2020 has been a strange year all around. Even aside from a pandemic changing how we do things, we?ve been ramping up to the release of next-gen consoles and yearly staple fall franchise Call of Duty experimented with the standalone free-to-play battle royale Warzone, which released in March. That experiment is paying off. In just five months since launch, it?s reached more than 75 million players. That?s a huge and steady increase from its previously reported 50 million at one month since launch.
Inherently tied to 2019?s Call of Duty Modern Warfare, Warzone allows players to play for free but also share progress within the premium release. This tie in has led to Modern Warfare adding more players during a ?non-launch quarter? than any other Call of Duty in history, with a majority of the upgrades to Modern Warfare coming as conversions through Warzone. During the second quarter of this year, hours played in the Modern Warfare universe increased eight-fold year-over-year. PC in particular has seen life-to-date consumption of the title more than double the previous Call of Duty game, which would have been 2018?s Black Ops 4.
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