Kosatka shows up in COD
A recent Call of Duty update added GTA Online’s Kosatka submarine as a playable map, a crossover that quickly circulated among fans. (x.com) The addition was highlighted in social posts as a notable new playable arena for the game. (x.com)
Call of Duty’s latest season put players inside a submarine map called Abyss, and fans quickly noticed it looks like Grand Theft Auto Online’s Kosatka. (news.blizzard.com) Activision’s Season 03 materials for Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 list Abyss as a 6-versus-6 and 2-versus-2 map set “inside a moving submarine.” The map arrived with Season 03 on March 25 and was promoted again in the season launch rollout on April 2. (news.blizzard.com) (blog.activision.com) A Call of Duty video for the Season 03 map lineup shows the submarine’s tight corridors, central control spaces, and exterior deck angles. Social posts sharing clips of that footage circulated the comparison to Rockstar Games’ Kosatka in the days after launch. (youtube.com) (x.com) The Kosatka is the submarine Rockstar added to Grand Theft Auto Online with The Cayo Perico Heist on December 15, 2020. Rockstar describes it as the approach vehicle and base of operations for that heist, which made the submarine one of the game’s most recognizable interiors. (rockstargames.com 1) (rockstargames.com 2) Rockstar’s current Cayo Perico page still centers the Kosatka in the heist setup, and GTA reference sites describe it as a large nuclear-powered submarine operated by the character Pavel. That gave players a ready-made point of comparison when the Call of Duty map appeared. (rockstargames.com) (gta.wiki) Activision has not announced an official Grand Theft Auto crossover in the Season 03 map notes that are publicly available. The official description for Abyss names the setting and modes, but it does not mention Rockstar, Grand Theft Auto, or the Kosatka by name. (news.blizzard.com) Season 03’s official map slate also included Beacon, Plaza, Gridlock, and the larger Mission: Trident at launch, with Onsen, Summit, and Hacienda scheduled for mid-season. In that lineup, Abyss stood out because its submarine setting was new to Black Ops 7 and immediately familiar to Grand Theft Auto players. (news.blizzard.com) (youtube.com) For now, the safest read is narrower than the viral posts: Call of Duty added a submarine map named Abyss, and players are reading it through the shape and layout of Grand Theft Auto Online’s Kosatka. The resemblance, not a confirmed licensing announcement, is what pushed the clips across social media. (news.blizzard.com) (x.com)
