Warzone Season 1 release time, date, Area 99, S1 update patch notes and Battle Pass | Gaming | Entertainment
The new Warzone Resurgence map is called Area 99, and is essentially a hugely expanded version of Nuketown.
The desert map features a host of roadways and sandy trenches, which are said to be centred around a central “bullseye” reactor.
Points of interest include a Mannequin factory, as well as a nuclear test site, abandoned shipping yard and Loading Bay.
Needless to say, the new season also adds a ton of rewards to unlock as part of the Battle Pass. As you can see from the Battle Pass trailer above, this includes the addition of Sevati ‘Sev’ Dumas as a new Operator, complete with four unlockable skins. Speaking of which, fans will also be able to unlock skins for Bayan, Maya, Bailey, Carver, Alvarez, Nazir, Stone, Rossi, and Niran.
That’s on top of new weapons, COD Points, Finishing Moves, Emblems, Sprays, Loading Screens, Emotes and lots more. These rewards are unlockable across Black Ops 6 and Warzone.
Warzone will also undergo some pretty significant changes in the gameplay department, with features like Omnimovement making the jump from Black Ops 6 to Warzone.
You can check out the early Season 1 patch notes below for a closer look at some of the main changes coming to Warzone on November 14.
Warzone Season 1 update early patch notes…
NEW COMBAT FEATURES
• Omnimovement and Body Shield
– Sprint forward, sideways, or backwards.
– Shoot targets while sliding or diving forward, sideways, or backwards.
– Use Body Shield as an alternate to a Finishing Move; grab a foe from behind and use them to soak up the damage.
• Emotes and Sprays
– Operator gestures known as Emotes, which can be employed during a match or in the Winner’s Circle after a victory, are back and earnable via Level Unlocks.
– Sprays are back and ready to be employed in a variety of new and inventive ways!
• Quick Inventory
– Streamlining of the Inventory system comes to Call of Duty: Warzone, with the removal of the current Backpack system
– Inventory is divided into the following sections:
– Cash on hand
– Gas Mask
– Armor Plates
– Killstreaks
– Field Upgrade
– Primary, Secondary, and Melee Weapons
– Ammunition for your AR, SMG, Shotgun, Sniper, and Launcher
• Satchels
– Satchels are optional, lootable equipment that increase the storage capacity of the dedicated inventory slots within a Call of Duty: Warzone Match.
– Expect the following Satchel types..
– Armour Satchel: This substantially increases your Armor Plate carrying capacity.
– Munitions Satchel: This increases the Ammunition capacity for AR, SMG, Shotgun, Sniper, and Launcher ammunition.
• Progression, Prestige, and Challenge Integrations
– Level Unlocks: Your Player Level will be reset to 1, and you’ll earn XP to progress through 55 Player Level Unlocks, gaining access to Weapons, Equipment, Killstreaks, and Perks as you go.
– Classic Prestige: After reaching Player Level 55, you have the option to Prestige, re-locking most of your Player Level content, but allowing you to progress through ten Prestige levels, all of which come with incredible unlockable content!
– Prestige Mastery: Once you complete Prestige 10, you unlock Prestige Mastery, with a further 1,000 Levels to climb, and ultimate rewards to claim!
– Calling Card Challenges: Expect an impressive selection of Calling Cards to be unlocked the Black Ops way, including cards only available after Prestiging, or completing fully redacted “Dark Ops” challenges!
– Reticle Challenges: Equip a Black Ops 6 Optic to one of the new weapons and a “reticle” option opens in the Gunsmith > Cosmetics menu.