Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 and Warzone 2 Reloaded Season 1 is launched by Activision, and it’s time for the big patch notes! Here’s everything you need to know and everything new in this update.
General updates for Modern Warfare 2, Warzone 2 and DMZ
Let’s already remember that part of the multiplayer mode of Modern Warfare 2 is available free this weekend. Three maps and four modes can thus be tested without having to buy the game.
Events
Warzone Cup
Following Modern Warfare FC’s “Support a Team” feature and the release of three limited-time Operator Packs, Season 01 Reloaded completes the round of football festivities – or special football features – with Warzone Cup.
Week-end 2XP
- Sony 2XP player: 14/12 – 15/12 (7 p.m.)
- Other players: 15/12 – 19/12 (7 p.m.)
- Double Weapon XP on all platforms: 12/15 – 12/19 (7 p.m.)
Cards
A new version of the fan-favorite 6v6 Shipment map is coming with the launch of Season 01 Reloaded.
From December 21 to January 4, celebrate the holiday season with The Naughty List playlist on a special holiday version of Shipment!
Modes
RAID Episode 1
The very first Call of Duty RAID arrived in Episode 1 of Atomgrad. The Raid episodes will be released each season and will be a mix of combat and puzzles to be explored in teams of 3 people.
Over the 5 seasons, a new story will unfold, beginning after the end of the Modern Warfare II campaign. Expect new storylines and old friends.
To access the raid, you must obtain a raid mission, which can be unlocked by performing one of the following actions:
- Complete a specific Daily Challenge in Multiplayer or Special Ops.
- Place in the top 20 in any playlist in Warzone 2.0 Battle Royale.
- In the DMZ, use the last Exfiltration Helicopter with at least $30,000 cash.
Once obtained, the assignment to a raid lasts for one week. Only one player must have an active raid assignment in order to access the raid. However, there is no matchmaking – it’s up to you to build your team.
The number of raids is random, and completing the raid multiple times will unlock different rewards, including Veteran Mode.
If you’re eager to get into the Raid and want to prepare, check out the Special Ops Missions for important mechanics, including upgrades to your various kits.
Warzone Cup Limited Time Mode
This limited-time mode brings two teams of three operators to the field of Al Easima, where one of the rivals of Al Mazrah Football Club is located. Here they will have special ATVs with impulse capability to push a huge soccer ball into the opposing team’s goal. Collect and throw shock sticks to block your opponents or drive through enemy vehicles to eject them!
The first team to score five goals, or the team with the most goals when the five-minute timer runs out, wins the match.
Warzone 2
Playlists
- Battle Royale Only
- Duos
- Quads
- Mini-Royale (Trio)
- Warzone Cup (Trio)
- DMZ (Trio)
Bug fixes and balancing
Many tweaks and bugfixes have been made. We can cite in particular the nerve of the LA Thieves skin, the addition of a new building on Al Mazrah in DMZ mode (Building 21) or even a modification of the XP tokens menu to display the time remaining on your XP tokens in the lobby screen. Here are some general game improvements:
- The XP tokens menu has been changed to show the time remaining on your XP tokens in the lobby screen.
- XP Tokens can now be equipped in the in-game pause menu.
- XP tokens can no longer be accidentally activated during Double XP events.
- Players who join a game in progress will no longer suffer a loss if their team loses the match.
- Equipment now has a tuning icon in the overview, indicating which can be tuned and which cannot.
- Finish moves now count towards the daily 30 kills in 3rd person Special Ops challenge.
- ‘Sticker Book Challenges’ in the After Action Report screen are now titled ‘Business Card Challenge’.
- Operator bios are no longer cut off mid-stream.
- Acquiring a new Blueprint now displays a pulsed dot next to the associated weapon in the Gunsmith.
- Players will no longer see a black screen on certain platforms when trying to purchase PCs.
- Various issues with unlocking and progressing weapons and attachments have been resolved, including the display of stats.
- Added a toggle or hold function for the ping wheel.
- Merged Hub and Friends tabs.
- Switched to smaller player map widgets for friends.
- Added support for batch/bulk sending of friend requests.
- Fixed various bugs impacting the Join and/or Invite to Party functions.
- Transition to a grid view when scrolling through the friends list.
- Adjusted member list states (muted, talking, online, etc.) for clarity.
- Adjusted the states of text messages in the game channel to make it clearer who they were sent to.
- Players in the member list are now split by team in lobbies.
- Fixed an issue where lobby players could still be heard when connected to a custom channel.
- Added the ability to text chat with members of a “group”.