Infinity Ward has confirmed that Call of Duty Warzone will eventually tie in with other Call of Duty games beyond Modern Warfare.
Confirminga VGC report from May,Infinity Warddesign director Geoff Smith toldGamesRadarthatActivisionintends to “evolve” the battle royale game and incorporate content from other Call of Duty sub-brands.
“Although Warzone is very closely tied toModern Warfare, it was designed from the beginning as its own game,” he said. “As the game continues to be updated over time, it will evolve and become tied to other games in the Call of Duty universe.”
Update 04/08/20
Given the huge popularity of the free-to-play game, which released in March and hadattracted 60 million players by May, it makes sense for Warzone to evolve with content from outside of Modern Warfare, rather than creating a different battle royale title for each sub-brand.
As first reported by VGC, Warzone’s developer is first planning to bring the game in line with the next Call of Duty title, which will be set during the Cold War.
Earlier this year Warzone kicked off a meta-game, which sources indicated would conclude with the unveiling ofthe next ‘premium’ game, Black Ops: Cold War.
The new Black Ops will include its own game modes such as campaign, multiplayer and zombies, but it will also incorporate Warzone like Infinity Ward has done with Modern Warfare.
Warzone will continue to run on Modern Warfare’s engine, with development led by long time battle royale collaboratorRaven Software, which also createdBlack Ops 4’s Blackout mode.
VGC understands that Activision will integrate Black Ops content into Warzone, thus combining the franchise’s sub-brands for the first time outside ofCall of Duty Mobile.
Call of Duty WarzoneSeason 5 is due to start on August 5 andcould finally add five-player teams.
As first reported by VGCin July, Season 5 will see the opening of Warzone’s Stadium and the introduction of a train which travels around the Verdansk map.
Season 5 will also introduce new operatives from Shadow Company, an elite private military company with “a framework and agenda all of their own.”
The content will go live on Wednesday, August 5 at 11pm PT / 7am BST andthe 36GB patch is already being rolled out as a pre-loadforPS4players.
