Along with the release of Call of Duty: Warzone 2 And all the changes that come with it, Infinity Ward is launching a new Battle Pass alongside Season 1, which also looks to change the current progression model of pretty much the entire video game industry.
The battle pass of Warzone It’s typically been a linear progression design, much like other games like Destiny 2 and Fortnite, where new items are unlocked through gameplay and leveling up. This time around, however, Infinity Ward is taking a non-linear approach to give players more control over what rewards they unlock and when.
Call of Duty: Warzone 2 It will continue to deliver the chaotic battle royale action players are used to, though Infinity Ward is making some changes and additions to broaden the experience.
Warzone 2 will swap the city of Verdansk for the coastal area of Al Mazrah, and the battle royale will offer new ways to acquire and manage equipment, while the Gulag becomes a 2v2 affair.
Then there’s the new game mode DMZ, Call of Duty’s version of PvPvE, where players will go undercover to complete missions for three factions, defeat enemy AI soldiers and Operators, and walk away with their rewards or lose it all
Along with the revamped battle royale and the new DMZ mode, players will be able to unlock various seasonal items within the revamped battle pass which, as mentioned above, gives players more control over item unlocks.
The battle pass revamped changes the “long horizontal strip of tiered content” to 21 “combat sectors” containing the various rewards within the “Battle Pass Operations Area”. Each Battle Sector will contain Battle Pass rewards that can be unlocked using “Battle Token Level Skips”, which players earn by playing the game and can spend on Battle Sector items of their choice until the “target” option is unlocked. of high value”.
This option is the weapon blueprint for the one unlocked in that sector, it is available after unlocking four other items, and must be purchased to proceed to the next sector.
Infinity Ward will also continue to offer standalone content packs, containing additional weapons, operator skins, and more. One of the first themed packs coming to Warzone 2 on November 20 are the Modern Warfare 2 “FC Stars” packs, which were previously announced shortly after Modern Warfare 2 launched.
Players who grab all three packs will be able to jump into battle as Cymar Jr, Paul Pogba, or Lionel Messi in Modern Warfare 2 multiplayer or Warzone 2.