Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold Warhas now received itsfirst season of content, which brings new guns, new maps, and new modes to not just the game but also battle-royale titleCall of Duty: Warzone, thanks to the two being integrated.
Possibly the biggest inclusion toCall of Duty: Warzoneis its new map,Rebirth Island, an old Soviet base that’s been repurposed into a testing facility for the deadly Nova 6 gas and is also heavily tied into the backstory of one of the new playable operators, Stitch.
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Right behind that, though, is a brand-new game mode set on Rebirth Island that’s expected to completely change how people playWarzone: Resurgence. It was first announced as part of the big blog post about the Season 1 update.
Unlike a normalWarzonematch, Resurgence does away withthe Gulag, the location where players who have been killed go and must fight each other to earn the right to return to the match. Rather than instantly eliminate killed players, though, Resurgence allows anyone who dies to respawn after a time limit has passed, provided the rest of their teammates don’t die in the interim.
When a player manages to kill an opponent, the rest of the opposing team’s members will briefly have their locations revealed, encouraging players to quickly hunt them down. So, players who find themselves a teammate or two down will want to try and play things safe and maybe avoid conflict altogether until their teammates respawn. This mode’s ruleset definitely shakes up the formula, but it’s too early to tell how popular the mode will become with players.
It’s also not the only thingWarzonehas now. Thanks to the aforementioned integration withBlack Ops Cold War, players have access to over 30 ofCold War’s weapons. Progression is also now shared across both games andCall of Duty: Modern Warfare, so any Battle Pass progression made in one game counts for the other two as well.
As forCold War, it’s received several new modes and maps of its own. And while Season 1 has only been out for a day, Treyarch is already teasing Season 2, confirming that it will includea new Zombies map, which is expected to drop at some point in either February or March.
However, there’s no knowing if all this new content will win back some players' favor.Cold War, in particular, has been harshly criticized by fans since it launched and it still hasa shockingly low user score on Metacritic.
Call of Duty: Warzoneis available on PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One.
