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Greetings Call of Duty: Mobile Community! We are only one week into our Anniversary Season and with the amount of content already released, and events going on, it already feels like so much has gone down. We’ve had millions of players party it up in The Club, battle to escape Alcatraz, and collect a variety of new loot, weapons, characters, and gear! It has been thrilling to see you all finally interact with everything we’ve been working on.
We spent the last update thanking the general community and playerbase in every other paragraph, so no more compliments for you all 😉, but thank you for the widespread love and support around this release. Seeing our developer’s community messages shared around all corners of the community, and in a positive light, has been humbling and made us once again feel very grateful to have you all.
With this update we have a variety of different events to highlight and many of which are Halloween themed, but we first wanted to share our brand-new S11 events trailer (released today) to give you a glimpse of most of the major events coming this season! Take a look.
https://reddit.com/link/jgbybz/video/yb9rxws3jqu51/player
This update isn’t quite as massive as last week, but there is still plenty to discuss. Let’s jump in below and go over everything launching over this next week and some of the usual feedback & bug reports.
Here is a quick look at all of the new events starting today and a few other new ones already running:
- 10/21 ~ Survival Kit Seasonal Challenge
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10/23 ~ Elite Marksmen Seasonal Challenge
- Grab the first ever explosive sniper rifle, the NA-45
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10/23 – 11/01 ~ Pumpkin Confirmed Event & Playlist (MP)
- 10/23 – 11/01 ~ Halloween Standoff Playlist (MP)
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10/23 – 10/29 ~ King’s Quarters Event (MP)
- New map, new rewards, and more competitive combat
- 10/23 – 10/29 ~ King 24/7 Playlist (MP)
- 10/26 – 11/01 ~ Attack of the Undead Playlist (MP)
*All Dates UTC
Before we jump into any of this week’s topics, we wanted to discuss shadows, secrets, and ciphers. The shifting balance of power in a match of chess - and we are all the pawns. Head to PawnTakesPawn to learn how to find secret codes, or redeem any codes you have already found.
Rewards can be found everywhere in this Anniversary Season of Call of Duty: Mobile, that’s part of the celebration, but there are some unique ones that can only be found through hidden codes. Best of luck to all of those seeking these out and be sure to try searching in a loud place filled with other players.
Halloween Events
Something spooky has arrived in Call of Duty: Mobile and no it isn’t the original and overpowered version of the Molotov c*cktail. Starting today, Halloween events have begun to crawl their way to the surface and with a variety of different options available to try right now!
Currently, these events are almost entirely focused around Multiplayer, but don’t worry Battle Royale fans – there is more coming and specifically for BR. Check out all of these Spooktacular events launching now (or soon) below and get ready for more to come just before All Hallows' Eve.
Pumpkin Confirmed
One thing that we’ve heard time and time again across 2020 is why don’t we just turn the dog tags in Kill Confirmed into Pumpkins? Okay, maybe that was just us thinking of fun ways to adjust some beloved modes, like Kill Confirmed, for Halloween.
This is a variant of Kill Confirmed is both a playlist and a featured event! It will be available on a variety of maps listed below, but surprise…it is also 10v10 Kill Confirmed! Now you can combine your love of 10v10 mode with the Halloween theme and Kill Confirmed.
There is one main featured event for these Halloween events and it is also called Pumpkin Confirmed (just like the playlist). For this event you just need to collect pumpkins (dog tags) or play on the Halloween standoff map through that separate Playlist. There are nine tasks focused around completing different tiers of those objectives and here are the main rewards for completing them:
- (Epic) Charm - Pumpkin Smile
- (Rare) Weapon - DL Q33 - Jack O' Lantern
- (Rare) Weapon - MSMC - Jack O' Lantern
- (Rare) Sticker – Deadlocks
Halloween Standoff
This original Halloween map from back in October of 2019 is returning and available on a variety of different Multiplayer modes. You can explore the frightening but also delightfully decorated streets of Halloween Standoff in the modes TDM, DOM, Hardpoint, KC, Attack of the Undead, and Cranked.
If you weren’t around the first time this map released, make sure to check it out now to see why it has been continually brought in discussions and requested throughout the year…even during time periods where it would make no sense to bring out a Halloween map haha. We will always appreciate the excitement though, even if you request Halloween Standoff on Christmas!
Attack of the Undead
We have seen many requests for Attack of the Undead to return around Halloween and we hope you can imagine how hard it was not to blurt out “don’t worry, it is on the way!”. There are no specific events tied to this one but is available in both the Halloween Standoff Playlist and its own Attack of the Undead Playlist. Enjoy it and we hope it feels perfect for the Halloween season!
World Championship 2020 Playoffs – North America
While we are gearing up to release a variety of events themed around Halloween or the Anniversary celebration, there is also a little thing called the Call of Duty: Mobile World Championships 2020 going on 😉. Teams from LATAM, Brazil, Japan, Western Europe, and the Other regions have all fought it out over the past month and now we are at the last battle for this stage: North America.
You can find all of that starting for North America this weekend with Day 1 at 11:30 AM PT on Saturday October 24th and Day 2 at 11:30 AM PT on Sunday October 25th! You can primarily find that on our global YouTube channel. The tournaments have been amazing to see so far, with so many passionate players battling it out, coming up with impressively effective tactics, and showing their competitive spirit in the best of ways.
Speaking of which, a huge shout-out to all of the teams that played in the recently completed Western Europe Regional Playoffs and in particular a huge congratulations to the winners – Team Kingsclanios! Check out this interview with Naarkz from Kingclanios, who received the Sony Xperia MVP title:
https://reddit.com/link/jgbybz/video/12ajd8odjqu51/player
King Is Here
We mentioned this new Multiplayer map quite a lot last week in the update focused around the release, but this time we just wanted to say that it is now available to try for all of your competitive needs in the King 24/7 Playlist! There is also an event tied to it where you can acquire a variety of rewards just for playing and getting kills on this map.
