The long-rumored return of Call of Duty: Warzone’s<\/em> original battle royale map, Verdansk, is currently scheduled for early 2025, according to a report.<\/p>
The new report from prolific leaker @BobNetworkUK<\/a> suggests that Verdansk is currently scheduled to return in season two of Black Ops 6,<\/em> which would line it up for a likely release sometime in February 2025. But its return “could be pushed back further as Raven Software are reportedly behind on their project deadlines,” according to Bob. <\/p>
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Warzone<\/em> players have been pining for Verdansk’s return for several years now after it was replaced in the original game by CoD<\/a>: Vanguard’s<\/em> Caldera map. Since the Warzone 2.0<\/em> iteration began in 2022, there have been two new BR maps called Al Mazrah and now Urzikstan, both of which have failed to live up to Verdansk’s hype for many.<\/p>
Reports as far back as December 2023 have suggested that Verdansk would be coming back for Black Ops 6<\/em><\/a>, so players have been excited about it for a while. But potential uncertainty about Verdansk’s assumed return won’t sit well with the community. The map has long been a nostalgic trip for gamers who fondly look back on the original game’s release in 2020 when Verdansk was the only option available.<\/p>
Funnily enough, Verdansk did return to CoD <\/em>earlier this year, but only in Warzone Mobile<\/a><\/em>. The iOS and Android version of the CoD <\/em>battle royale features the map in its original form before it evolved over time with in-game events and even a trip back in time to the era of 1984 for Black Ops Cold War.<\/em><\/p>
Elsewhere in the CoD <\/em>franchise, Bob also reported<\/a> that development on Infinity Ward’s next game in the franchise is at a “standstill” as “the team is seemingly unhappy with the narrative and mechanics of the game, and Activision is putting severe pressure on the studio as a whole.”<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
