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Warzone Mobile is officially a flop, getting shut down a little over a year after launch
Call of Duty: Warzone Mobile is shutting down just over a year after it initially came out, Activision announced today. Activision said that the game "unfortunately has not met our expectations with mobile-first players like it has with PC and console audiences," and it will now turn to "streamlining the scope of the game." Which basically means it's done and will no longer be receiving live service updates alongside Black Ops 6 and Warzone, or any other future game for that matter. Image via Activision The developers of the mobile battle royale said it "will no longer be delivering new seasonal content and gameplay updates to the mobile version" of Warzone, and effective immediately, players are no longer able to purchase real currency, rendering it effectively dead. Not only that, but after May 18, the game won't be downloadable from the Google Play Store and Apple App Store any longer. So, yeah, it's over. And judging by how hyped up the game was by Activision and its partners, it can only be considered a tremendous letdown for the publisher. It seems like CoD's efforts to capture the global mobile audience of billions of players fell flat with those who game on the go. And the fact that its main selling point, besides its platform, the Verdansk map, has now returned to the base Warzone game definitely didn't help in that regard. At first, the allure of being able to play CoD and level up the battle pass on my phone seemed cool. But then I remembered, hey, I hate playing shooters with mobile controls, and haven't touched it after about a week since launch. I'm sure I'm not alone in this assessment. https://twitter.com/WarzoneMobile/status/1923470814357385447 I'm also curious to see what this means for the separate Call of Duty Mobile's future, and CoD's future in mobile in general. Regardless, CoD will continue on with BO6's next few seasons, Warzone updates, and eventually a new game in the franchise this fall. The post Warzone Mobile is officially a flop, getting shut down a little over a year after launch appeared first on Destructoid.
Call of Duty: Warzone Mobile is shutting down just over a year after it initially came out, Activision announced today.
Activision said that the game "unfortunately has not met our expectations with mobile-first players like it has with PC and console audiences," and it will now turn to "streamlining the scope of the game." Which basically means it's done and will no longer be receiving live service updates alongside Black Ops 6 and Warzone, or any other future game for that matter.
The developers of the mobile battle royale said it "will no longer be delivering new seasonal content and gameplay updates to the mobile version" of Warzone, and effective immediately, players are no longer able to purchase real currency, rendering it effectively dead.
Not only that, but after May 18, the game won't be downloadable from the Google Play Store and Apple App Store any longer. So, yeah, it's over. And judging by how hyped up the game was by Activision and its partners, it can only be considered a tremendous letdown for the publisher.
It seems like CoD's efforts to capture the global mobile audience of billions of players fell flat with those who game on the go. And the fact that its main selling point, besides its platform, the Verdansk map, has now returned to the base Warzone game definitely didn't help in that regard.
At first, the allure of being able to play CoD and level up the battle pass on my phone seemed cool. But then I remembered, hey, I hate playing shooters with mobile controls, and haven't touched it after about a week since launch. I'm sure I'm not alone in this assessment.
I'm also curious to see what this means for the separate Call of Duty Mobile's future, and CoD's future in mobile in general. Regardless, CoD will continue on with BO6's next few seasons, Warzone updates, and eventually a new game in the franchise this fall.
The post Warzone Mobile is officially a flop, getting shut down a little over a year after launch appeared first on Destructoid.
