Call of Duty: Warzone
Call of Duty: Warzone is a free-to-play standalone 3D battle royale that adapts the signature Call of Duty feel, dropping as many as 150 players into a massive combat zone built around modern gunfights, scavenging, and last-team-standing pressure. Taking place on Verdansk, the experience blends tight urban streets and lootable interiors with open neighborhoods and long sightlines, rewarding anything from relentless pushes to careful rotations depending on squad coordination and chosen gear.
| Publisher: Activision Playerbase: High Type: 3D Battle Royale Release Date: March 10, 2020 Pros: +Strong visual presentation and polish. +Authentic-feeling weapons, attachments, and equipment. +Clever second-chance redeploy systems. +Contracts, cash economy, and custom loadout drops add goals mid-match. +Quick, action-forward pacing. Cons: -Matchmaking can feel inconsistent and punishing. -Custom loadouts can be acquired too easily, reducing early-game variety. -Top-tier weapons often appear early, flattening the loot curve. |
Call of Duty: Warzone Overview
Verdansk serves as the battlefield, and Warzone challenges you to outlast opponents solo or with a squad as the safe area closes into increasingly smaller rings. The core loop will be recognizable to battle royale veterans—drop, gear up, and move ahead of danger—but Warzone leans into steady action thanks to dense points of interest, snappy traversal, and frequent reasons to engage. From city streets and highways to the stadium, airport, and residential blocks, the map supports both long-range duels and frantic close-quarters brawls, while the encroaching gas forces relocations and contested holds.
Scavenging centers on grounded firearm options and attachments, supported by armor plates, explosives, and vehicles that help with long rotations or rapid third-party collapses. A major differentiator is the in-match economy. Completing Contracts—quick objectives found during the round—grants cash you can spend on useful upgrades such as equipment and killstreaks, along with one of Warzone’s signature mechanics: calling in a personalized loadout via an airdrop. This creates meaningful early choices, since squads can chase money and objectives instead of relying solely on random loot to reach their preferred setup.
Getting eliminated isn’t always the end, either. Your first loss can lead to the Gulag, a 1v1 duel that offers a direct path back into the match. Teams can also pool cash to purchase redeploys at buy stations, making economy management and buy-station positioning important all game long. If you want something less focused on circle survival, Plunder pivots the goal toward gathering and protecting as much cash as possible, turning the match into a frantic race against other squads rather than a final-ring showdown.
Call of Duty: Warzone Key Features:
- 150-Man Battle Royale – larger lobbies keep the map lively, with more frequent encounters and fewer quiet stretches between fights.
- Real-World Weapons & Gear – a broad lineup of recognizable guns and attachments, plus equipment choices that support different playstyles.
- Contract Missions – quick objectives that reward cash, adding structure beyond simple looting and encouraging teams to move.
- Personal Loadout Drops – curated custom kits you can call in, letting you lean into comfort picks or specialized roles mid-match.
- Death Isn’t The End – the Gulag offers a skill-based second chance, and teammates can spend cash to bring you back into the action.
- Plunder Mode – a cash-focused alternative where squads compete to earn and extract money instead of playing purely for survival.
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Call of Duty: Warzone Review
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Call of Duty: Warzone Links
Warzone Official Website
Warzone on Wikipedia
Warzone on Facebook
Warzone Fandom Wiki
r/CODWarzone Subreddit
Call of Duty: Warzone System Requirements
Minimum Requirements:
Operating System: Windows 7 64-bit (SP1) or Windows 10 64-bit
CPU: Intel Core i3-4340 or AMD FX-6300
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 / GeForce GTX 1650 or Radeon HD 7950
RAM: 8 GB RAM
Hard Disk Space: 175 GB of available space
Direct X: DirectX 12 compatible system required
Recommended Requirements:
Operating System: Windows 10 64-bit (latest Service Pack)
CPU: Intel Core i5-2500K or AMD Ryzen R5 1600X processor
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 / GTX 1660 or Radeon R9 390 / AMD RX 580
RAM: 12 GB RAM
Hard Disk Space: 175 GB of available space
Direct X: DirectX 12 compatible system required
*For competitive play at high FPS on high-refresh displays, the hardware target is considerably higher.
Call of Duty: Warzone Music & Soundtrack
A dedicated music and soundtrack breakdown will be added here in a future update.
Call of Duty: Warzone Additional Information
Developer: Infinity Ward & Raven Software
Publisher: Activision
Platforms: PC, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4
Open Beta: March 10, 2020
Development History / Background:
Call of Duty: Warzone is a free-to-play, standalone 3D battle royale created by Infinity Ward and Raven Software and released by Activision. It also arrived as a free mode connected to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, and it remains playable without purchasing Modern Warfare.
Public attention initially accelerated due to leaked images and gameplay clips circulating on Reddit in February 2020. Activision responded with copyright infringement actions aimed at removing the content, along with efforts to identify the source of the leaks through legal channels. Not long afterward, the title released officially on March 10, 2020.
Warzone drew a major audience immediately, with 6 million downloads in the first 24 hours and 15 million downloads recorded four days after launch.

