(Pocket-lint – Call of Duty Warzone Mobile was in development for some time. Although it was officially announced in September 2022. We now have much more information about the game.
It was available for us to play at a preview event in London this month. We learned more about the product and what it will offer at launch. According to its team, it could be released in a limited release by 2022.
It’s not just Battle Royale. Warzone Mobile will launch 6v6 maps for smaller multiplayer games like Domination or Team Deathmatch.
According to Warzone Mobile, the games will have different styles and tones. However, it is still difficult to imagine how they could coexist happily. Warzone Mobile may have this effect because it looks very much like Call of Duty’s future on smartphones and tablets. It uses the latest COD engine, which is scaled down to offer a variety of new features to the mobile market.
It shares advanced animations with Modern Warfare 2, along with that game’s new reload system and movement options, while the armoury of guns is also shared between MW2 and Warzone Mobile.
It’ll have a unified battle pass, too, which is crucial. Playing Warzone Mobile will let you progress through your Warzone 2.0 and MW2 battle pass, and vice versa, because they’re the same pass – much like how Fortnite’s works.
The game will launch with Verdansk as its Battle Royale map, returning players to a much-loved location. It’s not the final version of Verdansk, though – Stadium is still closed, for example, so it’s more like the map from around Season 3 or 4 of the first year of Warzone.
The development team also mentioend that it has tested other maps including Rebirth Island, so expect to see more maps come in time, including an eventual appearance for Al Mazrah – although no more maps are officially confirmed at this point.
Writing by Max Freeman-Mills.