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.

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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Call of Duty Warzone Mobile is finally arriving on iOS devices or iPhones soon. Activision has just started the pre-registrations for the popular battle royale game, which is the mobile port for its PC and game console counterparts.

The developers behind the game had already released the title for Android users around two months ago. Now, the iOS powered iPhones will soon also be able to join in on the action as well. For those unaware, the game had garnered over 25 million pre-registrations on Google Play Store alone, which offered the operator skin of the character called Ghost, which was titled Condemned. Talking about the game itself, the COD Warzone Mobile is a battle royale game that has a gameplay experience mirroring the game available on consoles and PC.

Activision also just recently announced the COD Modern Warfare 2 and Warzone 2 on the two platforms. The studio started the pre-registrations on the Apple App Store back on November 17 and based on the details listed on the App Store, COD Warzone Mobile will be available for download starting from 15th May 2023. With the release of Warzone Mobile, the iconic map Verdansk is also returning. The iPhones compatible with the game ranges from the iPhone XS all the way to the latest iPhone 14 series.

Some iPads will also support the game, but need to have at least the iPadOS 15 or A12 Bionic chipset. The game will have a size of around 529MB, although this will likely change by the time the game nears its launch. The title will follow the classic last man/team standing format of battle royales but with 120 players in a single match.

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Activision has been working on a new title for smartphones for sometime now. While the Call of Duty: Mobile game has already been available for a while, the studio has now announced the mobile version of its battle royale title, which is dubbed Call of Duty: Warzone Mobile.

The popular studio behind one of the most popular video gaming series has just announced a new AAA mobile game title in the Call of Duty series. The original Call of Duty: Mobile was announced back in 2019 and has also been massively successful in the global market. Since its release, it has brought more than 1.5 billion US Dollars for the company.

With its previous flagship Call of Duty game for PC and console seeing lackluster sales, the studio plans to balance it out with a new mobile game. Call of Duty: Warzone Mobile has just been announced, although, the company has yet to reveal any finer details regarding this game. Although, based on its name, we can safely assume that it will be a similar game as the Call of Duty: Warzone that is available on PC and gaming console.

In other words, the game will also be based on the battle royale genre with the last man or team standing winning the game. While Activision has yet to announce any key details, it has confirmed that it will be unveiled on 15th September 2022. Till then, the company has also shared a very short teaser trailer.

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Gaming addiction is a challenge that faced in different parts of the world which have precipitated proactive measures both from the regulatory authorities as well as games publishers to help curb this menace. Well, one gamer in Brazil took his addiction to the extreme by killing a rival competitor. The victim, Ingrid Oliveira Bueno da Silva, 19, was a top gamer who had met with the accused, 18-year-old Guilherme Alves Costa at his home to take part in a joint competition on Call of Duty: Mobile, both players belonging to rival teams. The pair had first established contact with each other online last month, according to local news reports.

Alves Costa who bears the online name “Flashlight” allegedly stabbed Miss Oliveira Bueno da Silva with a knife repeatedly after she arrived at his home located in Pirituba, north of São Paulo. The accused is reported to have confessed to the crime in a video which he recorded with his smartphone and shared on some WhatsApp group chats including one for his clan. He also shared images of the deceased before leaving the crime scene.

However, the 18-year-old later submitted himself to law enforcement agents after the clan leadership alerted the appropriate authorities. The alleged murderer even insists that his mental health was “completely fit” and he “wanted to do this,” according to a statement by São Paulo’s State Department of Public Security.

The mental health of the accused will likely be accessed to determine if he isn’t insane. No sane person will stab his fellow over video games. Or wait, there is precedence. In May 2010, a French gamer, Julien Barreaux, 20, hunted his rival for seven months and killed him for killing his character in the game Counter-Strike the previous November.

Also, in 2018, two professional video gamers were killed by a distraught rival player who was angry he lost at an eSports tournament in Florida. The shooter who had a history of mental illness later turned the gun on himself.

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NODWIN Gaming, a known esports brand from South Asia, has just announced its first ever Call of Duty Mobile tournament. The contest is called the Call of Duty Mobile India Challenge 2020, which has a prize pool of over 6 lakhs INR (700,000 INR or roughly 8,105 US Dollars).

The registration for the the tournament is currently open and the matches will be broadcasted live via online streams on NODWIN Gaming’s official YouTube and Facebook handles. For those unaware, Call of Duty Mobile is a popular battle royale title from known studio, Activision. With the esports industry growing rapidly within the Indian subcontinent and mobile gaming at its forefront, the new tournament aims to build “a robust ecosystem for the game and its community in the country.”

