As Activision recently confirmed it’s bringing its popular battle royale to mobile, more and more information keeps coming to the surface about it. Here’s everything we know about the upcoming arrival of Warzone Mobile.
From its launch in March 2020, Warzone immediately attracted millions of players and since then, despite some downsides, its success remains undeniable. The popularity of battle royale is such that Activision quickly had the idea of bringing it to mobile.
If long months have passed without anything being confirmed, it has been done since March, during which Activision took advantage of the second anniversary of the battle royale to announce its arrival on mobile. Here’s everything we know about it.
New information is starting to come to the surface regarding Warzone Mobile.
When will Warzone Mobile be available?
As of this writing, we don’t have any official information regarding the Warzone Mobile release date. Activision confirmed on March 10 that the game is in development, without stating a release window.
Before the official announcement was made, a few leaks had suggested a release as early as 2023. However, this is pure speculation.
New developers on the way
Along with the formalization of Warzone Mobile, Activision has also stated that they will be recruiting new people to work on the project.
“From production roles to engineering, design, art, marketing and more, we’re looking for game creators, passionate fans and truly awesome people to join our diverse team, inspired to deliver fans the next world-class mobile gaming experience”they announced.
We are building Call of Duty® Warzone™ for mobile! Apply today for exciting roles across the development and publishing teams!
More Information Here: https://t.co/3C39S1ITeI pic.twitter.com/J0rOw5W7eO
— Activision (@Activision) March 10, 2022
Activision brought together several notable studios and teams to work on the project. Solid State Studios, Digital Legends, Beenox, Activision Shanghai and Demonware have come together to work on Warzone Mobile.
Warzone Mobile Closed Alpha – Project Aurora
Thanks to a recent article published from the official website, we now know that the official codename of Warzone Mobile is Project Aurora. The article confirms that development of the game is ongoing and a Closed Alpha is underway.
“The game is still in development and we are in the middle of our first gameplay test for Project Aurora’s Closed Alpha”they said.
Unfortunately, players cannot register for the Alpha and they will only be able to access this first version of Warzone Mobile through private invites.
Warzone Mobile’s codename is ‘Project Aurora’ and is currently in Closed Alpha.
The Call of Duty Blog says players can’t sign up for the Closed Alpha, they will just be notified if they were invited. Also says content in it is not final/subject to change https://t.co/hzD0L4iFPW pic.twitter.com/6QoN9QSx4l
— CharlieIntel (@charlieINTEL) May 11, 2022
“Closed Alpha is limited in size and with it we’re just looking to start improving tweaks, stress test matches, identifying and fixing bugs, and gathering feedback and ideas on all aspects of the game as new features come online”they explained to justify their choice.
Warzone Mobile Leaks
While Activision hasn’t officially revealed which maps will make it into Warzone, dataminer TheGhostOfHope has hinted that Verdansk will be making a comeback.
Verdansk on Warzone Mobile is not the same Verdansk we played before on PC/Console. It’s a mash up of certain POIs and new POIs. Looks pretty cool.
—Hope (@TheGhostOfHope) March 14, 2022
He also claimed that Warzone Mobile’s Verdansk would be an alternate version of the map, featuring a mix of some familiar POIs and new locations.
A few weeks later, a leaked match from the initial Warzone Mobile test confirmed this. Although the posts have since been taken down, the footage revealed a complete Warzone Mobile game in Verdansk. It seems that all the locations from the original map have returned in this new version.
However, it seems that this single card is purely for testing purposes. “Project Aurora Closed Alpha content is not final and is subject to change”explain the devs in the May 11 blog. “For now, we’re just accessing the game’s large-scale Battle Royale gameplay mechanics on mobile devices.”
Therefore, we might see a whole new map when Warzone Mobile launches.
Will Warzone Mobile have crossplay?
Crossplay would not necessarily be a good idea given the difficulty of playing on mobile.
With development still quite confidential and not much being shared about the upcoming title, it’s impossible to say if the Warzone mobile experience will have crossplay with other platforms.
It would make sense for the mobile game to be the same as the main title, so one would expect Warzone Mobile to have crossplay with PC, Xbox, and PlayStation, although it’s impossible to say for sure.