Warzone's season 1 launch will introduce a new 100-player limit that developer Raven Software hopes will make for a "faster paced battle royale."
Warzone season 1 is launching alongside the new Modern Warfare 3 battle pass on Wednesday, December 6, bringing along the brand new Urzikstan map and the aforementioned 100-player cap. Urzikstan, which according to Charlie Intel is about 20% smaller than Al Mazrah, will also put a 20-minute cap on match times.
In a tweet, Raven said its priority is "creating an optimal and fun experience for all of our players based on critical metrics," which include "time-to-action, the map size of Urzikstan, new circle timings and sizes, total match time (20 minutes), red dots, contracts, and various new and existing second chance mechanics."
"We want Season 1 to be a faster-paced Battle Royale and fundamentally we are here to listen and evolve," he said. "It's never easy to balance a single experience for hundreds of millions of different player types and motivations - but we hope you love it too."
The Call of Duty community has dubbed the upcoming relaunch 'Warzone 3.0', and although that's not its official name, it does do a good job emphasizing how big an update it is. In addition to Warzone's new Urzikstan map, the battle royale's integration with Modern Warfare 3 will completely reset your stats and start everyone on the same clean slate. There will be new weapons, modes, and events, a host of quality of life updates, and a few key updates to movement and other mechanics for parity with the latest mainline entry.
