Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0 map is the biggest battle royale map yet
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Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0 has finally been unveiled and it will shake things up as promised.
Today’s Call of Duty Next popped into Modern Warfare 2, Warzone 2, and Call of Duty: Warzone Mobile. We were treated to a new trailer for the multiplayer reveal of Modern Warfare 2 and the news that Call of Duty will get a third-person mode when Modern Warfare 2 launches later this year. And Battle Royale fans will be particularly excited about the reveal of the Warzone 2.0 map.
The map was first leaked in May with an updated version leaked ahead of the Call of Duty Next livestream. And now we have the official thing right in front of us, with the confirmation that it’s called Al Mazrah, as we’ve heard. Look:
Warzone 2.0 map
The Warzone 2.0 map has been in development since 2020 and is a product of the studio’s philosophies and new technologies. Described as an “interesting mix of geography,” Al Mazrah is set in the desert but has “a mix of industrial areas, cities, a city, and natural water” with plenty of “cool elevation.” There are caves to explore, underground spaces, and it’s huge to boot. In fact, it’s the largest Call of Duty Battle Royale map created to date.
It sounds incredibly varied and even has a water system so you can even swim between some POIs on the map. All the multiplayer elements present in Modern Warfare will be in Warzone 2.0 thanks to the integration between the two games.
A huge change on the way for Warzone 2.0, aside from the super-sized map, is the circles. Instead of one giant circle shrinking into a smaller and smaller playing area, there will be multiple circles breaking up and coming back together, paving the way for a lot of chaos.
Warzone 2.0 Vehicles
Of course there are also vehicles to joyride; boats, tanks, helicopters – you name it. These all have their own physics and handling, which makes for interesting gameplay:
“Some vehicles are heavier, some will slide more, have more traction or less traction and as you drive them around and you run into them and other teams playing with them you can choose to shoot the tires off impact the handling, you can they have – they react differently to explosive based on their weight.
“So, if you’re in a heavily armored 4×4 and get hit by an RPG, it’ll bounce a little bit, but not quite take the hit like a small sedan. You can also choose to get, with your team, roll. into a POI and someone jumps on the roof, someone leans out the window, and suddenly you get yourself, a lot of firepower driving into the POI.
“Of course that vehicle has to survive on the map for quite some time… if you want to keep using it to get from point to point. And vehicles will run out of gas – or at least most of them will gas and then you can get them.” take them to a gas station to fill them up.”
You can also have your tires repaired at gas stations if they become damaged.
The release date of Warzone 2.0 was also announced. It is scheduled to launch on Wednesday, November 16. That’s just a few weeks after Modern Warfare 2’s Friday, October 28 release date.
Wednesday is a bit of an odd day for a new game release. But Warzone is a live service game with updates rolling out on – you guessed it – a Wednesday. So we’ll probably see a dramatic in-game event to usher in. While there is no transfer between Warzone and Warzone 2.0, the developers may keep updates to the sequel on Wednesdays to make everyone’s job a little easier.