Verdansk Is COMING BACK To Warzone... But There's A Catch

Call of Duty Warzone has Verdansk returning to the game in early 2025. But this leak and rumour says that it is coming with a catch!

[@riamriam6758]

Verdansk had 488,000 active daily players at its peak with mw19/warzone verdansk and over 100 million downloaded players after 1 year. They haven’t had that many players since. That says a lot about what people like, movement, guns and maps. Warzone 2 has about 70,000 active players. It has nothing to do with the pandemic as Fortnite is still doing 230 million players today. Bring back Verdansk with the mw19 movement and allow players to use guns from any cod up till mw19 and watch the player base come back to life and devs will see the money flow again. Verdansk made $5M per day back then. And now with only 70k active players, they won’t even make half of that.

[@Sandi_757]

By far the best Comment. I agree 100%

[@bananaman4613]

This is a great summary

[@dasboot5366]

At any time of the day or night, a lobby of 150 players assembled in a minute.

[@tomorpedreiro3032]

I love numbers taken out of nowhere. You can only get "warzone" number out of steam, which is not even the biggest platform on PC. and it wasn't 5 mill per day, but per week. Only real number you can compare are MAU, monthly active players that they are sharing every Q.

[@veerendrakumar9352]

@@dasboot5366 I remember that

[@jarirmuthana5642]

Personally don’t care for blackops 6 i want verdansk back

[@mattycakes64]

They will never be able to recreate the magic of Warzone in 2020-21, each release after will always be disappointing, but I will still give them a try

[@papalazarou7880]

Spot on.

[@CenReaper.]

If they release a new good Warzone map, people won't play another Warzone iteration.

[@jamesmackenzie5904]

Terrible decision like this are killing the game, so bored of Warzone at the moment.

[@choosing.tangent]

i uninstalled CoD altogether last night. I have played since the original MW. enough is enough. moving on to HLL and Insurgency CoD is now a Fortnite/Apex hybrid. yuck

[@jamesmackenzie5904]

@@choosing.tangent yea it is totally a Fortnite Apex hybrid now I think about it. I also think the fact they are still developing for old gen is holding it back. Something really feels off about the game, it’s just worrying that Warzone is potentially going to remain very similar for a long time.

[@K_____]

It’s too fucking sweaty man. The stacking and camping is off the charts as well. It’s just not what it used to be.

[@fireballs7346]

I already uninstall the game becuz the removed the find a party feature...wont be back until they bring it back

[@aibel99]

I've been waiting for the return of verdanks for so long that now I'm bored and over it.

[@R3DST1CK]

Why can’t they put all of the maps in the game? Pubg does it.

[@patricktiefenbacher]

Very good question!

[@muhaa4144]

Too many gamemods, also you have solos,duo,trios and quads so finding a match would be a pain in the ass

[@patricktiefenbacher]

They dont have to give us map pick, but a map rotation, so it isnt an issue for finding lobbys

[@Cheapsh0t247]

And have each map playable in all the different squad sizes for all game modes

[@wolfgangdali1036]

Map rotation

[@Thund3r4]

20 tick servers for one of the biggest games in the world=pathetic franchise.

[@RetTVYT]

Apex got 12 tick servers and its made by EA

[@nostradumbass3228]

@@RetTVYT same thing, same type of company. Did you miss anything?

[@BigSkinnySlimm]

@@Thund3r4 literally

[@CoDGAM3RRRx]

the only thing that would make me come back to warzone is verdansk all the other maps haven’t had that same feel

[@gun3480]

@@CoDGAM3RRRx i agree Same map with definitely deferent engine new movement same as pubg they did not change there map from day1 and they upgraded the environment of the game with new things to do

[@mattguy929]

Pretty much the whole player base is wanting verdansk back so can't really knock it and say you won't be getting new material for 2 years. Verdansk on the new engine with all the new things should be better

[@papalazarou7880]

Verdansk on the new engine (The old Engine is miles better) with all the new things (Backpacks? Terrible Buy Stations? Awful Audio? Heart Beat Sensors with batteries?) should be better (Absolutely zero chance).

[@mattguy929]

@@papalazarou7880 movement is way better, but it'll never go back on the old engine that's gone. Pre 1984 with the stadium open will get a few players back I imagine

[@markyh88]

​@@mattguy929I prefer the old movement... It's far too sweaty now

[@mattguy929]

@@markyh88 fair play. I play on console so fov and movement faster now than mw, but sweats are an issue lol. If consoles could switch off pc players the game would be A LOT better for me

[@spanty6139]

@@mattguy929 you can literally go to your settings and turn off cross-play if playing w/ pc is an issue

[@patricktiefenbacher]

Urzikstan is so boring, it doesnt makes fun to play on this map.. i can not play this map a year longer.. if they add Verdansk so late and doesnt bring a new big map with BO6, so much players will leave Warzone and maybe never come back..

