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Battle royale for a new generation.
Released in March of 2020, the free-to-play battle royale Call of Duty: Warzone was initially intended to be a simple tie-in to 2019's Modern Warfare reboot reminiscent of Call of Duty: Black Ops 4's Blackout mode. However, Warzone quickly gained notoriety as one of the best first-person shooters available, giving other battle royale titles like Apex: Legends and Fortnite a run for their money. Call of Duty as a franchise has always had an annual release cycle, however, and the need to tie Warzone in with future premium titles quickly became an issue.
Full story from the WindowsCentral blog...