The new Call of Duty: Warzone 2 (PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox) will introduce a new mode with open world on release on November 16: DMZ. For months, this mode has been compared to the survival shooter Escape from Tarkov. Now there is initial information about the mode and an assessment from Twitch shooter expert shroud.
What have we known so far about the mode? DMZ will be a new mode in Warzone 2 that players can play instead of the familiar “Battle Royale” mode. DMZ has repeatedly been compared to the hardcore shooter “Escape from Tarkov” or the PvEvP mode “Hazard Zone” from Battlefield 2042.
It was said that you start on a large map and must fight your way to the exit, with other players and NPCs trying to prevent this.
There was talk of an “extraction shooter” with RPG elements and progression. For long-time readers of MeinMMO, it sounded like the Dark Zone from The Division 1:
- Find loot
- Defend loot against other players and NPCs
- Get loot to safety
Activision Blizzard invites streamers – Except for the one whose name cannot be mentioned
These are the new details: On November 9, Activision Blizzard provided more information about DMZ. For an event in Los Angeles, Call of Duty invited some big streamers.
By the way: Once again, DrDisrespect had to stay outside and spewed venom and bile. The new “PR team” from Activision Blizzard just doesn’t get it. But many other big shooter streamers from YouTube and Twitch were there: shroud, DrLupo, Symfuhny and others.
Before the match, the players set up a loadout of weapons and decided what they were willing to risk. That seems to be the crucial trick of DMZ: you always have to weigh risk against reward.
Because if they die, they lose everything they’re carrying.
At the start of the event, there were technical difficulties:
In a match, DrLupo was able to use a special item to open a building, a “Stronghold,” where powerful NPCs guard strong equipment and loot. DrLupo was immediately killed by soldiers carrying a shield, as Dotesports reports.
Even when trying to get the looted gear to safety, he failed: the arrival of a helicopter alerted the entire area and Lupo’s team was eliminated again.
The streamer Nadia is under constant suspicion of cheating. Therefore, they are particularly watchful of weak scenes from her:
shroud thinks the new DMZ mode is not hardcore and ruthless enough
What does the ultimate shooter guy say? The streamer shroud was at the event and spoke about the supposed similarity to Escape from Tarkov. shroud is something like the ultimate authority on Twitch when it comes to shooters:
It’s not even close to Tarkov. You can’t even say it’s like Tarkov, but casual, because it’s not. It’s its own thing, and it wants to be its own thing.
Shroud, in any case, didn’t find great favor with DMZ. He says he is a little disappointed. He misses the toughness of Tarkov, and would have preferred DMZ to be more hardcore. It reminds him too much of the “Cash Grab” mode from Warzone 1. He misses the “ruthlessness” that Escape from Tarkov provides.
DMZ will be released together with Warzone 2 on November 16. We have all the info for you:
CoD Warzone 2.0 launches on November 16 – Release time, preload, DMZ mode
