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Call of Duty: Vanguard

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Call of Duty: Vanguard
Call of Duty: Vanguard cover
Developers
Sledgehammer Games
High Moon Studios
Raven Software
Demonware
Toys for Bob
Activision Shanghai
Sumo Digital
Zombies, Ranked Play Treyarch
Windows Beenox
Publishers
Activision
Engines
IW engine
Release dates
Windows November 5, 2021
Reception
Metacritic 72
OpenCritic 72
IGDB 74
Taxonomy
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives First-person
Controls Direct control
Genres Shooter
Art styles Realistic
Themes World War II
Series Call of Duty
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Call of Duty: Vanguard on Wikipedia
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Warnings

This game requires a constant internet connection for all game modes.

Call of Duty: Vanguard is a singleplayer and multiplayer first-person shooter game in the Call of Duty series.

General information

CallofDutyMaps - A detailed Website for all included multiplayer maps.

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Battle.net
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Always online (requires a constant internet connection to play)
Windows
Steam
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Always online (requires a constant internet connection to play)
Windows
All versions requires an Activision account and a constant internet connection for all game modes.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Call of Duty Vanguard\players\
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1985820/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Call of Duty Vanguard\player
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1985820/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
OneDrive
Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers.
Steam Cloud

Video

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
60° to 120° horizontal field of view. Maximum limit of 135° horizontal.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
SMAA T2X or Filmic SMAA T2X
High-fidelity upscaling
DLSS 2.3, FSR 1.0
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
Unlimited frame rate, can be capped between 30 and 335 FPS.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.
Ray tracing (RT)
Color blind mode
Protanopia, deuteranopia and tritanopia presets with user customizable interface colors.

Input

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Twelve input presets and the ability to swap bumpers and triggers are available.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion
Controller types
XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration
PlayStation controllers
Additionally supports DualSense and its adaptive triggers.[1]
PlayStation button prompts
Light bar support
Adaptive trigger support
DualSense haptic feedback support
Connection modes Wired,

DualSense tested
Generic/other controllers
Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M
Input type cannot be freely switched during gameplay, only in menus.

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Master, Music, Dialogue, Sound Effects and Hit Marker.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Latin American Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
LAN play
Online play
12 Versus

Connection types

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 12
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Anti-cheat Ricochet [2]

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 10
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i5-2500K
AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
System memory (RAM) 8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 36 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GTX 960
AMD Radeon R9 380
2 GB of VRAM
The minimum HDD space is for multiplayer and Zombies only.


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References