It has been claimed by a prominent Call of Duty leaker that Warzone 3 won’t happen alongside Call of Duty 2026 if Verdansk’s revival fails to retain enough players. That includes either those currently playing or those returning for the map’s revival next month.
Warzone has been in a sorry spot for a while, and Verdansk’s imminent return is expected to move mountains, but for how long?
End of the Road?
On Twitter, TheGhostOfHope wrote a few exclusive details about Modern Warfare IV – otherwise dubbed ‘COD 2026’.
Amongst other details, he claimed that Warzone 3 won’t be implemented alongside next year’s Call of Duty title if Verdansk fails to perform when it’s brought back alongside the Season 03 update. Earlier today, Activision revealed that Season 03 is delayed to April 3 in Black Ops 6 and Warzone to allow more time to finesse the update.
In March 2020, Call of Duty: Warzone was released to an overwhelmingly positive reception, with tens of millions of gamers worldwide pouring their hearts and souls into the battle royale. It changed the face of Call of Duty, creating an entirely new ecosystem that stood at the top of the genre for quite some time.
Things have changed since then, though.
Warzone has been on the rocks for a while, but Activision is hoping that Fornite OG-style event can bring back millions of players. It was claimed recently – also by TheGhostOfHope – that Verdansk will return as it was in 2020, which is sure to be a blast from the past for many players.
Do you think Verdansk is enough to save Warzone, or will the map’s imminent failure prove to be the final nail in the coffin for Call of Duty: Warzone?
Let us know in the comments.
For more Insider Gaming coverage, check out the news that a ‘Verdansk Collection’ is coming on March 10
Ready in peace warzone. Your parents killed you. 😭
Rest in peace warzone. Your parents killed you. 😭
Make other games already! Wasn’t Infinity Ward making a third person action game? Why can’t Treyarch make a open world superhero game? Beenox, High Moon, Radical? Get the licenses for DC stuff or get Spawn and The Darkness.
That’s fine with me, it’s so bad with cheaters and lag/stuttering/bugs that it needs to die.
Permanently ban the cheaters and you will get players back.
They did it to themselves. We the players have been telling you guys for years to keep the movement and the same engine the same, just take care of the cheaters. You didn’t and now they wanna say maybe no warzone 3 like we give a shit. You guys didn’t listen. Bring back of warzone 1 and focus on the cheaters. What don’t you guys understand ?
Do something about the cheaters or we won’t care If warzone doesn’t continue. Every anti-cheat has been bull and the devs just keep charging more and more for in game purchases lining their pockets all while laughing in the face of loyal fans…if nothing changes I’m out anyway and I’m sure a bunch more will be before I get the chance to even delete COD from my system.
All they had to do was invest that money into a legit anti-cheat. The main reason for most players that stopped playing was the ridiculous amount of cheaters. Spend all that time getting to the final stages just to be killed by an aimbot.
Also the allow players to choose to play against mouse and keyboard only and vice versa. This aim assist has gotten to the point it’s not even fair for mouse and keyboard players.
The player base won’t return because the gameplay is garbage.
If they made it exactly how it used to be, all those people would return . People are sick of your garbage servers and your overall lack of motivation on improving the game. You’re gonna p*** a lot of people off if you don’t continue with the work war zone type gameplay….. Who the hell is even running called duty right now, dude. It’s like they say, well, if you think you can do better than do better, will people have and they cease and desist them…… The players need to become the shareholders. ……… Microsoft needs a relinquish call of duty to somebody who cares about it
Just read the comments.
You don’t need to be smart enough to figure it out yourself just have someone read for you if you are struggling with that skill.