Call of Duty: Warzone has seen a bumpy road since the battle royale spinoff of the massively popular shooter franchise first debuted in early 2020. While the game built up a massive player base over the first year of its lifespan, that number has seemingly fallen off rapidly over its second year as Activision previously reported that the battle royale lost nearly 50 million players throughout its second year on the market. Now, with Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 set to come out later this year alongside Call of Duty: Warzone 2, a long-requested feature may be in the upcoming sequel.
With the breakout success of Apex Legends and the inclusion of the game's popular Firing Range mode, many Call of Duty: Warzone players have suggested a similar change for the Activision-published franchise. Apex's Firing Range gives players a chance to not only practice new characters and learn their unique abilities, but also gives them access to all the guns in the game allowing players to test different guns as well as different loadouts to suit their playstyle. Now, a recent Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 leak has fans speculating a Firing Range may be coming with Warzone 2.
Prominent Call of Duty leaker TheGhostOfHope shared a screenshot of Modern Warfare 2 this morning showing off a firing range being tested for the highly-anticipated sequel. While the leaker did not make any hard confirmations on the feature's inclusion in Warzone, they did make the assumption that it "will also come to Warzone 2." A firing range for players to test out gun loadouts has been one of the game's most highly-requested features as players currently can only practice in less "high stakes" game modes.
Loadouts have been a controversial topic within the Warzone community in recent months as changes made to the game's loadout system have significantly impacted gameplay. Recent changes have given players respawning from the Gulag a chance to acquire a new loadout for free rather than having to spend any money to swap weapons mid-match. Another subsequent update further changes the loadout drops to make them occur much earlier in the map with players accusing the update of benefiting campers.
Warzone's addition of a firing range feature for the game's sequel would be a long-awaited addition to the highly-anticipated sequel as Activision recently lifted the veil on the highly-anticipated 2022 Call of Duty title. A tweet from Infinity Ward officially introduced the game as Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and gave fans a first look at the game's logo, while previous reports have teased "groundbreaking innovations" to come for the popular franchise. Following the recent downswing of Warzone, a new version of the game with significant updates and fan-requested features could be just the jolt the franchise needs.
Call of Duty: Warzone 2 is currently in development.