Call Of Duty: Warzone Removes Several Popular Battle Royale Playlists

Call of Duty: Warzone is currently in its sixth and final season with Modern Warfare 3, and the developer has announced that playlist options will now be limited until the battle royale integrates with Black Ops 6 later this year.

Normally, Warzone playlists would rotate weekly, changing the offerings between a mix of solo, duo, trio, and quads. Sometimes all of the options were available, and other times playlists like duos or solos were temporarily removed for the week. Unfortunately, all of that changes now as Raven Software has revealed that Warzone’s playlists for Resurgence modes and standard battle royale are being consolidated, giving players fewer options to choose from.

Instead of weekly playlist rotations, players can expect only solo and quad playlists for standard battle royale on Urzikstan, and Resurgence maps are limited to duo and quads. This means the only way to play Warzone in trios is to play the competitive Ranked Play mode, which is getting a shorter timeframe for the final season. Season 6 of Ranked Play ends on October 17.

Raven Software didn’t give a specific reason for the consolidation or why these exact playlists were chosen to be axed, but instead vaguely mentions that the change is related to making “preparations for the future of Warzone,” and that more details will be shared in the future.

Additionally, the developer confirmed that Plunder, Bootcamp, and any active limited-time modes will remain available. Season 6 currently features a really fun sandbox-style mode called Purgatory that will be active in Warzone until October 16.

These limited playlist options will remain in Warzone until sometime later this year when the battle royale integrates with Season 1 of Black Ops 6. The first season of Black Ops 6 is set to introduce the new Area 99 Resurgence map to Warzone, with Urzikstan remaining as the large map experience.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 arrives on October 25 for Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, and PC. Make sure to check out all the big announcements for Black Ops 6, including campaign details, round-based Zombies, and Treyarch’s new omnimovement system.