A post on the Call Of Duty site detailing Modern Warfare 2 includes this on the future of Warzone: A fresh start isn’t entirely a bad thing, as our Ed has found himself overwhelmed by the constant churn of content (supporters only) in Warzone currently. It does mean players have to start earning those weapon unlocks all over again, however - or, if they paid money for items, they may find they have to buy equivalents a second time. Plus, if the existing Warzone continues as a separate, supported experience as the post above states, it risks splitting the community across two live games. Much of Infinity Ward’s mention of Warzone in the post concerns the game’s technology, both its use of the same engine as Modern Warfare 2 (and 2019’s Modern Warfare 1) and the day-one inclusion of Ricochet Anti-Cheat. That’s because Warzone’s initial enormous popularity has been seriously hampered by performance and cheating issues. Ricochet was eventually integrated into Warzone alongside the release of Call Of Duty: Vanguard in late 2021. Part of tonight’s announcement was that Call Of Duty “is coming back to Steam on PC starting with Modern Warfare II.” While that’s not confirmation that Warzone 2.0 will be available on Steam, it’s a strong suggestion. Recent Call Of Duty games have been exclusive to Activision Blizzard’s own Battle.net platform. Warzone is being developed by Infinity Ward alongside Raven Software. Two weeks ago, Raven Software QA staff voted in favour of uninionising after several attempts by Activision to stop that happening. Raven Software QA staff began to organise after experiencing layoffs after the release of major Warzone updates late last year.
