The new Call of Duty Zombies mode is bananas: players are going bowling, turning into superheroes, and crafting jet guns

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The vibes are good in Call of Duty Zombies this year. Black Ops 6's latest crack at the beloved PvE mode is a genuine hit with fans so far, and it's easy to see why: This is the first CoD in four years with traditional round-based Zombies developed by the mode's creators, Treyarch, and the wacky, unbelievably elaborate Easter eggs the mode has become known for are even wackier and more elaborate than usual.

The bewildering Zombies clips bombarding my social feeds look like they're from a completely different series, even when compared to older Call of Duty Zombies modes, which you're not wrong to remember used to just be fairly regular horde defense modes with some cute Easter eggs..

Note: These Zombies Easter eggs are popping up online everywhere right now, but if you prefer to see these secrets yourself for the first time, don't read on.

My favorite discovery so far is pretty absurd, yet is somehow only considered a «side Easter egg» among Zombies experts. There's a comics shop on the Liberty Falls map with a statue of the hero Aetherella. Naturally, the statue doubles as a zombie trap that shoots lasers from its eyes, but apparently it's possible to literally become the Aetherella statue, too.

As shared by YouTuber Glitching Queen, tracking down every Aetherella figurine on the map will temporarily transform one player into the life-sized statue with laser eyes at full blast. You can move around in statue form and melt straight through hordes of zombies like they're nothing. I've yet to spend much time in Zombies, but I'm gonna go out on a limb and guess Aetherella form is one of the best power-ups in the game. It's a shame (but sensible) that it only lasts a few minutes.

Oh and of course, you can't even reach some of those Aetherella figurines without first crafting Liberty Fall's wonder weapon: the Thrustodyne M23, or «jet gun,» as players have already begun calling it. Crafting the gigantic cannon is its own 6-step process, but it's worth the trouble: the jet