As announced today,Call of Duty: Warzone, the franchise’s first free-to-play, and second overall take on the battle royale genre, has managed the massive feat of garnering over 30 million players. More impressively though, this achievement comes only ten days afterCall of Duty Warzone’sinitial launch date, on March 10th of 2020.
The announcement was made over a post onCall of Duty’sofficial Twitter page. Fairly simple in nature, the post stated that the game had reached 30 millionWarzoneplayers before thankingthe game’s communitywith a short message and a promotional image, then urging other prospective players to join in, making particular mention of the game’s free-to-play structure.
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The gameplay ofWarzoneis relatively straightforward, mainly being a hybrid between staple battle royale mechanics andCall of Duty’ssignature gameplay and features. While maintaining the battle royale standard of dropping players into a map scattered with weapons and vehicles with only one life and a single winner,Warzonefeatures an unusually large amount of players, totaling up to 150.
However,Warzonealso utilizes gameplay elements from the mainlineCall of Dutygames,including loadouts, killstreaks, and perks. These elements are then often tweaked in some way to make them fit better within the framework of a battle royale game.
Over 30 million players placesCall of Duty: Warzonewith the two best-selling entries to the series,Call of Duty: Black OpsandCall of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, each of which sold a little under 31 million units. Themain difference withWarzonewhich greatly aids it, however, is that it’s a free-to-play title, unlikeBlack OpsandModern Warfare 3, which were both paid entries.
While competitors likeFortnitehave reached total player numbers well into the hundreds of millions,Call of Duty: Warzone’ssuccess is illustrated by the brief amount of time it’s been available for. This surge in popularity is perhaps mostcomparable tpApex Legends, which reached over 25 million players in its first week.
Warzonecan only be expected to grow from here as it continues to gain time on the market, and as new features are introduced. Given thisstrong initial showing, more impressive numbers and achievements are almost certain to follow.
Call of Duty: Warzoneis currently available for PC, Playstation 4, and Xbox One.
