<s>
Call	B-Application
of	I-Application
Duty	I-Application
:	I-Application
Warzone	I-Application
is	O
a	O
free-to-play	O
battle	O
royale	O
video	O
game	O
released	O
on	O
March	O
10	O
,	O
2020	O
,	O
for	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
,	O
Windows	O
,	O
and	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
a	O
part	O
of	O
2019	O
's	O
Call	B-Application
of	I-Application
Duty	I-Application
:	O
Modern	O
Warfare	O
and	O
is	O
connected	O
to	O
2020	O
's	O
Call	B-Application
of	I-Application
Duty	I-Application
:	I-Application
Black	I-Application
Ops	I-Application
:	I-Application
Cold	I-Application
War	I-Application
and	O
2021	O
's	O
Call	B-Application
of	I-Application
Duty	I-Application
:	I-Application
Vanguard	I-Application
,	O
but	O
does	O
not	O
require	O
purchase	O
of	O
any	O
of	O
the	O
aforementioned	O
titles	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
introduced	O
during	O
Season	O
2	O
of	O
Modern	O
Warfare	O
content	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
features	O
both	O
cross-platform	B-Application
play	I-Application
and	O
cross-platform	O
progression	O
between	O
the	O
three	O
aforementioned	O
titles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
sequel	O
,	O
titled	O
Call	B-Application
of	I-Application
Duty	I-Application
:	I-Application
Warzone	I-Application
2.0	I-Application
,	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
November	O
16	O
,	O
2022	O
,	O
as	O
a	O
free-to-play	O
component	O
of	O
Call	B-Application
of	I-Application
Duty	I-Application
:	I-Application
Modern	I-Application
Warfare	I-Application
II	I-Application
,	O
while	O
a	O
mobile	O
version	O
of	O
Warzone	O
is	O
also	O
in	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Warzone	O
is	O
the	O
second	O
main	O
battle	O
royale	O
installment	O
in	O
the	O
Call	B-Application
of	I-Application
Duty	I-Application
franchise	O
,	O
following	O
the	O
"	O
Blackout	O
"	O
mode	O
of	O
Call	B-Application
of	I-Application
Duty	I-Application
:	I-Application
Black	I-Application
Ops	I-Application
4	I-Application
(	O
2018	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
‘‘	O
Warzone’’	O
differs	O
from	O
Black	B-Application
Ops	I-Application
4	I-Application
by	O
reducing	O
reliance	O
on	O
equipable	O
gadgets	O
and	O
instead	O
encouraging	O
the	O
accumulation	O
of	O
a	O
new	O
in-game	O
currency	O
called	O
Cash	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Warzone	O
has	O
also	O
been	O
used	O
to	O
reveal	O
upcoming	O
Call	B-Application
of	I-Application
Duty	I-Application
titles	O
through	O
similar	O
limited-time	O
gamemodes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Verdansk	O
was	O
the	O
original	O
Battle	O
Royale	O
map	O
featured	O
in	O
Warzone	O
for	O
the	O
Modern	O
Warfare	O
content	O
seasons	O
and	O
seasons	O
1	O
and	O
2	O
of	O
Black	B-Application
Ops	I-Application
Cold	I-Application
War	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Verdansk	O
'	O
84	O
was	O
an	O
updated	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
Verdansk	O
map	O
,	O
featured	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
Battle	O
Royale	O
and	O
Plunder	O
modes	O
for	O
the	O
Black	B-Application
Ops	I-Application
Cold	I-Application
War	I-Application
content	O
seasons	O
and	O
released	O
alongside	O
the	O
Season	O
3	O
content	O
update	O
in	O
April	O
2021	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rebirth	O
Island	O
was	O
the	O
second	O
map	O
introduced	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
with	O
the	O
integration	O
of	O
Black	B-Application
Ops	I-Application
Cold	I-Application
War	I-Application
's	O
contents	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
map	O
was	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
real-life	O
Vozrozhdeniya	O
Island	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
also	O
featured	O
in	O
the	O
Call	B-Application
of	I-Application
Duty	I-Application
:	I-Application
Black	I-Application
Ops	I-Application
campaign	O
mode	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Design-wise	O
,	O
the	O
map	O
is	O
a	O
re-imagination	O
of	O
"	O
Alcatraz	O
Island	O
"	O
,	O
previously	O
featured	O
in	O
Black	B-Application
Ops	I-Application
4	I-Application
's	O
Blackout	O
mode	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
First	O
teased	O
during	O
the	O
Multiplayer	O
reveal	O
of	O
Call	B-Application
of	I-Application
Duty	I-Application
:	I-Application
Vanguard	I-Application
,	O
Caldera	O
is	O
a	O
World	O
War	O
II-themed	O
island	O
map	O
released	O
with	O
the	O
Season	O
1	O
content	O
update	O
for	O
Vanguard	O
in	O
December	O
2021	O
with	O
mixed	O
reception	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Caldera	O
remains	O
as	O
the	O
