Call of Duty Season 3 Delayed Until April 3

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If you’ve been eagerly anticipating the arrival of Call of Duty: Warzone and Black Ops 6 Season 3, you’ll have to wait a bit longer. The developers working on these games, Activision included, have officially postponed the launch of Season 3 until April 3rd.

As a researcher delving into the latest gaming news, I’m excited to share that the team hints at the third season of Call of Duty being a significant milestone for both Call of Duty: Warzone and Black Ops Cold War. However, details regarding the specific content to be released with the launch are yet to be disclosed.

In simpler terms, every two months, new content for Call of Duty is released over the course of an entire year following its fall launch. This is followed by a mid-season update 30 days into each new season. The content usually features special events, continued storylines with additional characters, fresh maps and game modes, as well as new perks or weapons to enhance gameplay.

In February, the latest addition to Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 was Season 2 Reloaded. Normally, an in-game clock signals the conclusion of a season, and initially, Season 2 was slated to finish around March 20.

There were numerous rumors circulating among Call of Duty insiders suggesting that Season 3 would bring back Verdansk, the original map from Call of Duty: Warzone, which was introduced when the free-to-play Battle Royale game debuted on March 10, 2020. These “leakers” speculated about this return.

Activision has announced that the map Verdansk will be making a comeback in Call of Duty: Warzone this coming spring; however, they haven’t given any specific date yet for when gamers can rejoin the action at the stadium.

Due to a decision by the Call of Duty team to reduce content for Season 2, the release of Season 3 for both Warzone and Black Ops 6 has been postponed. This move was made by the studios responsible for the franchise in response to player complaints during Season 1, with the aim of enhancing the overall playability of Warzone.

After blending with Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, Warzone experienced a notable decline in its gameplay features. Unlike previous Call of Duty premium games that added new maps for battle royale modes when integrated into Warzone, the fusion with Black Ops 6 introduced a compact map named Area 99. Modeled after the renowned Nuketown from the Black Ops series, this map is exclusive to Warzone’s Resurgence playlists, which favor faster-paced combat and permit respawning, deviating from traditional battle royale gameplay.

Instead of introducing an updated map for Battle Royale gameplay, Treyarch and Raven Software chose an unexpected move by returning the current BR map, Urzikstan, to its original form as it was first released. This action effectively erased a year’s worth of updates made to Urzikstan, which initially debuted alongside Season 1 content for Sledgehammer Games’ Modern Warfare 3 (2023).

Due to the elimination of certain features and updates along with a malfunctioning anti-cheat system, many well-known Call of Duty influencers have strongly criticized the condition of Warzone and urged others to abandon this free-to-play game. This unfavorable sentiment towards Warzone comes even as Black Ops 6 saw an unprecedented number of players. Before the release of Urzikstan, the community was already clamoring for a return of Verdansk.

In the initial release of Call of Duty: Warzone, the map known as Verdansk was taken down to make way for a new version called Warzone 2.0, which debuted simultaneously with Modern Warfare 2 in 2022. However, despite being absent from PC and console editions of Call of Duty, Verdansk reappeared within the franchise through Call of Duty: Warzone Mobile.

The comeback of Verdansk in PC and console editions of Call of Duty: Warzone might function as a key indicator for the potential future of its free-to-play mode, rather than just what enthusiasts may prefer it to be. A well-known source leaking Call of Duty news suggests that if the reintroduction of Verdansk doesn’t boost the player count of Warzone, it could potentially lead to the abandonment of plans for Warzone 3.0 in the future.

I’m thrilled to share that I can jump into the action of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 and Warzone! These exhilarating games are accessible across platforms – Xbox, PlayStation, and even on PC through Steam, Microsoft Store, or Battle.net. It’s a battlefield open for all!

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2025-03-04 12:17