Activision is open sourcing the Caldera map for non-commercial recreators.
Activision is open sourcing the Caldera map for non-commercial recreators.
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Activision releases Call of Duty: Warzone Caldera map data as open source for non-commercial use

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Activision has a gift for gaming today. The maker of Call of Duty: Warzone is sharing its Caldera map data set today from Call of Duty: Warzone for non-commercial use.

Modders might be happy about the chance to make mods based on the vast Caldera map, which has been retired from Warzone. But the non-commercial nature of mods may be disappointing to those who are big advocates for commercial user-generated content (UGC).

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.