[@NotASaint1985]

Verdansk should have been the selling point of this year leading up to 20205

[@timandjessica4204]

We need a map rotation. One map gets stale.

[@nicknorris100]

Game would be a terabyte

[@da-ms]

​@@nicknorris100 no lie at least 300 gbs with 2 big maps

[@nicknorris100]

@da-ms it's why they need to get rid of the old gen already. It would run better and would be able to be built with newer specs and save storage. It's honestly why I think the new map got pushed until end of 2025. I think blops 6 will be last of anything cross gen

[@DrewIsARealBoy]

I only came back after over a year and a half for Rebirth Island coming back. Despite what some people say half the male population aged 18-35 would take the next week off work when/if verdansk drops

[@HenryTownsmyth]

yeah, but with new gameplay, not interesting after a few rounds. I liked Verdansk together with the gameplay style it had in the first year. Everything after that was abysmal: childish skins, crazy movement, footsteps sounds gone and more.

[@mattyboomtown3435]

I like these versions of tb's content compared to the streams, I enjoy his posh phone /talking to the mother in law voice compare to normal 😂😂

[@tobbym6241]

This is really bad, there has to be a new big map close to BO6 release.I wont buy the game if this is true

[@ucxx_CoD]

This disaster is gonna be glorious and I’m gonna sit back relax and watch it all unfold😂

[@worldsbest91]

Genuinely not excited for anything to do with cod anymore. Verdansk or not, you just know theyll fuck it all up somehow, because thats their track history. My boys switched to pubg and while its not perfect, it beats putting up with the cod shitshow.

[@wolfgangdali1036]

So frustrating, at every turn it feels like they make the worst decision for the game

[@vaggelispapakostas2835]

Don't cry!We just need a good anticheat , rebirth and verdansk (original map)

[@nicknorris100]

Lol...this is gonna be a disaster.

[@arronhorwood9997]

Genuinely thought that was GeekyPastimes in this video 🤣

[@jimmypresley3729]

Couldn’t agree more with this video. We need a big map rotation with Al Mazrah. They recently just bumped the player count to 120 and i cant tell a difference at all. The pacing on Urzikstan is mind numbingly boring most of the matches. They need way more players on the big maps. And what if they dont have 150 players on Verdansk? That would be a huge let down also. Seems like warzone has been going backwards with features.

[@caseycameron5370]

Omni movements gonna be a pain in the ass mark my words 😆

[@primiSC]

Yes, we have to deal with assisted legal aimboters (controller players) now we will also deal with assisted legal aimboters with botmovements, controller players will only need to press start, his bot will do all the work for them... shame....

[@lucass.r.4885]

Ppl are clamoring for a big map rotation now. Urzikstan and Al Mazrah would be fire. They brought back Rebirth and Fortune's Keep and it's cool, but just like what you said, not having a brand new map for BO6 at launch is gonna be disastrous.

[@papalazarou7880]

Al Mazrah was horrific.

[@timothymorejon9210]

@@papalazarou7880 al mazarah > urzikstan

[@tuna-2779]

This whole time i've been hoping to get the feeling of WZ1 back. It's not the map, the game was just fun to play even with all its flaws. I haven't loved a game like that since the original MW2. Sadly i don't think that will ever happened. The game is so far from what the original Warzone was. I think they need to make a brand new standalone Warzone game with rotating big maps, take out the cheesy rubbish and invest in a better servers

[@cody5780]

If they release verdansk for 6 months and take it away we riot.

[@Spectroblad3]

Imagine if treyarc made a warzone

[@FastOrange1979]

All people really want is game that actually works, and when it works,not to be a sweaty shitbox full of Try Hards

[@da-ms]

😭😭😭

[@KyleNornIreland]

Agreed m8

[@rvs55]

Verdansk back would definitely make me play more. As it is, Al Mazrah was rather dull, and Urzikstan marginally better. We're always fighting in Old Town/Low Town. That said, I wouldn't mind a 3-day rotation of 2 large maps. Eg. Verdansk/Al Mazrah then Urzikstan/Caldera At least we're getting some variety

[@davidg7444]

Listen, bringing Verdansk back IS WHAT EVERYONE, except you for click bait, wants! Verdansk was the greatest map EVER! Everything after has been trash.

[@zoubeirfaouzi149]

I'm done with Warzone since they threw me ghost contingency pack away. I bought that shit for 20 bucks.

[@ivanr9408]

If you ask 10 people 8 of them would say bring back verdansk and just keep upgrading it with updates. Same with rebirth island, people love that map. They should give us options and I bet you everyone would play verdansk

[@DannyBoy-jy1kq]

Sadly it isn’t 2020 anymore. Even verdansk coming back won’t bring me back.

