Warzone Mobile Updates, Support to End As Call of Duty's Big Bet Fizzles Out

Call of Duty: Warzone Mobile is winding up over a year after its launch due to poor player adoption. Announcing Warzone Mobile’s closure on X (formerly Twitter), Activision said the game “has not met our expectations with mobile-first players like it has with PC and console audiences.” The game, which was expected to live up to the hype like Call of Duty Mobile, will be delisted from the Google Play Store and Apple’s App Store on May 18.

The Santa Monica-based video game publisher said existing Warzone Mobile players and those who install it before May 19 will have access to the game “with continued cross-progression of shared inventories using existing content, and servers with matchmaking for online play.” However, new content, such as seasonal tournaments and gameplay updates, will not be rolled out.

Players will also lose access to social media-sharing features and the game’s marketplace, where real-world currency is used for in-app items. Activision also says it will not issue refunds for previously purchased in-game content or unused COD points, but they will continue to be available for use even after May 19. “Any unspent COD Points can also be redeemed in-game toward available content in the Store,” said Activision in the post.

While Activision has not earmarked Call of Duty: Warzone Mobile for discontinuation, its days seem numbered. Launched in March last year, Warzone Mobile is the mobile-friendly counterpart to Activision’s superhit PC and console battle royale. The Microsoft-owned company rolled out the mobile version, hoping to emulate the success it enjoyed with Call of Duty Mobile. According to Steam Charts, COD Mobile had an average of around 55 to 60 million daily logins. In 2022, it surpassed $1.5 billion in global lifetime player spending across the App Store and the Google Play Store since its official launch in 2019, per a report by Sensor Tower Store Intelligence.

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