Activision has confirmed that Name of Responsibility: Warzone will quickly shut down on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, as a part of the upcoming Trendy Warfare 4 leaving last-gen consoles behind.
Trendy Warfare 4, due out in October, is about for launch on PC, Xbox Collection X and S, PlayStation 5, and Nintendo Swap 2 solely. There isn’t a model for PS4 or Xbox One. (For extra on Trendy Warfare 4, try our roundup of all the data introduced up to now.)
Season 1 of Trendy Warfare 4 kicks off shortly after the sport itself launches on October 23. And with that, Warzone will combine with Trendy Warfare 4 content material and seasonal development.
However the large information right here is that Warzone on PS4 and Xbox One will not be playable beginning with Season 1. Even earlier than then, from June 4, the battle royale will not be out there for brand new downloads on these consoles, although current gamers can proceed to play till Season 1 launches. Some Name of Responsibility microtransactions gained’t be out there on these platforms both.
In the meantime, on June 25, the in-game retailer for Name of Responsibility: Warzone on PS4 and Xbox One can be eliminated. Gamers can nonetheless progress by way of free Battle Cross tiers, together with unlocking new weapons in remaining Black Ops 7 seasons, Activision mentioned.
The PS4 and Xbox One are almost 13 years outdated now, and with Name of Responsibility shifting onto current-gen solely with Trendy Warfare 4, Warzone following swimsuit was most likely inevitable for Activision, given it is sharing content material throughout each video games. But it surely does really feel like one thing of an finish of an period, given Warzone’s enormous launch in early 2020, earlier than the PS5 and Xbox Collection X and S got here out.
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