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Call of Duty: Warzone hits 75 million downloads in less than 5 months

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Call of Duty: Warzone grew to more than 75 million players in 146 days as the free-to-play battle royale became a popular pastime during the pandemic.

The news comes as Activision announced it will launch Season Five of Warzone on Wednesday with new gameplay changes and changes to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare multiplayer debuting at the same time. Activision and its Infinity Ward game studio are trying to keep players engaged in the free-to-play battle royale longer during the pandemic. Activision Blizzard made the announcement as part of its second quarter earnings release on Tuesday.

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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.