[@nbk2134]

Would another pandemic bring you back 😂

[@DannyBoy-jy1kq]

@@nbk2134 probably. 🤣🤣. But that’s how u get all the casuals back. Where’s that bat. Or pangolin.

[@nbk2134]

@@DannyBoy-jy1kq I agree. I still play sometimes and I'm 37 there is no way I can out maneuver a 16 year old

[@DannyBoy-jy1kq]

@@nbk2134 mate I’m 40 and the rust has set in 🤣

[@nbk2134]

@@DannyBoy-jy1kq hehe I get it.

[@jakeianwilliamson5155]

Warzone should change its name to Copy n Paste. Think they want to make maximum money in the store with minimum staff working on it 😂 probably takes less resources to revamp a map that's already been designed already then the resources it takes to design a new one. Yes I love playing Fortunes and Rebirth but I would prefer a brand new map over a revamped old one any day. And Urzikstan hardly being changed is frustrating as I play more BR Than Resurgence. In all honesty I am waiting for a new game to move too.

[@icekoldkilla38]

People are hoping that we get what we had back in 2020 but people need to face facts…we won’t. Two things, Activision hates its player base and if they wanted to keep what they had going they wouldn’t have killed it. Second, you have never repeat that first spark and people have moved on. It wasn’t just Covid that brought this game to the height that it was, but it was the engine, the map, and the modes. If Activision and the developers cared, they would have kept the way it was but face it….they hate you with a passion.

[@ryanjacobson7394]

I dont see how them scraping avalon and adding verdansk instead i just dont see any harm no i understand you possibly think avalon was built for omni movment but man with all the stuff said to be coming like grapple hooks jesus man i honnestly dont think the map doesnt matter if your good at movement this shit is gonns be crack3d and i homnestly feel bad for casuals and i think this game is gonna bang hard this year , mark my words this year is gonna be one of the most successful years since mw19 its gonna out due pandemic times mark my worda as long as this new movement is fast and snappy we are sooo soo back babe

[@Sandi_757]

In my opinion, the Maps Itself are not the problem but the shitty gameplay, the movement, weapons and the biggest: aim assist. Just let the pc players play with pc players if they want to.

[@RetTVYT]

I hate the idea that they need to bring back old content because it will only make people happy for like 2 weeks. (thats what happened to rebirth island and now rebirth island personally is my least favorite map rn)

[@RustyShotsttv]

We tried the new map after verdansk. Stayed for the rebirth stuff and some zombie stuff . Then went back to Fortnite. Could not even get behind the multiplayer because it felt like a waste of time because I wasn’t going to use the unlocked stuff for warzone.

[@Pharaoh_The_Great]

People are still giving these AAA devs their time and money? 😂

[@primiSC]

Brain sick ppl only....

[@Brickktopp]

Another fuking year , using an old map is just lazy developing , give us new warzone and rebirth maps asap please . Am due to bin the game

[@dogpower4641]

plunder with the gold cards and the bunkers @ verdansk was just iconic 2 play everyday

[@michaelmurphy5221]

Verdansk map Armored Royale only

[@cody5780]

They need release warzone classic with only mw1 guns tied to owning mw1, cheaters will be down and well all be happy

[@petercriscuola]

i want verdansk back and pls fix all the sttutering and all the crap that happens in this game. warzone 1 run much better than this!

[@mintfiction]

should of already had verdansk by now

[@CenReaper.]

They can't release a good game because they won't have anyone playing another iterations without deleting the map completely.

[@WhoTFisPaulFinebaum]

I'm not giving them another penny, until they solve the cheater problem.

[@0ptic0p22]

this series is just nostalgia bating the same happened to rebirth(tho i dont think cod players will remember how rebirth failed 20 days ago since they re tiktoik addicted)

[@jonesplaytv]

very god man

[@StrongCurry]

I gotta say I only started playing again because they re added Fortunes keep and then later Rebirth Island as I played it a ton back on WZ1. Its still not the same as it was but I was able to have some fun. Verdansk won't bring me back to playing as much as I was before. Nostalgia hits hard but we need to let verdansk go.

[@da-ms]

They need rotation br maps it get stale

[@choosing.tangent]

they are setting themselves up for the scenario that has hurt BF, where you have a very vocal player base that is not going to embrace anything that is not BF4

[@grantneilson3939]

They should launch Avalon and launch it into a rotation with Urzikstan and Almazrah…… or refund me for pre ordering BO6.

[@james_frankland]

Shame that it seems technically possible to update the game mechanics onto an old map, but they wouldn’t do it for DMZ…

[@primo8825]

verdanzk or not, make it 60 tick or higher and im in

[@trashman30]

Personally I think bringing verdansk back first is a great idea considering how much people have been asking for it BUT I think it should be brought back back December 2024 and bring the brand new map in February 2025. That way it’s not much of a wait to play the new map as well as people are gonna get what they’ve been asking for.

