9 Dark Video Game Secrets You DON'T Want To Find

4. Creepy Mannequin Attack Of Your Own Making - Call of Duty: Black Ops III

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Though it’s fairly well documented now, the zombie mannequins of the Nuketown map in Call of Duty: Black Ops III are a shocking easter egg you probably wouldn’t want to come across but totally deserved if you ran into it organically. For the uninitiated, shooting off the heads of every mannequin minding their own business around the map within the first two minutes of a match kicks off a whole lot of nope.

The mannequins will come to life and pursue you with what is a very reasonable vengeance kick given all your unwarranted headshots.

It’s definitely terrifying all of sudden being attacked by a swarm of robot mannequins that move around like zombies, but if you want to up the ante again, there is a way. Shooting off every one of the statue’s arms instead will kick off a different version of the attack where the mannequins go all Weeping Angel on you, not moving so long as you’re looking at them.

You’ll quickly be overwhelmed no matter where you look because there’s just loads of the dudes but, again, you kind of had this one coming.

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Jess has been a journalist and content creator in the games industry for over 15 years and has been WhatCulture's resident Australian import and sorry cop since 2020, upping the quotient of swearing and apologising in WhatCulture Gaming's annual blooper videos considerably. She previously worked at GameSpot for 10 years, most notably hosting GameSpot News in addition to E3 live shows, and PAX panels. She regularly livestreams a variety of games on her 'jessmcdonell' YouTube and Twitch channels and hosts the 'Do It On The Day' podcast. She has won awards for her news and feature work in gaming as well as an accolade for her comedic writing (likely an admin error). She can be found on X at @jessmcdonell and Instagram at @jessicamcdonell sharing her current videogame fixations, industry insights, and videos of her cat, Karma.