- For the map this is a remake of, see Shipment.
Showtime is a map in the Nemesis DLC for Call of Duty: Ghosts. It is a re-imagining of Shipment from Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare.
Official Description
A reimagined version of the fan-favorite Shipment from Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, fight for your life in a futuristic death arena. The Slot Machine Field Order delivers one of three random rewards: a map-wide turret system, an airdrop of multiple care packages, or a deadly gas attack.
Overview
The map is almost completely only close-quarters, but the map has gotten bigger than Shipment was. There is nowhere that is medium-range. However, the window of a building on one side of the map can serve as a good, and the only, sniping spot on the map. Submachine guns and shotguns are statistically the best choices because of this, but sniper rifles and marksman rifles can be used too if planning on taking advantage of the sniping spot on the map.
Dynamics
- The Field Order reward for this map is a slot machine for the player who achieves it, granting them one of four different rewards:
- Six Care Packages will be dropped for the player and their team to collect and use.
- Sentry Gun turrets will appear from certain corners of the map, firing down at enemies.
- A deadly gas is released along the edges of the map, damaging and killing enemies and forcing the action towards the center.
- A "jackpot" which includes all of the previous three rewards, as well as a few jets flying overhead and the first notes of the U.S. National Anthem playing.
- This reward can be obtained multiple times from dropped Care Packages, so it is possible to chain it if it drops from one of the Six Care Packages.
- Unlike Shipment (the map this is a re-imaging of) players can access the outer areas of the map that is initially restricted by a number of steel doors along the outer walls of the central "arena" space. These doors open ~30 seconds from the start of the match. (Announcer: "It looks like we're experiencing some technical difficulties." "And the doors are open again.")
- An announcer narrates some of the things that happen throughout the match, but they focus primarily on the player's point of view. For example, when the first kill is made, he will say "Things are starting to heat up." When the player gets a double kill: "Looks like there is a sale, because this guy just got a two for one." When the player gets killed: "That's gotta hurt, if he wasn't dead already." When the player gets killed from behind: "Watch out behind you. Oh, too late."
- There are screens around the map that have commercials on them that will say "Please stand by." when the match starts and in between round of Safeguard.
Extinction Egg Hunt
Go west across the B Dom Flag towards the west wall where the stage with the pyrotechnics going off is at; climb up the two black boxes, sprint jump over onto the shack with the red-orange 1 2 3 signs, look in the room with the broken windows and the Egg is inside.
Trivia
- If the player looks up into the spectator area, he/she will find animated civillian spectators cheering on the teams and camera flashes.
- The entire map (including outside the map) is shaped like an eye with a harpoon through it. This is a reference to Neversoft, a team that helped make Call of Duty: Ghosts. This can be seen by entering spectator mode.
- Also on the outside of the map, the player can find the Neversoft Logo burning in the distance.
- A poster on the map shows the Guilin Bai Lan Resort, which foreshadows the Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare map Retreat.
The poster found on Showtime
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