Hajin, a forward base and traits: Westie's guide to the new DMZ
Viewers are comparing the returning extraction mode to Arc Raiders and Tarkov, while solo players ask who they will be matched against.
Westie
Story of Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 85,007 views a day, 18 times a normal first day on this channel (4,741).
DMZ Is FINALLY Adding What We Asked For! (New Gameplay Details)
Westie has spent the past few weeks deep in WARDOGS, the 100-player battlefield that fills most of his recent uploads. Then he turned to an old favorite. "DMZ Is FINALLY Adding What We Asked For! (New Gameplay Details)" passed 40,000 views in its first eight hours. A regular Westie video usually finishes its whole first day under 5,000, and that is roughly where his CIWS rebalance video, posted the same day, stayed.
DMZ is Call of Duty's extraction mode. It first arrived alongside Modern Warfare II in 2022 and carried the beta label for its entire run. The video's tags tie this version to Modern Warfare 4, and the video works as a chaptered briefing: a tour of the Hajin map and its points of interest, the forward operating base and its stations, a dedicated progression system, a rundown of the AI enemies, a new trait system, and what the post-launch seasons should bring.
The comments came in faster than the views. In eight hours they had already passed what a Westie video usually collects in a full day. Many viewers hear Arc Raiders, Escape from Tarkov and Delta Force in what he describes, and one cheerfully mashes all three names into a single title. A longtime player says this will be the first time since 2007 that multiplayer takes a back seat. Solo players want to know whether they will face only other solos. Others hope for quieter exfils and less on-screen help, such as the minimap, and a few tease Westie for calling smelling salts drugs.
The comment with the most replies asks a simple question: what does everyone make of all the DMZ news?
Published on Trari
Read next
What viewers say
Map looks good, mechanics sound good. I like what they've done so far.
@kingjamsSee it on YouTubeI enjoyed DMZ in MW2 2022, glad is making a comeback
@xepicxyoshix5982See it on YouTubeDMZ IS BACK BABYYYYYY
@zestylambSee it on YouTube
Public comments from the video's page on YouTube
Is this your channel?
Share the story with your audience: in a community post, in your channel's description or on your socials. The text and the badge are ready.
You may use the picture, the badge, and link it to this story.
- Channel
- Westie
- Subscribers
- 951,000
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 570,265
- Channel views, pace per day
- 13,095 (on a normal day: 69,546)
- Video published
- October 5, 2026
- Video views so far
- 40,045 (less than a day online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 85,007
The numbers
One DMZ briefing pulled far ahead of the WARDOGS videos around it, and its comment section filled up just as fast.
💡 Test your knowledge
Viewers keep comparing the new DMZ to Arc Raiders. Which studio made Arc Raiders?
Arc Raiders was developed by Embark Studios, the Stockholm-based studio behind The Finals.
