Vanguard Zombies Ray Gun fixes on their way; easter egg found

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Developers dropping the ball on the balance of an in-game item is hardly rare...

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...and rarely hard to fix - these minor issues also do not typically throw an entire experience to whack.

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As such it's understandable that the developers in such a case might even make light of the situation with a little easter egg.

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Treyarch has done just that amid complaints about Call of Duty: Vanguard's Ray Gun in Zombies.

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Luckily the complaints of the player base hit home, and Treyarch has already announced that fixes are on the way.

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As we wait for actual balance tweaks, it seems like some cheeky developers at Treyarch decided to enshrine this classic blunder with an in-game easter egg.

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Hopefully we'll see those balance fixes implemented soon.

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