Season 2 for Call of Duty’s Modern Warfare II multiplayer and Warzone 2.0 arrives connected February 15. An official blog from yesterday details the galore changes we tin expect for the game’s assorted modes, immoderate of which ought to marque fans of the archetypal Warzone very, precise blessed people. Ya’ll didn’t conscionable get your 1v1 gulags back, but determination are besides immoderate cardinal changes to loot you’ll privation to wage attraction to.

Season 2 volition diagnostic a fig of prime of beingness adjustments to the UI, arsenic good arsenic improvements to audio crossed the game. Along with limb balances (details connected those are forthcoming), play 2 is benignant of a throwback, seeing Warzone and MWII yet getting immoderate adjustments that ought to consciousness precise acquainted to fans of the older games. The gulag, loadouts, backpacks, and much are each getting tweaked, immoderate to a beauteous important degree. Let’s get into it.

The gulag’s Jailer is retired and flags are backmost in

Warzone 2.0 brought a clump of changes that weren’t needfully a deed with the community. The gulag’s 2v2 and Jailer mechanic, which spawned a bullet-sponge of an NPC successful the mediate of the gulag match, was apt precocious among them. While we person known that 2v2s are getting replaced by acquainted 1v1 showdowns, folks ought to beryllium blessed to cognize that the Jailer is connected his mode retired too. Now, conscionable arsenic it was successful the archetypal Warzone, the archetypal overtime emblem seizure volition find who walks retired alive. Capture the flag, and you’ll deploy backmost retired onto the battlefield; if some players neglect to seizure the flag, past the idiosyncratic with the astir wellness wins.

Season 2 volition besides spot much guns successful the gulag, with battle rifles, SMGs, LMGs, backed up by pistols arsenic your secondary weapon. No shotguns though, truthful it’s bittersweet days for fools similar me.

Money, money, wealth (there’s much of it successful Warzone’s adjacent season!)

There are besides immoderate large changes coming to however loadouts, loot, and currency volition enactment successful the conflict royale starting connected February 15. Contracts volition woody somewhat little money, but to marque up for it, you’ll find higher amounts of currency laying astir the map, with minimums of $800 recovered successful piles and $500 recovered successful currency registers.

No much diggin’ done backpacks

In yet different reversal of unpopular mechanics, Warzone 2.0 is letting you loot fallen enemies the aforesaid arsenic you did past time; alternatively of sportfishing done their backpacks, each loot volition popular retired of an force erstwhile looking done their stuff. Also, you won’t request to interest astir mean and ample backpacks anymore. Starting connected February 15, each players volition person entree to a azygous backpack size.

The blog lays retired that this is an effort to curb point hoarding arsenic well; if you’ve astatine each played Warzone recently, you’ve surely crushed your teeth into adjacent particulate erstwhile an force keeps self-resing owed to having 9 fucking revive kits.

Kotaku has reached retired to Activision to clarify however this alteration affects carrying a 3rd limb successful your backpack.

You get a three-plate vest, and you get a three-plate vest, and you get a three-plate vest!

Starting successful play two, each players volition commencement with a three-plate armor vest and you tin accidental goodbye to the 1 and two-plate variants. While I deliberation this is simply a bully mode to adjacent the playing field, players equipped with three-plates are sometimes annoyingly hard to instrumentality down, truthful we’ll spot however this 1 plays out. Color maine a interaction skeptical connected this one.

OMG Warzone Loadouts won’t suck anymore

Few Warzone players were blessed with however loadouts worked connected launch. Thankfully we saw loadout grenades reappear a fewer weeks ago, but things are going to get a spot better.

No longer volition you request to trust connected curated perk packages. While the magnitude of perks disposable astatine the commencement of play 2 volition beryllium a small little than what we spot successful the main multiplayer for Modern Warfare II, you volition yet beryllium capable to customize your perk package. Additional perks whitethorn beryllium readded based connected however this archetypal offering pans out.

And portion you tin inactive bargain conscionable your superior limb from a bargain presumption successful play 2 (at a reduced outgo too), loadout driblet markers volition besides beryllium much affordable. Matches volition besides spot a 2nd nationalist lawsuit loadout drop.

All successful all, loadouts volition beryllium a spot much customizable and you’ll person easier entree to them. A triumph for sure.

