Warzone fans spot real-world Rebirth Island in viral tourist video Activision \/ Pexels, AaronCall of Duty: Warzone players have become very familiar with Rebirth Island, so it\u2019s no surprise that there was a lot of excitement over a tourist\u2019s viral video showing an island that looks eerily similar to the game\u2019s map. When Rebirth Island was first teased, it was through hints at its official real-world inspiration: the Aral Sea\u2019s Vozrozhdeniya Island. In 1954, that island was the base of a Soviet Union\u2019s Aralsk-7, where biological weapons were experimented with. Understandably, then, Rebirth Island bears POIs (points of interest) like \u201cBioweapons Lab\u201d and \u201cChemical Engineering.\u201d But, as Black Ops 4\u2019s Blackout fans will remember, it also bears striking similarities to San Francisco, California\u2019s Alcatraz Island. In a recent viral video, a tourist boat showcases the latter island\u2019s similarities in clear view. With a caption trolling about architectural plagiarism, fans are enjoying just how similar Alcatraz looks to Warzone\u2019s smaller map. Originally shared on TikTok by jaydenvibing, the clip has received well over 800,000 views on the platform being shared across Instagram and Twitter by other accounts. With a video showing Alcatraz from the point of view of a tourist boat, a succinct caption reads \u201cthey really copied Rebirth Island.\u201d And, while it might not exactly be accurate that the structures shown were copying Rebirth Island \u2014 the point still stands: the architecture is strikingly similar. Fans quickly took note of the island\u2019s layout, including a water tower and multi-level buildings bookending a large prison structure in the center. Alcatraz began being used as a federal prison complex back in 1934 before going out of service in 1963. Now, it\u2019s managed by the United States of America\u2019s National Parks Service. For the intrigued crossover fans of Warzone and history, it\u2019s worth noting that Rebirth Island derives its name and purposes (bioweapon engineering and the like) from Vozrozhdeniya Island \u2014 but, as that island had no large prison structure, it\u2019s true that obvious inspiration has been taken from Alcatraz as well. As for who copied who, Rebirth\u2019s predecessor, Blackout\u2019s Alcatraz, launched in April 2019 (decades after Alcatraz and Aralsk-7\u2019s constructions). However, it remains unclear how long ago Call of Duty\u2019s developers began planning it \u2014 so we refuse to make any assumptions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Warzone fans spot real-world Rebirth Island in viral tourist video Activision \/ Pexels, AaronCall of Duty: Warzone players have become very familiar with Rebirth Island, so it\u2019s no surprise that there was a lot of excitement over a tourist\u2019s viral video showing an island that looks eerily similar to the game\u2019s map. When Rebirth Island […]<\/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-33338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33338","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=33338"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33338\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}