Activision has reportedly admitted that the Battle Royale Call of Duty: Warzone is currently in a “broken” state. A brand new version is expected in the coming months.
” This game is getting worse and worse with every new Call of Duty they release. Modern Warfare theme was excellent, Cold War theme was nice but Vanguard theme completely destroyed it “, laments MaximH04 in a notice published on the Metacritic page of Call of Duty: Warzone. Launched in 2019, the Battle Royale inherited from the famous saga first posed as a serious competitor to Fortnite, with a community that quickly reached 100 million players. Today, it no longer seems to satisfy fans, with a score of 3.3 out of 10 posted by Metacritic.
MaximH04’s sentiment is shared by lasertower. In his eyes, a masterpiece was created in 2019 and ” this magnificent game was destroyed step by step “. Fortunately, Activision seems to agree with them, according to an article published by the specialist site Charlie Intel on February 11. The media mentions a meeting with the press and content creators during which three developers allegedly admitted to having ruined Call of Duty: Warzone these last years.
Call of Duty: Warzone is broken
Activision’s Josh Bridge assumes the company is not ” satisfied of the situation in which it finds itself today Call of Duty: Warzone. The reason seems to have been found: first imagined as a free extension of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, the Battle Royale has become a platform that must evolve with each new opus (there is one a year). Alas, it quickly reached technological limits. Therefore, the integration of novelties has been more and more complicated, where Epic Games has never experienced any difficulty with Fortnite (which nevertheless mixes a lot of things). Once again, we are in a situation where a greedy publisher has been overwhelmed by success and has made bad decisions.
Therefore, Activision is doing like all companies that assume a failure: the publisher intends to rectify the situation in the coming months and, in the meantime, promises more transparency in its communication with players. In a press release published on February 11, it already lists developments to be released for a more accessible and less frustrating experience. This includes removing bugs or improving the physics engine (especially with vehicles). This hunt for worries has also pushed the developers to delay the next season.
In addition, we learn that Infinity Ward is already working on a new Warzone experience – described as ” a massive evolution “. Like the future major Call of Duty, which will be a sequel to 2019’s Modern Warfare, it will rely on a new graphics engine. Hopefully it will result in a platform that is much more flexible and less threatened by regular updates.