Everything coming to DMZ (the game’s champion mode)

I mean, this is truly what you’re present for, right? Though inactive successful beta, DMZ is getting immoderate precise invited changes to those of america stuck connected the get in/loot/get retired loop. Here are the important ones:

• The DMZ AI ought to beryllium a spot much chill: AI spawn rate, force type, accuracy, and “much more” are each receiving adjustments.
• Spawn points won’t consciousness arsenic barren: There’s nary connection connected whether region from different subordinate spawns volition get immoderate adjustment, but expect amended loot adjacent and person proximity to invaluable contracts.
• Missions are getting nerfed: Get each your stroke torches yet? DMZ’s funky missions volition beryllium adjusted to fto radical unlock their 2nd insured slot a small spot quicker this clip around.
• We’re getting a caller map: Joining Al Mazrah and Building 21, the blog update promises a 3rd enactment with caller map-specific missions to instrumentality on.

Kotaku has reached retired to Activision for specifics connected accessing the caller representation and whether it volition necessitate a cardinal similar Building 21 does. We’ve besides asked for much clarity connected however subordinate spawn points are getting changed up.

A fewer different important changes see a implicit refresh of each missions. Given that galore missions often impact tedious point gathering, I fishy folks won’t beryllium each excessively thrilled astir exfiltrating from the representation with a buncha state cans, stroke torches, oregon the precise uncommon GPU each implicit again. Don’t freak retired excessively much, arsenic we’re expected to get immoderate caller missions arsenic well.

The blog besides promises fixes to crippled stability. Given that you suffer each your crap erstwhile you dice successful DMZ, it ain’t a full batch of amusive erstwhile you clang to desktop. Crashes person remained a predominant occupation passim Call of Duty (especially connected PC), and it’s uniquely frustrating erstwhile you suffer your three-plate vest, ample backpack, self-revive, and that M13B you conscionable scored disconnected a solo tally connected the Chemist.

There is nary connection of a workaround oregon “rejoin” relation for players who’ve timed retired oregon crashed and mislaid each their stuff, an often requested diagnostic successful the assemblage close now. We conscionable gotta anticipation the crippled is simply a spot much performant and unchangeable travel February 15.

No, they did not (completely) hide astir accepted multiplayer

If you paid $70 for your accepted Modern Warfare II multiplayer modes, you mightiness beryllium feeling rather ignored. Well, play 2 won’t wholly permission you without food successful your pouch erstwhile it arrives adjacent month. Here are each the expected changes to regular multiplayer:

• Advanced audio is coming back: You might’ve noticed that audio’s been a small disconnected successful MWII, and you’d beryllium right. Season 2 volition spot the instrumentality of a much precocious audio occlusion strategy that should marque dependable queues much reliable.
• Faster perks, baby! Bonus and eventual perks volition unlock overmuch faster successful play two.
• Weapon balancing: there were nary circumstantial details, but expect immoderate weapon retuning crossed the committee with play two.
• HARDCORE: You tin halt screaming into Twitter and Reddit astir it. Hardcore, which features a constricted HUD and affable fire, is coming backmost to regenerate the Tier One multiplayer mode. Go person fun, you freaks.

Players tin besides look guardant to a once-per-month Twitter canvass to find which of the rotating mode playlists was astir popular. This volition beryllium connected Infinity Ward’s twitter account, truthful travel ‘em oregon something.

The good print: All the different Warzone changes successful play 2

Season 2 besides has a fig of different changes crossed the board. Just similar successful the accepted multiplayer modes, audio has been a large country of interest for the community. The upcoming seasonal update promises immoderate improvements here, peculiarly for PC players.

It would look that determination was an mistake successful however PCs were processing the audio pipeline successful MWII. To code this, the crippled volition present diagnostic an enactment to unit stereo output. PC players ought to cheque their in-game audio settings for this caller enactment arsenic good arsenic your Windows audio settings for the champion outcomes.

But determination are galore different prime of beingness updates to look guardant to. These see the following, arsenic listed successful the authoritative blog:

UI

A fig of UI/UX updates are coming to Season 02 to amended wide travel of in-game menus. These updates include:

• Improved navigation and enactment of Camo menu
• More polished Social tab, including improved transmission swapping and subordinate muting
• New “My Bundles” screen
• Quick equip items from Battlepass, My Bundles, and Store
• Reticle previews successful Store and Gunsmith
• Improved clarity of attachment blocking logic successful Gunsmith
• And galore much bug fixes

We’ve besides precocious introduced a hole that restored:

• Instance velocity of Recent Players successful menu
• Status refresh of Friends

Further details connected these changes and much volition look successful our Season 02 Patch Notes.

Experience

• Improved After Action Report with audio
• Play Again diagnostic successful Battle Royale
• Bug fixes for inconsistencies between:
• ChallengersBattle PassWeapon progression

Season 2 for Warzone 2.0 and Modern Warfare II’s multiplayer drops connected February 15. And present that I tin much straight get entree to my kitted-out Victus sniper rifle, that three-plate vest of yours volition lone get you truthful far. You’re successful my sights.

(Who americium I kidding? I fell for the full game).