“September Shutdown for ‘Call of Duty: Warzone’ Battle Royale”
Activision has announced that the original free-to-play battle royale game, Call of Duty: Warzone (now referred to as Warzone Caldera), will be permanently shut down on September 21st. This decision has been made to enable developers to concentrate on upcoming Call of Duty content, including the current free-to-play experience of Warzone (previously known as Warzone 2.0), according to a blog post by Activision.
All games, player progression, inventory and online services will expire on that day. However, any Caldera content purchased in Modern Warfare, Black Ops Cold War, or Vanguard will still be available in those games.
Warzone launched in 2020 and features two game modes (Battle Royale and Plunder) and one map called Verdansk that supported up to 150 players at a time. It shared a battle pass, weapons and cosmetics with 2019’s Modern Warfare. It was an instant success, reportedly reaching 30 million players just 10 days after release.
The game was renamed Call of Duty: Warzone Caledera (after the 2021 Caledera map) when Warzone 2.0 was released in November 2022. Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0 was recently renamed simply Warzone, and Activision is encouraging original Warzone players to make the jump. send to that header. “Expect a huge amount of play options across three Battle Royale maps (including Season 04’s new map Vondel), as well as Ranked Play, DMZ Beta featuring five different Extraction Zones, BlackCell offerings and more,” it wrote.
However, some players are not happy that previous Battle Royale games like Black Ops 4’s Blackout still have live servers while the original Warzone didn’t. Others are unhappy that resources will be diverted to Warzone: Mobile, and some have pointed out that they will lose all of their Warzone cosmetics, according to Kotaku.