only	O
playable	O
map	O
in	O
Warzone	O
following	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Call	B-Application
of	I-Application
Duty	I-Application
:	I-Application
Warzone	I-Application
2.0	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Call	B-Application
of	I-Application
Duty	I-Application
:	I-Application
Black	I-Application
Ops	I-Application
Cold	I-Application
War	I-Application
,	O
Activision	O
and	O
Treyarch	O
announced	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
would	O
feature	O
a	O
unified	O
progression	O
system	O
with	O
Warzone	O
,	O
allowing	O
items	O
from	O
Cold	O
War	O
multiplayer	O
modes	O
to	O
be	O
usable	O
within	O
Warzone	O
,	O
alongside	O
Modern	O
Warfare	O
items	O
players	O
have	O
earned	O
or	O
purchased	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
second	O
content	O
integration	O
was	O
announced	O
for	O
Warzone	O
by	O
Activision	O
and	O
Sledgehammer	O
Games	O
,	O
scheduled	O
shortly	O
after	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Call	B-Application
of	I-Application
Duty	I-Application
:	I-Application
Vanguard	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Warzone	O
's	O
story	O
is	O
intertwined	O
with	O
the	O
seasonal	O
narratives	O
of	O
Modern	O
Warfare	O
,	O
Black	B-Application
Ops	I-Application
Cold	I-Application
War	I-Application
and	O
Vanguard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Several	O
months	O
later	O
,	O
in	O
February	O
2021	O
,	O
a	O
Soviet-era	O
cargo	O
ship	O
,	O
named	O
Vodianoy	O
,	O
appears	O
and	O
crashes	O
on	O
the	O
shores	O
of	O
Verdansk	O
,	O
long	O
after	O
its	O
disappearance	O
in	O
1984	O
during	O
the	O
transportation	O
of	O
a	O
large	O
supply	O
of	O
lethal	O
gas	O
,	O
named	O
Nova	B-Application
6	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
CIA	O
squad	O
led	O
by	O
Frank	O
Woods	O
rescues	O
Adler	O
in	O
Verdansk	O
,	O
while	O
Stitch	O
continues	O
to	O
carry	O
out	O
his	O
plan	O
:	O
to	O
reactivate	O
Project	O
Nova	O
,	O
a	O
numbers	O
broadcast	O
program	O
once	O
helmed	O
by	O
Nikita	B-Application
Dragovich	I-Application
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
to	O
seize	O
control	O
of	O
various	O
brainwashed	O
sleeper	O
agents	O
embedded	O
in	O
Verdansk	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
island	O
would	O
eventually	O
become	O
a	O
battleground	O
between	O
two	O
gigantic	O
monsters	O
,	O
the	O
kaiju	O
Godzilla	O
and	O
the	O
gorilla	O
Kong	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
existence	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
had	O
been	O
leaked	O
a	O
month	O
prior	O
by	O
a	O
post	O
on	O
Reddit	B-Application
,	O
and	O
a	O
software	O
glitch	O
that	O
same	O
month	O
briefly	O
allowed	O
players	O
to	O
view	O
an	O
early	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
battle	O
map	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
February	O
11	O
,	O
2022	O
,	O
Activision	O
announced	O
that	O
alongside	O
2022	O
's	O
Call	B-Application
of	I-Application
Duty	I-Application
:	I-Application
Modern	I-Application
Warfare	I-Application
II	I-Application
,	O
developer	O
Infinity	O
Ward	O
was	O
also	O
working	O
on	O
"	O
a	O
new	O
Warzone	O
experience	O
"	O
designed	O
from	O
the	O
ground-up	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
8	O
,	O
2022	O
,	O
Activision	O
officially	O
announced	O
Call	B-Application
of	I-Application
Duty	I-Application
:	I-Application
Warzone	I-Application
2.0	I-Application
,	O
it	O
was	O
released	O
shortly	O
after	O
Modern	B-Application
Warfare	I-Application
II	I-Application
,	O
on	O
November	O
16	O
,	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Call	B-Application
of	I-Application
Duty	I-Application
:	I-Application
Warzone	I-Application
received	O
"	O
generally	O
favorable	O
reviews	O
"	O
from	O
critics	O
across	O
all	O
platforms	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
review	O
aggregator	O
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
its	O
7/10	O
review	O
,	O
GameSpot	O
praised	O
the	O
variety	O
and	O
size	O
of	O
the	O
maps	O
,	O
and	O
wrote	O
:	O
"	O
Warzone	O
is	O
a	O
great	O
sophomore	O
attempt	O
at	O
a	O
battle	O
royale	O
from	O
Call	B-Application
of	I-Application
Duty	I-Application
,	O
which	O
finally	O
manages	O
to	O
carve	O
out	O
its	O
own	O
identity	O
with	O
interesting	O
spins	O
on	O
the	O
existing	O
formula	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IGN	O
also	O
gave	O
the	O
game	O
7/10	O
,	O
summarizing	O
with	O
:	O
"	O
Call	B-Application
of	I-Application
Duty	I-Application
:	O
Warzones	O
beta	O
remains	O
thoroughly	O
enjoyable	O
even	O
in	O
spite	O
of	O
the	O
serious	O
concessions	O
to	O
depth	O
made	O
in	O
the	O
name	O
of	O
instant	O
gratification.	O
"	O
</s>
