Game Director at Raven Software, Pete Actipis, has announced that Call of Duty: Warzone will soon follow in the footsteps of Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 and move back to the more traditional open matchmaking system, where skill is minimally considered. The major changes will come into effect with Call of Duty: Warzone's big Season 1 update, which is set to arrive in exactly one week, on Thursday, December 4. Players can also expect plenty of new content, gameplay changes, quality-of-life improvements, and much more with the new season.
For the past six years, Call of Duty's Multiplayer has used a skill-based matchmaking system (also known as SBMM). It was introduced in 2019's reboot of the Modern Warfare series and has been present in every mainline title since, up until the most recent release, Call of Duty: Black Ops 7. It operates exactly as the name implies; instead of prioritizing ping and connection, Multiplayer matches pair players based on their skill level. This was to ensure that casual players who may only play for a handful of hours each week don't get obliterated by try-hards in every lobby. While it seems like a great system in theory,...
