After the big success of Modern Warfare 2, Warzone 2.0 promises to be an event release this Wednesday. Activision’s free-to-play may well return to peak popularity.
[Mis à jour le 16 novembre 2022 à 12h06] Warzone has long dominated the Battle Royale market, seducing with its nervous gameplay, its complex and enjoyable progression system and its content that evolves over the seasons. But now it’s Warzone 2.0’s turn to take the lead, ushering in a new era for Activision’s Battle Royale, which comes as a new game with its own gameplay, its movement improvements, and all its novelties. A release that we expect to be extremely popular with players, especially after the huge success of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. We take stock of the release time, the download and all the essential information on the topic.
If Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has been available for several weeks, it will have to wait until Wednesday November 16 at 7 p.m. (French time) before playing Warzone 2.0. An outing not to be missed and which could be a nice challenge for Infinity Ward and the Battle.net application. Note that the game should weigh between 110 and 115 GB depending on your platform, a good reason to download it in advance given that it is already available for pre-download on PC, Xbox and Playstation.
Warzone 2.0 will for the first time be available on multiple platforms at the same time. If you will find it in free access on the Xbox Store and the Playstation Store, it is on PC that a great novelty comes to us, the game will be playable both on the traditional application of Activision Blizzard, Battle.net, but also on the immense inescapable Steam. A winning bet for Activision, which allows itself to distribute its free-to-play to as many people as possible, just like Apex Legends did a few years ago. You can find Warzone 2.0 on the app Battle. net at this addressand download Steam here.
Prepare your hard drives because Activision hasn’t really learned from the mistakes of Modern Warfare (2019) and Warzone (2020). The game is already available for pre-download on the Xbox Store, the Playstation Store, Steam and Battle.net and we realize its relatively large size. The game fluctuates between 110 and 115 GB on the various gaming platforms, a volume that is close to a third of that of the total storage of the Xbox Series X and the PS5. Do not forget PS4 and Xbox One users who will also have to grit their teeth before downloading this behemoth.
DMZ is the new experience included in Warzone 2.0 that just might change the face of Call of Duty. Very mysterious so far, this game mode comes in the form of an extraction shooter, transporting you to the heart of the city of Al Mazrah (Warzone 2.0) with the aim of completing objectives while keeping your squad in life. You can expect to come across ferocious AIs in your path or even a squad of enemy players. In short, a game mode a little more advanced than the traditional multiplayer of Call of Duty, and which we are impatiently waiting to see the November 16 at 7 p.m..
The Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0 map is none other than Al Mazrah, a town in the Middle East destroyed by war and which will also host the DMZ mode. The addition of AI in the Battle Royale will create areas of interest with increased difficulty while its large size will provide the perfect playing field for vehicle and foot combat. According to our information, it could accommodate up to 200 players, although no official data has been published on the subject.
Warzone 2.0 will not be a graphic revolution compared to its predecessor, but it does intend to deepen certain elements of its gameplay. By bringing various innovations, particularly in terms of movement, weapon customization and gadgets, the game intends to stand out from its predecessor and offer players a complete Battle Royale experience, taking the best from its competitors and its previous iterations. . On top of that, Infinity Ward offers plenty of quality of life improvements, and still hasn’t mentioned the existence of an SBMM. To be continued.
New moves: the success of Apex Legends may have made Infinity Ward think about this, but the studio has chosen to integrate new movement possibilities into Warzone 2.0. Operators will be able to dive, hang on to a ledge, while pulling of course.
New Gadgets: a tactical camera, a wall-piercing charge, a decoy, an electromagnetic bomb… If you imagine it, Warzone 2.0 will have it. Infinity Ward did not hesitate to present us with some of the new gadgets that will punctuate the gameplay of its future Battle Royale, and we hope that there will be enough to compete with the eternal heart sensor.
New weapon customization: Modern Warfare 2 brings with it a new Gunsmith system, allowing more accessories to be added to their weapons.
Underwater combat: if a wet toe was fatal in Warzone, Warzone 2.0 intends to incorporate underwater combat into its formula. Operators will therefore be able to swim underwater at different depths, and even shoot. The ballistics of the bullets will of course be influenced by the resistance of the water.
Revamped vehicles: Vehicles are a huge part of Warzone, and Infinity Ward intends to capitalize on that. The studio claims to have improved the possibilities of interaction with vehicles, allowing the player to climb on the roof or shoot from a window. Tires can also be destroyed and repaired, and vehicle physics have been improved.
Proximity chat: the game will also integrate a proximity voice chat system, allowing you to happily spoof your enemies stashed on the first floor of a house before throwing them a bread of C4.
Multiple proximity circles: for the first time in the short history of Battle Royale, the circle of play will be able to be divided into several zones. Of course, these areas will come together at the very end of the game to determine a winning team.
Strongholds: some areas will be populated by aggressive AI, which will allow players who wish to risk their stealth or their lives to recover rarer loot.
Gulag: the Gulag, pillar of the Warzone experience, has been profoundly modified. It will now pit two teams of two players against each other in a fight to join their respective teams.
Of course, these different additions will allow Warzone 2.0 to offer us new “sandbox” moments. The new movement possibilities offer different options for approaching a fight, and give the player the feeling of freedom that made Warzone so successful in its early days. Between new gadgets, vehicle interactions, underwater combat, Warzone 2.0 could well find this little grain of madness and unexpectedness that served its predecessor so much. Failing to offer incredible graphic innovations (which is good news for older generation consoles and more modest PCs) Warzone 2.0 seems well on its way to reconquering the kingdom of Battle Royale.