32 PCWorld APRIL 2020NEWS CALL OF DUTY’S FREE WARZONE SPINOFF
under 15 seconds. Win? You get sent back to
the main fight. Die? You’re dead.
Okay, in the latter case you can still get
resurrected by a teammate at specific points
on the map. It’s a hassle though, and the thrill
of winning a Gulag match is second only to
winning Warzone, I imagine. The two-on-two
Gunfight mode was already my favorite
version of Modern Warfare multiplayer. This is
even more tense, a high-stakes purgatory that
takes the sting out of an early death, the catch
being that the Gulag disappears once a
Warzone match is down to around 50 players
(from the max of 150).BOTTOM LINE
The Gulag is easily Call of Duty: Warzone’s
standout feature, but I’m enjoying the wholepackage. I’d admittedly enjoy it a hell of a lot
more if there were a Solo hopper, and I hope
Infinity Ward adds one soon, but we’ll see.
Regardless, it’s the first time I’ve cared
much about a battle royale since Apex
Legends first launched last year. Will Warzone
recapture the third place position? Hard to
say, but I think it deserves a shot. Once upon
a time I scoffed at the idea of a Call of Duty
battle royale mode, and then Blackout proved
sanding off some of PUBG’s rough edges
could actually make for a better game.
(Shocking, I know.) Now that Warzone is
free—and presumably divorced from the
annualized Call of Duty games—it feels like it
has a real chance at winning people over. It’s
just a shame Activision didn’t go this path the
first time.