Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0 crosses 25 million players in just five days
The newest version of Call of Duty’s battle royale is again a free-to-play experience.
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What you need to know
Call of Duty has refreshed its take on the Battle Royale experience, and it’s already off to a huge start.
The official Call of DutyTwitteraccount shared thatCall of Duty: Warzone 2.0crossed 25 million players, just five days after the free-to-play game launched on Nov. 16, 2022. Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0 is currently available across Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PS5, PS4, and Windows PC.
This massive launch builds on the success of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, which fully launched back on October 28 andcrossed $1 billion in salesjust 10 days after launch. Elsewhere in the Activision Blizzard portfolio,Overwatch 2 crossed 35 million playersin its launch month.
All of this comes as Microsoft is working to acquire Activision Blizzard for almost $69 billion. The deal is currently undergoing regulatory review, having been approved in a couple of countries and seeing in-depth examination at the FTC in the U.S, the CMA in the U.K, and the European Commission for multiple other countries.
Microsoft has reportedly offered Sony a deal forguaranteed access to Call of Duty to for 10 years, though Sony declined to make a statement regarding the offer. Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO Jim Ryan previously indicated that a three-year offer from Microsoft was not good enough, and that the terms were “inadequate.”
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2022)
The latest big Call of Duty game is here, and it’s accompanied by Warzone 2.0, a new version of the Call of Duty battle royale experience. You can hop into Warzone 2.0 for free, then pick up 2022’s campaign and multiplayer suite.
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