A new season has dropped in the free-to-play battle royale Warzone, but some players are reporting that they can't play without an Xbox Live Gold membership.
As covered in our live blog for Warzone Season 3, Twitter users started logging the issue and were pretty ticked off about it. Not only is Call of Duty: Warzone free-to-play, but Microsoft's rolled out an Xbox Live Gold policy change to ensure f2p titles wouldn't need a paid membership for their online multiplayer.
So the sudden requirement for a paid subscription has, rightfully, got players up in arms.
The new #Warzone update broke my game. I haven’t had Xbox live gold or any subscription for months now and I’ve been able to play free to play games including #Warzone. Microsoft instituted that policy last year. @InfinityWard please fix
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