The mobile adaptation of Call of Duty: Warzone, Activision Blizzard’s wildly popular battle royale shooter, is gearing up to roll out later this week with the launch of a new trailer.
The trailer was dropped on the official Call of Duty: Warzone Mobile YouTube channel on March 16th while the game will be available worldwide on the Android and iOS platforms starting March 21st.
According to an official Call of Duty blog post, iconic battle royale maps Verdansk and Rebirth Island will make their return and a day after the launch, a special event will take place.
📱 Mobile just got REAL.
Real Call of Duty action. Real graphics. More real players. Plus, Level up your weapons & share progress across #MW3 and Call of Duty #Warzone! Call of Duty #WarzoneMobile officially drops everywhere March 21st! Pre-reg here👉 https://t.co/OCX1oXPBhI pic.twitter.com/riXP3BZett
— Call of Duty: Warzone Mobile (@WarzoneMobile) March 14, 2024
Activision Blizzard says the Operation: Day Zero event lets gamers earn rewards by completing in-game challenges, which will also be available across other games in the Call of Duty franchise, such as 2023’s reboot of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3.
The event will take place across the two aforementioned maps and will have players vying to complete specific challenges, such as getting headshots, completing contracts, purchasing items from the buy store, or eliminating an enemy player, to earn rewards.
In a recent interview with GamesBeat, Chris Plummer, co-studio head for Warzone Mobile, affirmed that the game is not a port, but a standalone title of its own.
It’s not a port. It’s important to emphasize that. We’re not trying to do a straight port of the console experience. We feel like we’ve created the best-in-class experience. This is what Call of Duty is meant to be if you’re fully connected on a touch screen.
If touch screens aren’t your thing, of course, we support Bluetooth controllers and all these other ways to play. But what most people are doing around the world when they play a mobile game is they pull it out of their pocket whenever time allows and they get a session in. That’s what we wanted them to be able to do. We focused on that.
