Call of Duty fans had to wait an extra week for Call of Duty: Warzone Season 4 to start, but it's now live in the game. Infinity Ward released the Call of Duty: Warzone Season 4 update late last night, bringing with it a number of changes to both the standard Modern Warfare multiplayer experience as well as the Warzone battle royale.
In regards to Warzone, one of the biggest changes is the introduction of in-match events, with three in the game so far. These in-match events will trigger about halfway through any given Warzone match, prior to the Gulag closing, and all have interesting implications for how the game will play out. To start, Infinity Ward has added three Warzone in-match events: Fire Sale, Jailbreak, and Supply Chopper.
When a Jailbreak happens, all eliminated players are entered back into the match, whether they're fighting in the Gulag or are just a spectator. They will be given a brief opportunity to resupply before they are added back to the game. Fire Sale, meanwhile, discounts the items that Warzone players can purchase at the Buy Station by a whopping 80%, and sometimes it gives out items for free. Buying back a dead teammate will always be free during a Fire Sale, though loadouts are never discounted. Fire Sales only last 60 seconds, and so they will make Buy Stations heavily crowded and dangerous areas for their duration.
The third and final Warzone in-match event is called Supply Choppers. It makes a heavily armored helicopter spawn on Verdansk that players can destroy to get some high-tier loot, like gas masks and cash. Enemy teams will have the opportunity to steal loot from players, regardless of who destroyed the armored helicopter.
Needless to say, these Warzone in-match events have potential to significantly shake things up in the battle royale. Fire Sales alone could turn the tide in a big way and help a team that was nearly out of the game bounce back significantly. Jailbreak also seems like it could completely flip the table on a team that's on their way to a victory, so it remains to be seen how the community will react to this new feature.
If nothing else, Warzone in-match events will ensure that there is a new degree of unpredictability that wasn't present in the battle royale before. Depending on how the community reacts to this new feature, it's possible that Infinity Ward will remove certain in-match events in future, like how it removed Most Wanted contracts, or it may even add new ones to the mix. In the meantime, Warzone enthusiasts can check out the in-match events that are currently available in the game.
Call of Duty: Warzone is out now for PC, PS4, and Xbox One.