The more days pass, the more information and rumors begin to intensify around the Call of Duty license. If Activision released some information about the next opus which will be Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, the studio took the opportunity to also make some statements about the next Battle Royale, Call of Duty: Warzone 2 .
Warzone 2 finally free!
As part of the latest financial report , Activision and Infinity Ward did indeed announce some news. If it's not really a surprise, Call of Duty: Warzone 2 will indeed be free and not paid. Moreover, according to the developers, it will "start from scratch ", meaning that it will not be part of any Call of Duty game, unlike Warzone which originally belonged to Modern Warfare from 2019.
If this news may seem rather encouraging on board, some players nevertheless hoped that the next Battle Royale would be paid. Yes but why ?
Players disappointed with the news?
It's no secret that Warzone is unfortunately infected with a rather common disease now called CHEATER . Raven Software 's Battle Royale is indeed invaded by an impressive number of cheaters, despite the various measures taken by Activision and the implementation of the RICOCHET system .
As a result, when the development of Call of Duty: Warzone 2 was formalized, players of the first Battle Royale of the name did not hesitate to declare on the Reddit forum that they wanted Warzone 2 to be paid. In this way, and according to them, it would discourage cheaters from buying the title , in addition to acquiring cheat software.
However, another part of the community said that despite the fact that Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War and Call of Duty: Vanguard are both paid, it doesn't take away from the fact that there is all the same cheaters, and not the least. Moreover, putting Warzone 2 on payment would prevent part of the community from playing it and Activision would risk alienating part of it . However, according to some rumours, it still seems that some players will not have access to it since the title should only be available on so-called next-gen consoles (PS5 and Xbox Series), even if at Currently, nothing has been confirmed by Activision on this subject.