The launch of the new Warzone map Caldera has been pushed back by Call of Duty publisher Activision.
A short notice was posted online today confirming the release date change for the new Pacific map, which is never seen as a good sign among fans.
The good news is that this new Warzone map delay is not significant in length and still means COD fans will be jumping into the new experience during December 2021.
There will be no tears during the holiday season, with Vanguard Season One also being pushed back to stay in sync.
All the other details are staying in place, meaning that gamers who have bought Vanguard will get to play the new Warzone map first.
This exclusive period will run for 24-hours and will be followed by servers opening up to everyone else the following day.
WHAT IS THE NEW CALL OF DUTY MAP RELEASE DATE?
Activision has confirmed that the new Call of Duty Warzone Pacific map release date has been delayed until December 8, 2021.
No reason for the push back in dates was given, with Activision posting on the official Call of Duty Twitter page:
“Update: Season 1 of #Vanguard and Warzone Pacific will now release Dec 8. Vanguard owners will have 24-hour exclusive first play access to the Caldera map. Open access begins on Dec. 9.”
“Warzone will change its title to Call of Duty: Warzone Pacific, or “Warzone Pacific.” The new Pacific formally launches as part of Vanguard’s first season of content. A map roughly the size of Verdansk, which it will replace as part of the update, this new map is based on two years of research and listening to the community.
“Built on the same tech and engine as Call of Duty: Vanguard, this map is visually appealing as it is ready to support this new game’s armaments, and will support fully optimized cross-play, cross-progression, and cross-gen support.”
No other details have been changed and there is no reason to believe that other parts of the big Warzone update will not launch at the same time.
This includes the new Ricochet Anti-Cheat system, which will be launching at the same time on PC.
While many gamers enjoy dropping into Verdansk and Rebirth Island, many others have quit out of frustration. And this isn’t connected to weapon nerfs or map changes, but due to the issue of cheating within Warzone.
Affecting those in the top tier lobbies, cheating ruins a match that can take up to 40 minutes to complete. So it’s no wonder that so many fans have left Verdansk behind due to the frustration of being bested by hackers.
It’s unclear how effective the new Warzone anti-cheat system will be but there’s plenty to learn about its implementation, which can be found listed below:
Anti-Cheat brings a broad enhancement to the security of for Call of Duty, bringing server enhancements to Call of Duty: Vanguard and Call of Duty: Warzone. Launching first in Warzone later this year is a new kernel-level driver on PC.
The driver will be integrated into Call of Duty: Vanguard at a later date. The new initiative allows for rapid iteration to combat a sophisticated and evolving problem.
Kernel-level drivers are given a high level of access to monitor and manage software and applications on a PC, such as your PC’s graphics card driver.
The driver element of the RICOCHET Anti-Cheat system will check the software and applications that attempt to interact and manipulate Call of Duty: Warzone, providing the overall security team more data to bolster security. Once the kernel-level driver is deployed; it will be required to play Warzone.
Published at Fri, 19 Nov 2021 19:04:07 +0000
New Warzone map delayed: What is the new Call of Duty Pacific map release date?