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According to Akshat rathee, Co Founder of NODWIN Gaming, ““Call of Duty mobile had its takers from day 1 and the number grew at a substantial pace in India. Our mobile-first esports market grew diverse with its arrival. A full-blown CODM tournament was long overdue, we heard the community and it eventually happened. We are glad to have made this move and I’m sure this will be a wonderful platform for the gamers to make a name for themselves.”

The Challenge 2020 series will include invitational tournaments and open cups. These are open for everyone to register and participate, with a total of 4 cups for a 5v5 mode and a battle royale mode. A single cup has a 72,000 INR prize pool (roughly 972 US Dollars) and a total prize pool of 648,000 INR (roughly 8,756 US Dollars). Furthermore, the winners of the cups for both the modes will move on to the grand finals, which are set to take place on 28th December 2020. To register for the tournament, you can click on the link here.

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Tencent’s Call of Duty: Mobile was launched officially on October 1, 2019 for the international market. The game has now been launched in China and even before the official launch on October 29, had received nearly 50 million pre-registered users. Tencent has also signed an endorsement deal with Chinese King of Pop Jay Chou to help build momentum for the game.

Call of Duty: Mobile is developed by Tencent and licensed by Activision Blizzard and is presently available in China via a public beta test. This follows the receipt of approval from the Chinese government back in August.

The game has been a sensation on the international turf right from when it was released last year. China is the world’s biggest gaming market and the response so far shows the game will be a sensation. The game generated close to US$500 million in player spending in its first year, making it the 22nd most profitable mobile game in the world during that time, according to a new report from app tracking firm Sensor Tower.

Sensor Tower had earlier predicted in June that the game could surpass Tencent’s own PUBG Mobile to emerge as the world’s biggest mobile game after its China release. Already,  Call of Duty: Mobile reached the 250 million downloads milestone faster than PUBG Mobile.

A report by Niko Partners shows that mobile and PC games revenue in China reached US$33.1 billion in 2019 and is projected to pass US$46.7 billion by 2024. The number of gamers in China has reached 685 million in 2019, representing 25% of the entire world’s mobile games market. That figure is expected to rise to 772 million by 2024. An estimated 637 million of the total gamers play games on mobile devices.

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On September 2, the Indian government announced a ban on 118 Chinese apps, one of which is PUBG Mobile. This is a sequel to an earlier ban that hit 59 Chinese apps. Data released by Sensor Tower has revealed the apps that have seen a rise in their download numbers and revenue since PUBG Mobile was banned.

The top three most downloaded apps in India after the ban, both for iOS and Android includes Garena Free Fire, Ludo King and Call of Duty. The data is for downloads spanning a four-day period ranging from September 2 to September 5 and during this short period, Garena downloads reached 2.1 million downloads and Ludo King reached 1.52 million downloads. Although “Call of Duty: Mobile” recorded only 1.15 million downloads in the period, the arena game has been downloaded 1.56 million times in the past 30 days and also rank first on the Apple App Store.

Garena Free Fire is a battle royale game developed by a company based in Singapore (Sea Ltd), while Call of Duty is jointly developed by Tencent Tianmei Studios and Activision Blizzard, while Ludo King is a virtual board game.

In terms of revenue, Call of Duty: Mobile is the top-grossing mobile game during the period, followed by Garena Free Fire. Among the top 5 top-grossing mobile games are Gardenscapes, Candy Crush Saga and Coin Master.

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Activision’s Call of Duty: Mobile garners over 250 million downloads in just 265 days across both Android and iOS. It broke the previous record of 236 million downloads held by PUBG Mobile. Also, it generated more revenue than any other ‘Battle Royale’ mobile game in the same period.

Developed in partnership with Tencent’s Timi Studios, Call of Duty: Mobile launched for Android and iOS on October 1st, 2019. Since then, the mobile title accumulated over 250 million downloads compared to 237 million downloads by PUBG Mobile and 78 million downloads by Fortnite Mobile (only iOS at launch).

CoD: Mobile is most popular in the United States accounting for 18% of total installs (45 million downloads). The second and third top countries are India and Brazil respectively.

Further, Call of Duty: Mobile also witnessed the highest revenue generation than the other two games in terms of global users spending in the duration of the first 265 days. It generated $327 million, which is 78% more than PUBG Mobile and 83% higher than that of Fortnite Mobile.

Its best performing month was its launch month October 2019 with $55 million, closely followed by May 2020 with $53 million. Again, the US ranks first in terms of spending covering about 41% ($134 million) of the total revenue. Whereas, Japan ranks second, followed by Brazil in the third spot.

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Call of Duty Mobile, which is popularly known as COD Mobile is one of the popular smartphone games in recent years. It competes with PUBG Mobile, which is yet another game much well-known than this game in the same genre of ‘battle royale’. COD Mobile has received multiple updates over the last few months. Now, the developer behind the game has rolled out yet another update, which brings Season 4 as well as other new additions and fixes.

