Name of Obligation: Warzone 2 launches this week, kicking off a brand new map, a brand new mode, and a great deal of new options for the CoD battle royale. Though Activision continues to be formally calling it “Warzone 2.0,” do not be fooled. The brand new Warzone is in truth a brand new recreation that will not substitute the unique one, which can reside on below a brand new title. The connection between outdated and new—and Activision’s 2.0 title—has made launch week really feel a bit muddy, however we’ll type out all of the dates and occasions it’s essential to know proper right here.
The fast and soiled particulars it’s essential to find out about Warzone 2 are that it is nonetheless a battle royale however contains the brand new extraction-style DMZ mode, the brand new map Al Mazrah, proximity chat, underwater fight, and a brand new gulag.
Here is what it’s essential to find out about Warzone 2’s launch week and what’s occurring to outdated Warzone when it arrives.
When does Warzone 2 launch?
Name of Obligation: Warzone 2 launches at 10 am PT on Wednesday, November 16. Activision is planning to take the present Warzone down for upkeep two hours previous to that, so there will likely be no Warzone for about two hours on November 16. Here is when Warzone 2 comes on-line:
- 10:00 am PT
- 1:00 pm ET
- 6:00 pm GMT
- 7:00 pm CET
- 5:00 am AEDT, November 17
Preloading for Warzone 2 has already begun as of Monday, November 14. You can begin prepping for the launch by downloading it from Steam or Battle.internet. Warzone 2 has its personal web page on Steam, however on Battle.internet it is packaged alongside Fashionable Warfare 2. Be ready for a chunky 125GB obtain. In the event you’re a Fashionable Warfare 2 participant on Battle.internet trying to make room for Warzone 2, click on the gear icon on the sport’s web page and choose “modify set up” to uninstall components of the sport you are not taking part in (deleting co-op and marketing campaign frees up round 30GB).
What occurs to outdated Warzone?
Name of Obligation: Warzone will go offline at 8 am PT (4 pm GMT) on Wednesday, November 16 and can relaunch as Name of Obligation: Warzone Caldera at 10 am PT (6 pm GMT) on Monday, November 28.
The unique CoD: Warzone is not truly going away. Which is complicated, provided that Activision has been formally referring to the brand new recreation as Warzone 2.0. However no, it is not changing the outdated one. The Warzone you have been taking part in up till now will go offline on November 16 and, round ten days later, come again below a brand new title, Name of Obligation: Warzone Caldera. All current weapons and cosmetics will persist in Warzone Caldera, although the Rebirth Island and Fortune’s Hold maps won’t be returning.
