Black Ops 7’s April Fools’ joke may be very a lot actual: the smallest Name of Obligation map in historical past

The one approach to make a good April Fools’ joke today is fake you are making one thing completely ridiculous after which really make that factor. That is the route Treyarch took with its seasonal goof in Black Ops 7, which it unveiled at the moment with an X submit depicting a map no bigger than a single room.

“Let’s prepare to start out the day!” the Treyarch account tweeted. At first I took this as a playful jab at Name of Obligation’s love for tiny, grind-friendly maps, however I figured it would be prudent in addition up Black Ops 7 simply in case.

Certain sufficient, there is a new playlist at the moment known as GRWM with only one map. Should you do not subscribe to magnificence creators, the identify refers back to the “Get Prepared With Me” video format the place folks share their morning magnificence routines. As an alternative of displaying us how Alex Mason fights brow wrinkles, GRWM crams an 8-player free-for-all foyer into what should be the smallest map in Name of Obligation historical past: a walk-in closet.

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It is as deliciously violent as you’d count on. Observe:

As a longtime hater of small maps, GRWM nonetheless charmed me. Not like fan favourite maps like Cargo and Nuketown, the place seasoned gamers camp corners to use horrible spawns and farm kills, this closet is so comically small that there’s actually nowhere protected. You are fortunate to outlive two or three seconds.

The perfect and actually solely technique is to start out firing as quickly as you spawn, purpose for corners the place different gamers seem, and hope to rack up a five-kill streak earlier than somebody does the identical to you. One might argue that is Name of Obligation distilled to its purest kind: a performative battle the place no person really cares concerning the final result, as a result of all that issues is factors.

I count on gamers will glom onto GRWM principally for its grinding potential—I leveled up twice over a single 5 minute match, although that progress is partly defined by my low account degree. Nonetheless, I obtained 57 kills, so that is most likely superb for unlocking weapons and attachments. This map is so juiced that it could solely stick round for April Fools’ day itself.