Uploaded November 2021 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Welcome to "PRESS PLAY", a recurring live show on Fridays at 4 p.m. ET where the Press comes to Play. The Washington Post's video game coverage team, Launcher, brings on big-name guests and journalists to play various games, including new and upcoming games, pre-release previews, interesting game mods, and popular multiplayer games.

In this episode, the Launcher crew plays Call of Duty: Vanguard, the next installment of Activision's series that goes back to WWII. Join Hawken Miller, Teddy Amenabar, and Mike Hume as they try to battle their way through rivers of bullets and blood.

Read our first impressions of the multiplayer here: washingtonpost.com/video-games/reviews/call-duty-vanguard-review

For more video game news, be sure to go to launcher.gg , or subscribe to our channel and check back in every Thursday at 4 p.m. ET for our Gaming News livestream, "WaPo Story Mode"!

0:00 loading screen
7:59 stream start
14:12 Vanguard first impressions
22:30 Hotel Royal map
33:10 Sub Pens
41:23 Das Haus S&D
48:38 Castle Domination
1:02:12 Decoy S&D
1:18:40 Wrapping up