When COD Mobile debuted in October 2019 for everyone, it crossed over 100 million downloads within a week. Later, in two months time, the game garnered over 170 million downloads, which is yet another feat.

COD Mobile is popular among players because it offers a number of game modes such as  Free-for-All, Team Deathmatch, Hardpoint, Domination, and Battle Royale, unlikes its closest competitor PUBG Mobile.

Now, the latest update of the game brings three new game modes called Gun Game, 2v2 Showdown, and 20v20 FPP Warfare Mode. Additionally, it also adds a new map named Meltdown, couple of weapons, new scorestreak called ‘Shock RC’, and lots of fixes and improvements apart from bringing Season 4 to the game, which is scheduled to run from 1st April to 1st June. Lastly, this update also removes Zombies Mode.

Here’s the official update changelog shared by the game publisher Activision on Reddit.

New Ranked Season

Season 4 Ranked Mode will run from April 1st until June 1st

• New ranked mode seasonal rewards

• All new Industrial Revolution themed weapons & equipment coming to Season 4 Ranked Mode, including Epic weapon Man-o-War, and Epic soldier Ruin

• Ranked Mode Changes

• Improved art and particle effects in Ranked match tab

• Improved score earning rules for MP based on player’s performance

• Improved matchmaking logic

• New Ranked MP Mode map: Temporarily replaced Scrapyard with Meltdown, available for S&D, DOM and TDM

• Reduced the penalty for losing a ranked match

Battle Pass

• Steel Legion Pass has arrived! New Content

• Originally from Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 – Lt. Commander David Mason, Code Name: SECTION, is now available in the Premium Battle Pass

• Mason Battle Pass themed weapons are also available now for a limited time

• Free Battle Pass Rewards

• GKS: New high-powered SMG that has reliable recoil and stability, but can also hit long range targets

• New Scorestreak – Shock RC: Detects and disables nearby enemies with an electric shock

Multiplayer

Newly Added Modes:

• Gun Game: Team Fight = Gun Game + TDM, Progress your weapons by earning kills or with two assists. First team to reach 60 points or a knife kill on the last level wins.

• 2v2 Showdown: Two teams of two go head to head using random weapon loadouts that change every 2 rounds. Be the first to eliminate both enemies, or capture the point in overtime to win the match. First team to reach 6 rounds wins. Single round respawn and health regeneration disabled.

New Map

Meltdown

• Originally from Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 – Battle in the industrial section of a nuclear power plant

• Meltdown is available in the following 7 modes: S&D, DOM, TDM, Snipers Only, Gun Game: Team Fight, Gun Game, and FFA

Optimizations

• Limited Time Mode: Prop Hunt

• Reduced from 3 rounds to 2 rounds, increased round time

• Players can join a match in progress during the first round

• Optimized starting score for players who join a match in progress

• A new spring themed Prop Hunt is coming Soon!

• Practice Vs. AI Mode: This mode will no longer add other human players

• Invulnerable timer after respawn changed to 4 seconds

• Frontline: Invulnerable timer after respawn changed to 4 seconds

• Gun Game: added new weapons to the rotation

• Snipers Only: Sniper Rifle optics will be changed to default scopes

Weapon Balances

• Reduced S36 stability, increased horizontal recoil

• Reduced LMG sprint-to-fire speed

• Reduced MSMC stability and short range damage

• Reduced Type 25 close range damage

• Increase flinch when shot by Locus, DL Q33, Arctic .50

• Greatly increase ASM10 stability, increased damage range

• Reduced LK24 damage range

• Increased BK57 damage range

• Increased ICR damage range

• Increased AK47 and Man-O-War stability

Movement

• Optimized sliding and jumping action

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug in FFA where the Trophy System destroys your own projectiles

• Fixed DL Q33 – Holidays sound bug

• Fixed voice announcement when a teammate uses a Predator Missile

• Fixed a bug where the player earns Hardpoint Kill bonus points when they use a VTOL while sitting within the Hardpoint zone

• Fixed voice announcer bug in DOM mode

Battle Royale

New Mode: FPP Warfare

• FPP Warfare Mode: 20v20 clash using First Person Perspective only

• Stay tuned for more information about this upcoming limited time mode!

Easter Egg Event

• During our BR Easter Egg Event there will be some changes to the Circus area, go check it out!

• Pay close attention to Eggs laid out on the map, go break them apart!

Lootable Weapons

• Added UL736 LMG & HS2126 Shotgun to BR

Bug Fixes & Optimization

• Fixed a bug where players are unable to equip the Axe and Baseball Bat

• We have changed the melee weapon interface; Players must now select a melee weapon

System

Optimization

• Improved lobby UI and visuals for a more user-friendly experience after the Season 4 Ranked Mode ends; Players must update to the latest version to start climbing the ranks in the new season.

