie Intel stated on Twitter on August 14. “The one studio that did take away it was Infinity Ward.”

Kotaku reached out to Sledgehammer Video games for remark. Trendy Warfare III releases on November 10, although an August 17 “worldwide reveal” ought to give gamers extra details about it earlier than then.