[@johnwick-mh9ry]

This is bound to fail from the beginning. Do you all remember how successful Verdansk was? It was incredibly addictive-I used to wake up at 4 or 5 am just to play solos or with my teammates. The engine was fantastic, with awesome mechanics and gameplay! Now, we have a really bad engine, and the game just doesn't hit the same as Verdansk. It's nowhere near as addictive, and that's why they're going to see all-time low numbers in player base pretty soon.

[@MetaphorHuskyManBaby]

Make Versdansk great again!

[@GoodKidd___98]

We are basically going through the MW 2019 and warzone 1 Verdansk lockdown route hmmmmm 🤔🤔

[@lukeleavitt8310]

Aren’t you getting paid to say this?

[@38kal]

Call of Duty should have new BR Modes and Resurgence Mode.. BR should be team of 5 cinco and have every BR Map all in a rotation.. And Quads for Trios for every Resurgence map made in rotation.. Then create brand new maps for Duos and Solos and have rotation for that.

[@Dr_Ace26]

agreed it’s a bad idea to back burner a new map thats ready to go. disagree that verdansk itself wont bring a ton of people back. battlefield will have to release a game that isn’t a total flop for it to take players away from WZ, especially if they bring back verdansk.

[@jared6618]

SORRY I WANT VERDANSK BACK

[@garethgrey351]

100% agree. Its a disjointed progression. The hype of Verdansk also wont hold me for more than 2-3 months. It also wont play the way it used to. We aren't all barricaded behind the "safety" of our front doors, with few other interesting options. Times have changed, and they seem to be hedging their bets based on 3-4 year old market research.

[@SwazzyGamer]

The game will do just fine, it's a big L for streamers and content creators like yourself

[@azurewolf8488]

Love your content mate, keep it up! I sincerely hope this isn't true bcz I understand they want max attention on black ops 6 and all but at least if ur going to put Verdansk on the back burner then release the new map at the end of yr since it's ready, 2 big maps at the end of the same yr feels wrong... I hope this isn't true or we're in trouble 😅

[@wuuduu609]

as a day1 player years ago, stopped playing that cheaters heaven several months ago, and waiting for Verdansk

[@Catch_u_reloadn]

You're right they shouldn't have got rid of anything in the first place they should have added to it took it away and then added to it for the new engine and then left it in rotation leave it all in rotation then add some new maps then you'll have a true need for the Call of Duty hub

[@alsjemeneus]

Another Cheatzone

[@ancientslav4863]

You REALLY hate Verdansk. You will get an Fortnite OG-like shock in March my man. Itll be popular af

[@koning110-]

The browse parties are unable to use , somebody has the same problem?? And does someone know how to solve it. Or join random parties ??

[@potsy1013]

As it stands i think my attention will be on Deltaforce Hawk opps!

[@knolsey]

You can also play Verdansk right now on your phone, with a controller. If you have a high end phone, you can even stream this to a monitor or TV and it's no different than console/pc

[@rhysenna]

Streamers and content creators dont seem to know what the casual player wants anymore.

[@Pocketwelder-s8d]

Huge mistake. New game, new movement, new map.

[@papalazarou7880]

It’s on the horrendous IW 9.0 Engine?

[@carlthomas99]

Heard Midnight Society was working on Verdansk VERDANSK! But, well, you know....

[@Meatwad787]

Everybody is "working on" something like that until Activision sends a cease and desist 😂

[@rekoj8085]

The player numbers are not there for big map

[@MattyBeGaming]

I haven’t played WZ1 so for me verdansk will be like a brand new map, saying that I am getting bored with BR and Resurgence right now. What I’m ultimately looking for is a DMZ style extraction shooter to play

[@potsy1013]

Deltaforce Hawkopps it's is then!

[@ryanjacobson7394]

Ohhh no not a dmz player hehhe bra b06 is gonna be your worst nitemare im gonna yy dolphin dive into a side slide drop shot jesus just think of all the shit you can do with omni movement the combo's are endless as long as its fast and snappy we are so back being a 4kd movment player like myself its just exciting

[@MattyBeGaming]

@@potsy1013I really hope it feels good in terms of movement and content.

[@MattyBeGaming]

@@ryanjacobson7394 just because I used to enjoy playing DMZ, doesn’t mean I don’t like movement, in fact I think Omni movement is going to be awesome!

[@potsy1013]

@@MattyBeGaming I agree. I really hope the mechanics work as intended. If so it opens a whole new era. I love fast past killing on Rebirth and such like. But also love grinding out missions, fighting other teams 👍

[@letsgetbiblical936]

Great take

[@bpetty27]

Blah blah blah

[@jamalaedwards5730]

You sound like a hater