• Soap and Outrider received a little extra polish

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug where opening the friend list in the mode lobby will cause the game to freeze

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Call of Duty: Mobile from Activision and Tencent has achieved a massive 172 million downloads in just two months. The known game publisher partnered with Chinese gaming studio to bring the popular first-person shooter title to smartphones which has since become extremely successful.

According to a new report, Activision has generated 87 million dollars from player spending after its latest mobile title garners 172 million downloads. After its initial launch, the game picked up about 146 million downloads within the first month while November saw just over 21 million downloads.

Call of Duty: Mobile has proven to be successful in the United States where 28.5 million or 16.6 percent of all downloads have taken place. India arrives second with 17.5 million installs or 10.2 percent and Brazil third with 12 million installs or 7 percent of total downloads. The majority of the downloads took place via Google’s Play Store app which garnered up to 89 million downloads accounting for 52 percent of all installs. On the other hand, iOS version saw 83 million downloads or 48 percent of the total share

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Alongside the growing number of downloads, Call of Duty: Mobile generated most of its revenue in the first month in October 2019. It grossed over 55 million US dollars compared to 31 million US dollars in November 2019. So far, the US has accounted for the largest share of the revenue with players spending 36 million dollars (or 42 percent of the total player bases’ expenditure). Meanwhile, Japanese players were the second-highest spenders in the game with 11 million dollars or 13.2 percent of total player expenditure while Great Britain arrived third with 2.6 million dollars or just 3 percent in total share.

Regardless of declining spending in the game, Call of Duty: Mobile is ranked in the top 25 grossing titles in its key markets. The online multiplayer mobile game is free to play and offers fresh content with every new update, similar to PUBG Mobile. It is yet another example of a popular PC/Console game finding success in the mobile gaming market.

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On the 1st of October, Activision Blizzard Inc released the mobile version of its immensely popular Call of Duty franchise. Clearly, the nostalgia factor has worked in favour of the company as the game has been downloaded over 100 million times within just one week of its launch.

In contrast, the download count of PUBG, Fortnite, and Apex Legends which are some of the most popular battle-royale games was 26.3 million, 22.5 million and 25 million respectively in their first week of release.

Randy Nelson, who is the head of mobile insights at Sensor Tower said that “This is by far the largest mobile game launch in history in terms of the player base that’s been built in the first week,”. Sensor Tower is an organic user acquisition service that helps app developers grow their audience using App Store Optimisation and app marketplace intelligence.

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While the original Call of Duty for consoles was a paid game, its mobile version is free to download and play but users can make in-app purchases to acquire visually appealing elements like skins for weapons and distinctive clothes.

The mobile version of Call of Duty is developed by the Chinese internet giant Tencent Holdings LTD. The same company also holds a stake in PUBG mobile’s developer, Bluehole and Fortnite’s developer, Epic Games. Both these games can be credited for popularising the battle-royal format, in which a large number of players fight together to defeat the enemy and come out on top.

The 100 million download figure is the combined total of downloads on Android’s Google Play and Apple’s App Store. Notably, 17% of all the downloads were done users hailing from the United States which was followed by Indian users, where PUBG has a massive player base. The game is yet to launch in China where it is expected to see a positive response as well.

Activision has labelled 2019 as ‘transition year’ and it is currently bracing for the launch of its upcoming console edition of Call Of Duty which will launch on October 25. Some other game franchises that the game studio owns include “Candy Crush”, “Overwatch”, “Warcraft”, “Hearthstone” and “Diablo”.

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Game maker Activision’s latest release Call of Duty: Mobile, made in conjuncture with Tencent Games, is the number one free app on the Google Play Store in as many as 33 countries, according to a Sensor Tower report.  The mobile incarnation of the Call of Duty franchise has already been downloaded over 20 million times.

“Call of Duty: Mobile has racked up more than $2 million spent on 20 million installs so far, according to Sensor Tower estimates. This includes Activision and Garena’s versions of the game,” claims the Sensor Tower’s report. This is a massive success for Activision, and it’s exactly what the company needed after a bumpy and unstable first quarter.

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The game is being praised widely for its inclusion of multiple game modes. Call of Duty: Mobile has combined its signature gaming modes like Team Deathmatch, Search & Destroy, Domination, Frontline with the more contemporary Battle Royale, offering more range of choices than any other free free-person-shooter.

You can download the game for free on iOS, and Android devices. The game requires no money to play and does not even limit the number of rounds you can play between other content. It’s a surprisingly positive step for Activision who are infamous for not being the most gamer friendly when it comes to microtransactions and such.

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