Call of Duty Warzone Mobile will be released this fall.
That’s according toActivision BlizzardCEOBobby Kotick, who confirmed the launch window while giving evidence in court on Wednesday.
Kotick was speaking duringMicrosoft’s ongoing court case against the US Federal Trade Commission, which is seeking to block theXboxmaker’s proposed $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard.
Officially revealed last September,WarzoneMobileis being co-developed byActivision’s Shanghai,Beenox, Digital Legends and Solid State studios.
“Leveraging new unified technology acrossCall of Duty: Modern WarfareII,Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0andCall of Duty: Warzone Mobile, players can share many social features (like friends and chat channels) and cross-progression enabling a shared Battle Pass and more for a connected Call of Duty experience,” Activision said at the time.
The free-to-play game was previously expected to be released worldwide forAndroidandiOSdevices in 2023.
In addition to its flagship 120-player battle royale mode,Warzone Mobile will include multiplayer modeslike Domination and Team Deathmatch, which have been designed to give players an additional way to level up their weapons.
Microsofthas said it expectsCall of Duty: Mobileto be “phased out over time” for Warzone Mobile.
Developed byTencent’s Timi studio, the free-to-play Call of Duty: Mobile wasreleased in October 2019and hadtopped 650 million downloadsas of May 2022, according to Activision.
Following Microsoft’s claim that Call of Duty Mobile could be phased out after the launch of Warzone Mobile, Activision said it willcontinue to support the game with major updates “for the long haul”.
