On Monday, the official Call of Duty Twitter account revealed that Season 03 of Black Ops 6 and Warzone will no longer launch as planned on March 20. Instead, in an effort to ensure maximum quality for a "big moment," Season 03 will release on April 3.
The season, which has been rumored to see the return of Verdansk, has a lot of pressure to deliver, particularly as player counts for COD continue to dwindle. Now, that pressure has been magnified tenfold, as it's being reported that should Verdansk fail to retain its current playerbase on top of attracting a new base, then the mode will cease to exist.
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As part of a larger information dump, including information about the 2026 iteration of Call of Duty being on the next-generation of Xbox consoles, COD insider TheGhostofHope also shared that should Verdansk fail, then there will be no Warzone 3.
It's unclear what would happen to the existing Warzone mode should Verdansk not hit the expectations placed on it. Currently, it's the only mode that allows users to use purchased skins from previous CODs, meaning a potential disbandment could...