Call of Duty: Warzone is a free-to-play battle royale video game developed by Raven Software and Infinity Ward, and published by Activision. The game was released on March 10, 2020, for PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One as a part of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019) and was subsequently connected to 2020's Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War and 2021's Call of Duty: Vanguard, but does not require purchase of any of the aforementioned titles. Warzone allows online multiplayer combat among 150 players and features both cross-platform play and cross-platform progression between the three aforementioned titles.
At launch, the game featured two main game modes: Battle Royale and Plunder. Warzone introduces a new in-game currency system that can be used at "Buy Stations" in and around the map. "Loadout" drops are an example of where Cash can be traded for access to players' custom classes. Players may also use Cash to purchase items such as "killstreaks" and gas masks. Cash can be found by looting buildings and killing players that have cash on them. At launch, Warzone only offered Trios, a squad capacity of three players; Solos, Duos and Quads have were eventually added to the game via post-launch updates.
Upon release, Warzone received generally favorable reviews from critics. Warzone was downloaded by six million people within 24 hours of its release; by April 2021, the game surpassed 100 million downloads.A sequel, titled Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0, was released on November 16, 2022. A mobile version of Warzone is also in development. In June 2023, Activision announced that Call of Duty: Warzone servers would be shut down on September 21, 2023 to focus development on Warzone 2.0.
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