Call of Duty: Warzone Mobile Should Take Fans Back to Verdansk

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In 2020, free-to-play battle royale game Call of Duty: Warzone was released to complement 2019's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. Intending to compete against the likes of Fortnite, PUBG, and Apex Legends, it's no surprise that the game is now set to receive a mobile port sometime in the near future. Warzone was especially praised for its map upon launch. However, Verdansk, was eventually discarded in favor of a new map, Caldera.

Verdansk was a fan-favorite map for its diversity between cities and other locales, leading to unique gunfights. Following the Destruction of Verdansk event, the original Verdansk map was replaced with Verdansk '84 in Season 3. However, Verdansk was entirely discarded in favor of the Caldera map in the Pacific Season 1 update, alongside the release of Call of Duty: Vanguard. The new map has had its fair share of issues, and a certain nostalgia for Verdansk installed itself in the fandom since its discontinuation. Hence, Call of Duty: Warzone should seek to reinstate the Verdansk map with the Warzone mobile port.

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Verdansk is a city is the fictional country of Kastovia, a former Soviet Republic. The city ties the Black Ops and Modern Warfare universes together. It's in Verdansk that CIA operative Russell Adler was held by Perseus agent Stitch, and used as a guinea pig for Dragovich's mind control program that Perseus was trying to improve. He would be rescued by Frank Woods a week after the destruction of Yamantau. Adler would later rig the entire city to stop Stitch, which resulted in its complete destruction. The location of those events is the Verdansk '84 map, taking place in 1984.

After the Cold War, Verdansk would be rebuilt collaboratively by Russia and