Hidden inside the West Bridge Advanced Military Training Facility is a complex combat environment where shifting, modular battlegrounds challenge even the most elite Operators, with hundreds of unique configurations. This is Kill Block, and if you’re picking up Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 today, you must play it – it’s one of the most inventive and fun maps to come to Call of Duty Multiplayer in years.
The way it works is this: Kill Block is a Multiplayer map that reconfigures every match, challenging you to rethink routes, sightlines, and combat spaces on the fly. And right when you think you’ve got it figured out, the Slabs switch again.
The Training Facility is made up of three modular sections: two outer areas known as End Slabs and one central space known as Central Slab. These combine into new combat configurations after each match, and how each section is positioned allows for multiple variants, creating hundreds of unique layout combinations.
As noted on the Call of Duty Blog, most map sections are entirely new, while others draw inspiration from iconic locations across Modern Warfare history. More than 500 configurations are possible at launch, with layouts changing between matches and throughout rounds to transform cover placement and pacing, supporting both 3v3 and the new 10v10 Gunfight mode at launch, with future support planned for more core Multiplayer modes. It’s an ever-changing map that enables teams to experience a variety of environments across numerous combat scenarios.
I got a taste of Kill Block last month during the Modern Warfare 4 Beta and found this constant cycle of combat a refreshing challenge – having to adapt to a changing map between rounds made it feel like teams were on an even footing, each trying to make note of corners and discover ideal spots to post up on defense as quickly as possible. And now with its wide release today for the launch of Modern Warfare 4, I can’t wait to dive back in.
When jumping into a Kill Block match, you can expect to see a wide variety of environments from urban streets, military compounds, shipping containers, and more. It’s designed to function as a tactical set, each with its own layouts to master and spaces to navigate coupled with changing vantage points, chokepoints, low openings, and more that extend into each adjacent Slab – and occasionally across the entire map.
One of the strategies I employed during my hands-on time was to get familiar with the Central Slab first. Because those are always linked with the adjacent slabs, the central area of the map would typically offer scenery crafted to enhance combat coming in from multiple angles – these were almost always the primary encounter points against other teams to rack up eliminations. While it’s tempting to try and rush through and get a sense of the entire randomly generated layout, focusing on the Central Slab and working out from there was usually an ideal strategy I found.
Another observation is that each of the Slabs are rectangular in shape, and often a familiar footprint; self-contained, but with the necessary openings to allow for effective match flow into adjacent Slabs. And there was almost always an opportunity for cover, like parked trucks, burned-out tanks and cars, concrete blocks, barriers, and walls, and a few tactically important doors you can shoot open, barge through or open slowly with stealth in mind. There’s also plenty of markers to take note of to jog your memory if you’ve played through a Slab before, so make sure you take mental notes for construction signs, grenade marks, arrows, numbers, and others to assist in your spatial awareness as you learn the environments.
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