CoD Vanguard players expose \u201ccopy-paste\u201d Christmas bundle ripped from WWII ActivisionCall of Duty: Vanguard players have exposed a new \u2018Secret Santa\u2019 bundle in the CoD store that appears to be charging a premium fee for old content already accessible for free. As the holiday season begins to wind down, the last remaining festive bundles are rolling out in the CoD store. Each day intends to highlight a new or classic pack at a discounted price. However, the latest set of goodies enraptured the Vanguard player base for all the wrong reasons. A Secret Santa bundle is currently live at the time of writing. For the price of 1,500 CoD Points \u2013 roughly $15 \u2013 players can obtain two weapon blueprints along with a handful of emblems, finishing moves, and more. One weapon blueprint, the Dasher Shotgun, immediately stood out to fans online. This particular item comes boasting an identical look to a free cosmetic previously available in 2017\u2019s WWII release. This Legendary blueprint gives the Shotgun a wooden visual with distinct red highlights along the Muzzle and Barrel. Notably, it also features the \u2018Trench Runner\u2019 label printed along the base of the gun, as well as a soldier silhouette on the Rear Grip. It just so happens that this premium reward in Vanguard matches a free reward from CoD WWII. Sledgehammer\u2019s previous entry in the franchise featured this exact cosmetic, only, it was free. Rather than paying to unlock, players could earn the unique Trench Runner visual. By \u201ccompleting Orders, prestige Divisions, and reaching new Social Ranks,\u201d the Shotgun variant could be unlocked. For those grinding Vanguard, however, there\u2019s no way to obtain this once-free item without forking over some cash. Naturally, many were agitated by this new discovery. \u201cThe amount of effort put into this game is something else,\u201d one player said on Reddit. \u201c[The] bundle is a straight-up copy-paste of a free WWII variant now being resold for $15,\u201d another chimed in. \u201cCould not believe my eyes when I realized what it was.\u201d Not the first time devs have been called out for duplicating premium rewards, this now appears to be a more common trend than ever before. Be sure to keep an eye out as future bundles may employ the same tactic in Vanguard.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
CoD Vanguard players expose \u201ccopy-paste\u201d Christmas bundle ripped from WWII ActivisionCall of Duty: Vanguard players have exposed a new \u2018Secret Santa\u2019 bundle in the CoD store that appears to be charging a premium fee for old content already accessible for free. As the holiday season begins to wind down, the last remaining festive bundles are […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25103"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25103\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}