One of the biggest questions in the Call of Duty community is if the upcoming Call of Duty 2021 will have Warzone integration similar to Call of Duty: Blacks Ops Cold War. While Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War has integrated with Warzone with a little backlash due to meta changes, Call of Duty 2021 may have some different challenges that could affect its integration.
Call of Duty 2021 will reportedly be set in World War 2, which is a drastically different setting than both Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War and Modern Warfare. Although the Warzone integration was a little rough with Black Ops Cold War, the gameplay works due to weapons and equipment being relatively similar. However, if Call of Duty 2021 is set during WW2, developers are uncertain how integration with Warzone will work.
A Call of Duty 2021 leak claims the game will also be set in an alternative timeline where WW2 never ended, so it is possible the title will feature weapons and equipment from an era after the original timeline of WW2, but most likely the title will also feature era-accurate weapons as well. However, despite being in set in very different eras, Call of Duty 2021 will reportedly share weapons and player progression systems with Warzone.
However, Call of Duty 2021 may take the same integration path as Black Ops Cold War. Upon release, Black Ops Cold War was barely integrated with Warzone, but now Warzone may have a Black Ops-themed event that will change the map and gameplay drastically. Call of Duty 2021 may not get its own Warzone map upon release, but could change the Warzone map to fit its WW2 theme.
Call of Duty developers have stated that Warzone will be front and center for years to come, so Call of Duty 2021 is expected to integrate with Warzone, although how in depth the integration will be is unclear. Now that one major Call of Duty title has been integrated with the free-to-play battle royale, developers have a better idea how to release content for the multiple Call of Duty titles tied into Warzone.
Along with the leak stating the theme of Call of Duty 2021, another leak has indicated that Call of Duty 2021 will bring back a controversial feature that has been seen in Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War. These leaks have not been officially confirmed by Activision, and could be subject to change before Call of Duty 2021's release.
Call of Duty 2021Â is in development for unspecified platforms.
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