Call of Duty: Warzone, Activision Blizzard’s battle royale, is one of the most popular games in the world. Players of all kinds useCall of Duty: Warzone’s party matchmaking system to find teammates to try and claim victory. Which begs the question: why areWarzone’s millions of players, in all their diversity and uniqueness, all filtered through the same matchmaking system? That’s a question Activision Blizzard wants to answer with a recent exciting update toCall of Duty: Warzone’s party finder.
The problem before Activision Blizzard is finding a way forCall of Duty: Warzoneplayers searching for a party to have a more enjoyable experience. After all, not every player’s style and approach to playingCall of Duty: Warzoneis going to mesh with another’s. Not every player looking for a party wants to have a conversation or get super sweaty. That’s whyCall of Duty: Warzone’s latest updateallows players to filter their party search so party members are better suited for their teammates.
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The August 25 patch forCall of Duty: Warzoneannounced the launch of a beta feature called Looking for Party. This feature will allowCall of Duty: Warzoneplayersto select specific preferences before looking for party members, which will then filter out potential teammates who don’t match. The promise is that using Looking for Party will enableCall of Duty: Warzoneplayers to have a more enjoyable, and hopefully more successful, experience than before.
For the time being, Activision Blizzard lists three different preferences that players can select or deselect in the Looking for Party feature. First is whichWarzoneGame Modesplayers are looking for, which is a simple and important preference for a party. Second, players can choose a communication level, allowing players to choose whether they want a silent or vocal party. Lastly, there’s a preference for play-style, allowing players to choose their party’s aggressiveness.
It’s worth repeating that the Looking for Party feature forCall of Duty: Warzoneis a beta test. Activision Blizzard wants to see how the function is used and whether it’s successful at improvingWarzoneplayers' experiences. It’s entirely possible players will prefer not to use it, or only use it for basic functionality like game types. Perhaps players will ultimately decide they like diverse party compositions more than a more catered experience.
Regardless, what’s particularly exciting about the newCall of Duty: WarzoneLooking for Party feature is that it gives players a choice. Everyone being put into parties through the same system almost feels archaic, when considering it’s used by millions of players. Perhaps it’ll only be a minority of players who use it, but for that minority it could make a profound impact on their enjoyment ofWarzone. Hopefully,other battle royaleswill be quick to follow suit.
Call of Duty: Warzoneis available now on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
