Activision had unveiled Call of Duty Warzone Mobile back in 2022, which is a mobile port of its popular PC and console counterpart. It is a free to play battle royale title for smartphones and was set to officially launch in 2023 and it could soon grow to replace the existing COD Mobile in the mobile gaming market.

According to a new report, documents submitted to the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) before Microsoft finalizes the acquisition of Activision Blizzard has revealed that the American tech giant plans on phasing out Call of Duty: Mobile following the released of Warzone Mobile. For those unaware, COD Mobile was developed and owned by TiMi Studios, which is a subsidiary of Chinese giant Tencent.

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Thus, COD Mobile is expected to be replace over time outside of China. Microsoft has further added that Warzone Mobile would provide Microsoft with the assets, talent, and methods of making its own version of mobile ports for some of its popular console games. Based on what we know so far, the Call of Duty: Warzone Mobile will release sometime later this year for Android, iPhone, and iPad. It will bring its popular Warzone battle royale mode and also some of the existing game modes from the COD Mobile as well.

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