Modern Warfare 4 Season 1 Gives Warzone a Major Makeover

Season 1 of Modern Warfare 4 reaches Warzone on November 6, and it reshapes the battle royale around the new Call of Duty. Black Ops 7's maps are out. In their place, DMZ's Hajin becomes Warzone's large standard map, keeping the same points of interest as its DMZ version along with dynamic rain and fog. It also gets a 1v1 Gulag arena with two layouts. The smaller Zodiac map takes over as the Resurgence map. Verdansk and Rebirth Island are set to return later in the season for map rotation, while Black Ops 7's Avalon and the Fortune's Keep Resurgence map are not expected back.

Movement is getting a overhaul as well. Black Ops 7's omnimovement is gone, and battle royale switches to Modern Warfare 4's more restrained system, with fluid sliding and mantling. Tactical Sprint is now available to every operator without a perk, although its duration is slightly shorter. Players can also drag a teammate out of danger while reviving them.

The season adds some new toys to the map. The Zipline Launcher lets players set anchors and string a zipline across rough terrain, and it stays active until someone retrieves or destroys it. The Grabber Drone is a rarer tool that can lift loot, environmental objects, and even downed operators closer to a revive point, or pull items from a Buy Station. Explosive fuel barrels, dumpsters, cable spools, and construction equipment can now be moved around to create cover or block enemy routes.

Progression is getting a reset too. Because a new Warzone year begins with Season 1, every player returns to level one, with the option to level up and prestige across multiplayer, DMZ, and Warzone. All Modern Warfare 4 operators, weapons, attachments, and camos carry over into battle royale. The guns from the last three Call of Duty games become "legacy" weapons. They remain usable, but they can no longer be customized in the Gunsmith.

Warzone is also dropping support for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, as Modern Warfare 4 leaves that older hardware behind. Players who move to a supported platform can keep their progression by signing in to the same linked Activision account. A new operator-skin toggle, off by default, lets players filter out the cel-shaded and outlandish skins that have crept into Warzone and replace them with Modern Warfare 4 operators. The setting only changes what you see, so other players are unaffected.

The update also brings a new battle pass, more multiplayer maps and modes, a batch of DMZ content, and four DLC weapons. It marks Warzone's arrival on the Nintendo Switch 2 as well. Activision says detailed gameplay adjustments and weapon tuning will come in the Season 1 patch notes later this week.