Call of Duty: Warzoneis a battle royale expansion to Infinity Ward’s 2019 titleCall of Duty: Modern Warfare. Warzone has been an absolute smash hit for the developers, having pulled inhuge numbers in its first 24 hourswith over 6 million players online throughout its launch.
While its not a huge surprise thatWarzonehas been a huge hit among manyCall of Dutyfans seeing as the series consistently performs well in terms of sales, it’s impressive to see it maintaining the momentum. Interestingly, it seems that Infinity Ward was planningWarzoneeven beforeModern Warfarelaunched in 2019.
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With Season 3 rolling out forModern Warfare, big changes are occurring in both the main game and inWarzone, as well. There has been a ton ofnew content added with Season 3’slaunch and roll-out. Content like brand new Operators for players to unlock, new game modes to play, and new modes forWarzonelike Quads and Plunder. It’s fairly impressive how smoothlyWarzonewas integrated into the landscape ofModern Warfareconsidering how swift the game’s reveal seemed.
However, it might not be surprising now that it’s been confirmed that Infinity Ward had planned outWarzoneall the way back in May of 2019. Infinity Ward’s narrative director, Taylor Kurosaki, recently replied to a question asked by a Twitter user confirming that a scene inModern Warfare’s initial reveal trailer was a soft-confirm for the battle royale expansion.Call of Duty: Modern Warfarewas official revealedon May 30 last year as a re-imagining as one of the series’ most beloved entries.
Kurosaki responded to a user on Twitter with “#Warzone” after being asked if a scene that plays during the reveal trailer was actually a tease forWarzone. The scene in question shows soldiers dropping out of the back of a helicopter that is eerily similar to the cutscene that plays when players are preparing to drop in an actualWarzonematch. For those who may not know, every match ofWarzonestarts with players dropping out the back of a cargo helicopter and into the game’senormous map littered with various locations.
It’s pretty impressive to see that Infinity Ward had, at the very least, been planning to launch an entirely new and separate battle royale mode alongside the main game, even before its initial launch. However, it may make complete senses to those who were with the series back when Blackout released. Regardless,Warzoneis a pretty different beast compared to Blackout, with a broader variety of effective play styles likerelying on stealth and soundto quietly snag kills.
Call of Duty: Warzoneis out now for PC, PS4, and Xbox One.
