Call of Duty: Warzone Announces 'Fifth and Final' Season

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Activision has announced that the fifth and final season of Call of Duty: Warzone will begin on August 24, implying the release of Warzone 2 could be right around the corner.

Announced on the game's website, the final season is named Last Stand and is centred around a league of Call of Duty villains led by Black Ops 2's Raul Menendez. The original Modern Warfare's Khaled Al-Asad also makes an appearance, alongside Ghosts' Gabriel T. Rorke and Black Ops 3's He “Seraph” Zhen-Zhen.

Call of Duty seasons - which takes place simultaneously across Warzone and Vanguard - typically last around two to three months, meaning this final season of Warzone will likely end in November.

Black Ops: Cold War's final season continued for around one month following Vanguard's release, and since Modern Warfare 2 is launching on October 28, this also lines up with a November end date for Warzone - and therefore, presumably, a launch date for Warzone 2.

Nothing is confirmed, of course, but rumours of a November release date did circulate earlier this week. An official confirmation shouldn't be too far away, however, as the Call of Duty: Next showcase on September 15 is set to reveal new Warzone 2 information alongside other games in "the immediate future of Call of Duty".

Activision has said incredibly little about the Battle Royale sequel since it was announced in February, only commenting in April that Warzone 2 "features groundbreaking innovations" and will be fully revealed sometime this year.

Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelancer. He'll talk about The Witcher all day.