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Activision has postponed the second season of Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 and Warzone 2. Fans should have had access to the next season on February 1, but now it looks like we won’t see it until February 15.
Activision has detailed the reason for Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2’s short delay a Twitter message (opens in new tab). “Our studio teams have made several changes based on what we’ve heard from our player community,” Activision said.
While another two weeks may feel like a long wait, Activision has announced a ton of new content coming in Season 2 for Warzone 2 and Modern Warfare 2.
Give me loot
Several new updates and content are coming with the second season of Warzone, the free-to-play battle royale of Call of Duty. This includes the return of Resurgence mode along with a smaller map and updates to the Gulag, loot and equipment.
As a fan of Resurgence, this is great news. The mode provided a very fast-paced alternative to Warzone’s traditional battle royale. As long as one member of your team is still alive in Resurgence, you can respawn on the map after a short countdown. Also on a smaller map, this means there’s a lot more moment-to-moment action than in the more sparsely populated and harder-to-respawn Warzone mode.
Regarding updates to the second season of Modern Warfare 2, Activision has announced the return of ranked play, along with new maps, modes, and weapons. This isn’t much to assume at this point, but Activision has stated that more information will be available soon.
white noise
Since launching last year, a common complaint I’ve seen about Modern Warfare 2 and Warzone 2 has been a lack of content, with too few maps, modes, and weapons to be interesting. So it’s good to see that Activision has listened to the community.
I’m going to be cautiously optimistic until I can safely say that Activision hasn’t added anything too crazy
However, I will pass judgment on Warzone season 2 until I can actually play it. I’ve been scorned too many times by developers promising additional content. The jokes on me after Blizzard delivered another half-baked seasonal event despite all my excitement.
I can’t help thinking about the worst case scenario. What if Activision decides to make the flashes brighter than the sun itself, or maybe it will warn the wind and riot shields will ricochet all the bullets from all directions? I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t a little wary of all the promised updates.
I will probably play the second season of Warzone and Modern Warfare 2. But I’ll be cautiously optimistic until I can safely say that Activision hasn’t added anything too crazy or done anything heartbreaking like deleting my favorite Shipment folder.