Quick recap, but this small and balanced map is available only for Gunfight and 1v1 Duel. It is designed for those tense, precise, and sweat inducing modes that many love. Make sure to check it out and get a glimpse of the full map in our latest flyby video!
https://reddit.com/link/jgbybz/video/tww3mpl4kqu51/player
Now Available – NA-45 Sniper Rifle
To recap our post from last week, the NA-45 is the first ever CODM sniper rifle with explosive rounds! Every other shot you fire triggers explosive damage that can hit multiple players. To balance this powerful ability, the overall damage of a single shot is lower than other snipers but precision shots (headshots) can still take down an enemy in one hit. Check it out in action
https://reddit.com/link/jgbybz/video/8egb7k8ckqu51/player
This new weapon is available in two days, through a seasonal challenge called Elite Marksman and through the newest lucky draw (also launching today) – Thorned Rose Draw.
If you prefer to jump straight in and grab a blueprint, then just grab the NA 45 – Lycanthrope with its unique and deadly looking kill effect. We’ve made it appropriate for Halloween and it is with some other new items or characters, like Ruin – Bone Warrior. Take a look!
https://reddit.com/link/jgbybz/video/ayct15rdkqu51/player
One last note on this weapon, but since it is a brand-new weapon we will not be allowing it in the North American Regional Playoffs occurring this weekend for the World Championships. We’ve had a few questions about this and we don’t feel it is appropriate to have a weapon that has been out for just a single day be included in a competitive scenario like that. People need to time to learn and adjust to the weapon, but our teams also need time to observe and make balance changes before it can affect an official competition or tournament.
Bug Reports
While we are still hard at work looking into a variety of different bugs, including some new ones that seemed to have only cropped after this new season released, we have already put out a hotfix! Here are some quick notes on what was changed in that:
Multiplayer
- NA-45: Damage reduced
- DLQ33: Reload speed increased
- HG40: Firing range reduced, damage at medium range reduced, and other adjustments
Battle Royale
- NA-45: Damage reduced and bullet velocity reduced
- Purifier: Damage enhanced slightly, players can now cancel Reload animation
- Tempest: Damage and damage radius enhanced slightly, weapon fire charging time decreased
Attachments
- Attachments for shotguns
- Sawed-Off Barrel (-2): Negative effect of reducing firing range has been mitigate
- Extended Barrel (+2): Active effect of enhancing firing range has been weakened
- Attachments for the NA-45
- High Explosive Ammo: The explosion range of the ammo -10%
- Attachments for the Fennec
- Extended Mag: clip size extended
Not mention above are dozens of bugs that have also been fixed but aren’t as clear to call-out, like issues many players reported with the Anniversary Machine not working on the day of release, some rare crashes in BR, HUD and UI issues, and many others. We’ll keep it at, just keep reporting them!
Unable to Shoot Enemy Players
We are looking into a variety of reports about hitboxes disappearing for enemy players in Multiplayer matches. This means that they can no longer be hit by normal weapons and most players experiencing this issue have reported that only explosives or area damage can still dish out damage. So far there hasn’t been any clear reason this is happening, like this only occurs every time you use the H.I.V.E. Operator Skill or every time you die while performing an emote.
If you are seeing this issue please continue to reach out with any video clips and we’ll forward that to our team along with any information you provide, like your device type, how it occurs, on what map, in what mode, and anything else that may be relevant to tracking this one down. Thanks to those who have already worked on reporting this up!
Players’ Weapons and Items Disappearing
This incredibly and hopefully extremely rare bug has been presented as something where mid MP match you’ll lose access to any weapons or items. The HUD/UI will show no weapons or items and you’ll just be running around helpless. We’ve also tried to reproduce this one, but like the previous issue it has no clear cause or action that causes it to occur.
First off, sorry to anyone who runs into this one and especially in Ranked matches, but please report on over what you were doing before this started occurring. Similarly, it would be great to know what mode you are in, if it was Ranked, and on what map. Were you trying to perform a Gravity Spike smash right before it happened? Great information to know. Anything like that may help us figure it out. It is all appreciated.
Support Options
Lastly, we have the usual message about please go to these player support areas to report bugs in general. Of course, for this update we just asked about two specific bugs and we’ll be checking community areas for information on those, but these areas below are truly the best places to go for individual bugs that may not be widespread or may just be specific to you.
- In-game support chat
- ATVI Assist Twitter: Activision Support (@ATVIAssist) / Twitter
- ATVI Assist Facebook: Activision Assist - Facebook
- Player Support Website: Contact Us
Final Notes
While you may have seen it already, there have been many giveaways going on through community areas for anniversary and congratulations to the over 100 players who have already won various rewards through community events, like Adler, Ghost – Loose Ends, COD Points, and some credits. Shoutout to the many community leaders who coordinated with us to help run these giveaways.
However, we have plenty of other events planned throughout the season, both inside and outside of the game! Some of which may be popping up through our social media channels soon with a chance to win some rare and unique weapons or characters, so make sure to keep an eye out for that.
Speaking of events, next week we’ll have some more Halloween news to share, more Season Challenges to highlight, a recap of the North America Regional Playoffs, and of course that fabled credit store update featuring the Man O War - Cardinal! We are also very excited to be able to share (soon) our first ever video focused around stories from across the international Call of Duty: Mobile community.
Lastly, we’ll be on the lookout for some new community highlights to share, more feedback and bug reports to address, and more fantastic CODM memes to fuel us through the week. Take care and see you then!!
- The Call of Duty: Mobile Team
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