How free is the Free2Play “Battle Royale” Call of Duty: Warzone on the PlayStation? Can I play Warzone without PS Plus on PS4 and PS5? Does it possibly bring any advantages? MeinMMO clarifies.
No, you don’t need an active PS Plus subscription to play Call of Duty: Warzone online on PS4 and PS5. However, you can’t download the Battle Royale entirely for free. Without PS Plus, Warzone costs 25 cents.
What is Warzone? With the free shooter, Call of Duty attempts a second try in the “Battle Royale” business. Warzone focuses on large battles with up to 150 players, and whoever remains at the end claims victory.
The playing field shrinks over time, ensuring that players will inevitably face each other at the end, leading to an exciting showdown.
- Special mechanics of Call of Duty: Warzone
- Many respawn options
- Custom weapons and loadouts possible in the match
- Main map is a Pacific holiday island
- Strong CoD gunplay without additional costs
- Works with the annual CoD titles
- Regular new live seasons with fresh content
- Low time-to-kill and fast movement
Details about the free CoD game can be found in our video:
By the way: There is no PS5 version for the Battle Royale Warzone. That will only come with the successor Warzone 2, which is supposed to be released in 2022.
PS Plus not needed – But 0.25 €
However, Warzone is not entirely free without PS Plus. Since the fast shooter is only rated for ages 18 and over, PlayStation charges a small fee of 25 cents for the game. This allows for an age verification process in the PlayStation Store.
When purchasing, you have to provide information from your ID card. This takes a few minutes, but together with the 25 cents, it is the only effort you need to make to play Warzone for free.
The official PS blog entry states:
For non-“PS Plus” members, Call of Duty: Warzone costs 25 cents. (For non-PS Plus members in Germany, an age verification fee of 25 cents applies.)
PS Plus gives you free cosmetics every season
What’s that about? In gameplay, you have no disadvantages compared to players on other platforms or PS Plus members.
However, PS Plus subscribers receive a package with exclusive cosmetics every season. Here’s what the package for the joint Season 4 with Cold War looked like:
Usually, it includes an operator skin, a weapon blueprint, and a few small cosmetics. However, if you do not own the appropriate CoD premium title for the operator skin, you cannot use the skin in Warzone – despite having PS Plus.
There aren’t many free titles on PlayStation that let you onto the online servers without PS Plus. Warzone is a refreshing exception and does away with the obligation.
If you want to dive deeper into Battle Royale and know which weapons are worth it, check here: CoD Warzone: The best weapons with setups – Constantly updated
