After all of the drama and hubub making an attempt to keep things under wraps, Activision have introduced a brand new Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare battle royale game in the present day. It launches tomorrow and will likely be free to play even for many who haven’t purchased Modern Warfare. The 150-player matches will take you again to acquainted places all mashed up on one large map and places a COD twist on a couple of battle royale options.
The large factor to know is that Call Of Duty: Warzone doesn’t require that you simply personal Modern Warfare. It’ll be free to play. Everyone can queue up beginning at “around 12pm PDT/7pm GMT,” Activision say. Players who already personal Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare will have the ability to leap in just some hours early at 8am PDT/3pm GMT.
There are two game modes: a largely conventional battle royale mode the place squads battle it out to be the final alive and a mode known as Plunder the place you’ll compete in a Cash seize to loot cash, kill gamers to steal it, and full Contracts in the course of the match. Matches could have a complete of 150 gamers on a big map that’s constructed as a mashup of different MW maps: Terminal, Scrapyard, Overgrown, and Broadcast.
It appears like autos will likely be an enormous a part of each modes, given how prominently Activision characteristic them within the announcement. Earlier leaks by gamers who’d gone hands-on recommended that the brand new mashup map will likely be fairly massive, so that you’ll doubtless want some velocity to remain within the game. You’ll have the ability to get behind the wheel of an ATV, tactical rover, SUV, cargo truck, or helicopter, every with its personal passenger restrict and safety ranking.
The one large departure out of your simple battle royale seems to be the Gulag, solely out there within the Battle Royale mode (not Plunder).
“Upon your first elimination, you will be taken as a ‘Prisoner of Warzone’ and thrown into the Gulag. There you will await your fate and watch other prisoners fight to the death. When your turn is up, you’ll enter the Gulag and face-off against a single opponent in a 1v1 to earn the ultimate reward – redeployment. Win in the Gulag and earn redeployment back into Verdansk. Lose and hope that your squad completes Contracts and earns enough in-match Cash to redeploy you.”
There’s a bit extra to learn up on in Activision’s announcement post, however these are the highlights for ya. For present Modern Warfare gamers whose games are updated, Activision say the obtain measurement will likely be about 18-22GB.
You can discover Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare on Battle.net.
