It's now official - Call of Duty Vanguard and Warzone Pacific's season 2 releases have been delayed.
Earlier on January 19, the official Twitter handle of Call of Duty informed the decision to push back the season 2 launch dates. The new dates have been shifted from February 2 to February 14. The delay will be across both games as the new season will start in both places simultaneously.
Naturally, news of the delay has upset one section of fans. Many players wanted the new season to start since a new season means new guns, operators and battle pass. Suffice to say that the delay was completely unexpected, which has mainly gone against a part of the community.
However, based on the developers' reasons, the delay in the start of season 2 could be a boon in disguise.
Call of Duty Vanguard is the more recent release of the two. The series' latest title may have done better than Battlefield 2042, but that doesn't mean it has fulfilled expectations. There have not been any sales numbers, but it's widely expected that Vanguard hasn't sold as much as its predecessor, the Black Ops Cold War.
Call of Duty Warzone Pacific has been an older release. The game became famous for its free-to-play approach and the fact that it was the first Call of Duty game to adopt the Battle Royale genre.
Both games have their pros and cons, but there are signs of poor development in both. Call of Duty Warzone Pacific still results in crashes on consoles along with network disconnections.
Call of Duty Vanguard could be excused for being new, but it's also a game that costs $60. Issues like packet loss and server overload shouldn't be there in such a game.
Then there are the issues of cheaters. Activision has done everything from banning accounts to directly
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