Call of Duty Warzone 2.0 and the other big announcements from Call of Duty Next

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Activision hosted its latest Call of Duty presentation on Thursday, where the company revealed its upcoming plans for the series including new details about Modern Warfare 2, and the free-to-play battle royale sequel Warzone 2.0. Among the most important announcements was the release date for Call of Duty: Warzone2.0, which will be available Nov. 16 on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC (via Battle.net and Steam), Xbox One, and Xbox Series X.

To help you make sense of all the other announcements that Activision made during the event, here are the big announcements from Call of Duty Next.

Warzone 2.0 is a massive new sequel to Call of Duty’s tremendously popular battle royale shooter. Warzone 2.0 will take place on an entirely new map called Al Mazrah that combines desert combat with sprawling cities. Along with dozens of new areas and points of interest to explore, Al Mazrah will also include a new version of Warzone’s Gulag, which will require players to fight their way out in 2v2 matches. The new Gulag includes a few new mechanics, like a prowling warden and weapons scattered around the map.

The game also introduces a new twist on the battle royale formula with multiple circles across the map that will segregate groups of players before eventually pulling them all back together for a few climactic fights.

As with the original game, Warzone 2.0 will also include all of the weapons from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, which will be released on Oct. 26, and the two games will feature cross-progression. The game will also feature a new mode called DMZ, which will task players with entering the battlefield, then extracting with whatever gear they can.

During the Next presentation, Infinity Ward revealed new