The tactical nuke is back in Call of Duty after a decade missing in action – and players are now getting a clear show of it via the Modern Warfare beta.
First, some background. The tactical nuke was a killstreak in 2009’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. In Modern Warfare 2, the tactical nuke required 25 consecutive kills. It was the hardest to obtain in the game, but it was worth it – once triggered, the tactical nuke calls in a nuclear warhead that explodes, engulfing the entire battlefield in white light. The upshot: everyone dies. The result is a win for the player who called in the tactical nuke and their team – no matter the current score. Here’s how it looked:
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Now Modern Warfare is in beta, and the 32v32 Ground War mode is playable, we’ve got a few good shots of how the tactical nuke looks in a big battlefield.
It’s worth noting Modern Warfare’s tactical nuke works in much the same way here as it did in Modern Warfare 2. It ends the round no matter the score and results in a win for the team the player was on. But it now requires a whopping 30 consecutive kills, making it even harder to obtain. Oh, and kills gained via killstreaks do not count, so get practicing with your gun of choice.