Call of Duty: Warzone 2 is the sequel to Call of Duty’s popular, free-to-play battle royale Call of Duty: Warzone, launching shortly after the release of 2022’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. The sequel saw Infinity Ward leave behind the city of Verdansk for the coastal region of Al Mazrah, pitting players against each other in a landscape which includes deserts, towns, and marshlands. It also saw the addition of DMZ, Call of Duty’s take on PvPvE where players battle AI bots and other players while completing missions for one of three factions in Al Mazrah to earn usable gear in Modern Warfare 2’s multiplayer and Warzone 2, if they can survive and extract with their loot.
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Following the two-week delay to Season 2’s release, Infinity Ward has been giving players a look at the new content and changes coming to Modern Warfare 2 and Warzone 2. One of those additions is the returning Resurgence mode to appease players craving the smaller, faster-paced gameplay which made the mode a hit with players when it released. The studio teased the new map coming with Resurgence when Season 2 goes live in a tweet on the official Call of Duty account, with a subsequent tweet revealing the map’s name to be Ashika Island.
The addition of Ashika Island would make it the fourth island map produced for Warzone and Warzone 2 following Rebirth Island, Fortune’s Keep, and Caldera. Rebirth Island was one of two maps produced following the release of 2020’s Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War, along with Verdansk ‘84, playing on the Cold War setting and timeframe the game is set in. Fortune’s Keep and Caldera, by comparison, take influence from World War 2 given the maps were released following the release of the World War 2-era game Call of Duty: Vanguard.
Players can argue given this trend with Warzone’s maps taking queues from that year’s Call of Duty title, it would not be surprising to see Ashika Island continue it with a modern day aesthetic. An argument can also be made that the map will likely be smaller to better accommodate Resurgence as the mode caps at 50 players for a match. It all remains speculation, though, until players can get a proper look at the map when it is revealed on January 31.
Call of Duty: Warzone 2 is currently available on PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
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