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The Call of Duty Warzone 2 Season 2 update has reportedly been delayed according to reports on social media
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Warzone 2 is in quite a state right now. There's been a significant drop in active players, bugs aplenty, no Resurgence map, and there's still no way to check your K/D stats.
But, at least we have the Season 2 update to look forward to at the start of February, right? Right? The next big Call of Duty Warzone 2 update was expected to drop on Wednesday, February 1, as this coincides with the Warzone 2 Season 1 Battle Pass expiry date; so it would make sense that this date could signal the start of Warzone 2 Season 2. Which we've all been looking forward to thanks to recent reports that suggest the upcoming season could finally see the Warzone 2 Resurgence map.
But it looks like we're going to have to wait a while longer if the findings of data miner @codsploitz_imgs are accurate (via CharlieIntel). Warzone 2 Season 2 could actually kick off two weeks later than expected. Apparently a Season 1 bundle (dubbed Scavenger) it set to be released on Thursday, February 2, with an expiration date of Wednesday, February 15. And only then will we see the second season update.
Based on this new information, Warzone 2 Season 2 could now launch on Wednesday, February 15 at 6pm GMT / 1pm ET / 10am PT, rather than the initial date of February 1 we were all banking on. This data miner has been accurate with information in the past, so in the absence of an update from Activision, it safe to assume this is in the realms of 'things that are going to happen'.
If this Warzone 2 Season 2 delay information is correct, it'll be eerily similar to what happened back in January last year, with the original Call of Duty: Warzone, and Call of Duty: Vanguard Season 2. Back on January 19, 2021, an Activision blog post confirmed that the Vanguard and Warzone Pacific Season 2 update wouldn't be released as scheduled on February 2, 2021 and was pushed back to February 14.
The reason for this particular delay was "to fix game stability and bugs, and to ensure an overall level of polish to improve the experience for players across Vanguard, Warzone Pacific, Black Ops Cold War, and Modern Warfare".
With Warzone 2 as it is right now, players will probably be happy to accept a similar delay for Season 2 if they were told that the extra time is being spent on fixing the bugs plaguing the game, alongside a tweak of some of the more unpopular game mechanics.
Other bones of contention are the inability to plate up and sprint at the same time, the low time-to-kill, the strength of AI combatants at Strongholds and disappearing loot. There are also desperate calls for a Resurgence map to be introduced, as players haven't been able to experience that mode since the launch of Warzone 2 back in November last year.
Warzone 2 has the potential to be a superb battle royale title, but if Activision doesn't fix some of these annoying issues, players will go elsewhere. Particularly with the recent launch of Fortnite Chapter Four, which has introduced Unreal Engine 5 graphics.