Call of Duty: Warzone 2 hits 25 million players in less than a week
Call of Duty: War Zone 2.0 launched last week, but the battle royale sequel has already surpassed the 25 million player mark.
Official Call of Duty series account thanks Warzone 2.0 players for the above achievement Twitterwhere some users experience messages with a mix of fanfare and complaints about unstable server connections.
Thanks for the call of duty #Warzone2 player pic.twitter.com/gShG9I1fZl
– Call of duty (@CallofDuty) November 21, 2022
While the milestone seems to prove that early hiccups haven’t slowed Warzone’s momentum, the battle royale has experienced some nasty hiccups. Shortly after launch, several players took to Reddit to report a strange bug locking them out and asking them to shut down. buy Modern Warfare 2 even if they already own it.
another glitch sequence some invisible models, was revealed unexpectedly and was shot by a hidden opponent thanks to the problem. Player recordings of stealth glitches show users like YouTuber SuperEvan being shot and killed with no apparent source of damage, but the game’s Kill Cam reveals where stealth players are lurking in clear vision after death.
Before Warzone 2.0 came out, Activision announced the plan play first offline game in 12 days before relaunching it as Call of Duty: Warzone Caldera. The downtime is part of the publisher’s larger strategy to ensure both games are “completely stable” and Warzone players will receive gifts to compensate for the 2.0 launch. .
Developer Raven Software has acknowledged some, but not all, of Warzone’s reported issues via Trello board.
IGN repeat some of those mixed feelingsS in our ongoing review. Our initial impressions of Warzone 2.0 called it “an interesting evolution of its predecessor” as the servers remained stable enough to end the game.
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