Summary

  • Raven Software chooses Call of Duty: Warzone's weekly playlists based on a mix of data and community feedback for player appeal.
  • Next week's playlists will reintroduce the Lockdown mode while making all Resurgence modes rotate between Fortune's Keep and Vondel.
  • A recent patch made gameplay adjustments and addressed cheating spikes with improvements to the Ricochet Anti-Cheat system.

Raven Software has explained that it selects Call of Duty: Warzone's weekly playlists by combining hard data with community opinion. The studio also unveiled next week's Call of Duty: Warzone playlists, which include the return of a unique mode.

Yesterday, on February 21, Warzone received a new patch that mainly attempted to address cheating concerns. The update noted that cheating reports have recently spiked and that Call of Duty has additional upgrades to its Ricochet Anti-Cheat system on the way. The recent patch also made adjustments to the Advanced UAV, Shock Stick, multiple weapons, and Ranked Resurgence. Despite the Ricochet upgrades, the Call of Duty community has continued to emphasize the cheating issues that are becoming increasingly common within Warzone. Following the recent patch, Raven has made an additional announcement regarding Warzone.

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In a new post, Raven stated that Warzone's playlists aren't chosen by using an exact science, but by using a combination of internal data and social sentiment. It further explained that the studio's goal is "to always appeal to the widest group of players possible." However, due to Warzone's large player base, it's probably not easy for Raven to select its rotational playlists without upsetting one segment of the community or another. The studio did not detail what statistics it uses or how it measures the community's opinion on various modes. But presumably, it analyzes data related to player engagement and measures opinions on platforms like Twitter or Reddit. While this strategy certainly isn't groundbreaking, it does re-confirm that Raven continues to take community sentiment into account instead of solely relying on hard numbers. A 2022 post from Warzone's development team offered some more insight on the matter.

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New Playlists Coming to Warzone Next Week (February 29 to March 7)

Raven also revealed Warzone's playlists for next week, which runs from February 29 to March 7. Next week's changes will make all Resurgence modes rotate between Fortune's Keep and Vondel and will also reintroduce Lockdown, which will be playable on Warzone's Vondel map in the Quads format. Lockdown is a unique mode within Warzone that combines Call of Duty's Hardpoint mode with the battle royale format.

Both this week and next week, users can also play Warzone's Battle Royale Preview mode. Similar to last time this playlist was available, users can fight over the mode's exclusive Weapon Case feature while attempting to Covert Exfil, which is another exclusive feature. However, this time around, Battle Royale Preview also includes Zombie Power Ups, which users may have already encountered in Resurgence.

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Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare III
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November 10, 2023
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The war has changed. Call of Duty returns with an all-new campaign, modernized versions of classic Multiplayer maps and an open-world PvE Zombies experience. The campaign, a direct sequel to the record-breaking Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II, sees Captain Price and Task Force 141 face off against ultranationalist war criminal Vladimir Makarov as he extends his grasp across the world.  In Multiplayer, the 16 maps that launched with Modern Warfare 2 in 2009 return with upgraded graphics, new modes and innovative gameplay features. In Modern Warfare Zombies, team up with other squads for the first time ever as you work together to survive in the largest Zombies map yet

Developer(s)
Sledgehammer Games
Publisher(s)
Activision
Genre(s)
First-Person Shooter