“Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0” is a free-to-play battle royale video game and a sequel to “Warzone”.
So let’s dive into some trivia and facts about the new game.
- Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0 is a free-to-play battle royale video game
- The game is for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S
- It is a sequel to 2020’s Call of Duty: Warzone
- The game is a part of 2022’s “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II”
- The game does not require purchase of the aforementioned title
- It was introduced during Season 1 of “Modern Warfare II” content
- The game features cross-platform play and a new extraction mode titled DMZ
- “Warzone 2.0” was officially revealed by Activision at “Call of Duty Next” in September 2022
- The game was released on November 16, 2022
- It is part of a single cross-game launcher known as “Call of Duty HQ”
- Similar to its predecessor, in “Warzone 2.0′s” primary game mode, Battle Royale, players compete in a continuously shrinking map to be the last player remaining
- Players parachute onto a large game map, where they encounter other players
- As the game progresses and players are eliminated, the playable area shrinks, forcing the remaining players into tighter spaces
- A new feature in “Warzone 2.0”, Circle Collapse, allows multiple circles to spawn within the map, which close independently of one another, before converging into one single safe zone
- Like the first “Warzone”, upon death, players are sent to the “Gulag”, a small-sized arena where killed players battle one another for a chance at respawning into the map
- In “Warzone 2.0”, Gulag matches are in 2v2 format
- It may sometimes include an AI combatant called “the Jailer”, whom players can hunt down to acquire a key and escape
- In addition to the traditional method of winning Gulag matches
- In-game cash currencies also return, allowing players to buy various items at several buy stations scattered across the map
- These include custom loadouts with personalized weapons and perk setups
- Artificial intelligence (AI) combatants are featured more prominently in “Warzone 2.0”, as they defend various strongholds throughout the main map
- Players can choose to engage in combat with the AI enemies in order to seize the strongholds and gain access to the loot items within
- A new extraction game mode, named DMZ, is also featured at the release of “Warzone 2.0”
- In DMZ, players battle against both AI-controlled and player-controlled opponents while attempting to exfil with loot they found within the playable area (also known as the Exclusion Zone)
- Players start out with a limited inventory, which allows storage of extracted loot from matches
- Said Inventory can be expanded by completing Faction missions
- Allowing for more guaranteed loadout weapon slots or the opportunity to unlock base weapons and cosmetic rewards, usable in both “Warzone 2.0” and “Modern Warfare II”
- “Warzone 2.0’s” setting is a desert-themed map titled Al Mazrah that features 18 points of interest
- New movement mechanics include mantling, diving to prone, and swimming
- In addition to shared progression with “Modern Warfare II”, “Warzone 2.0” also features shared cross-platform progression and social features with “Warzone Mobile”, a new “Warzone” title made exclusively for mobile devices