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Season 2 von Call of Duty: Modern Warfare – Alle Details und Trailer

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Infinity Ward hat die Season 2 von Call of Duty: Modern Warfare mittlerweile ganz offiziell angekündigt. Demnach fällt der Startschuss tatsächlich bereits am 11. Februar 2020 – also am heutigen Dienstag. Dann erwarten euch zahlreiche neue Inhalte. Die…

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CoD: Modern Warfare Season 2 – Here's What Launches On Tuesday

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Season Two of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare begins tomorrow, February 11. The season offers a brand-new battle pass of rewards to earn, modes to play, challenges to complete, and missions to take on. You won’t get everything on launch day though. In the following article, we list all of the new content that will be available in Modern Warfare on day one of Season Two.

The new season launches with two new multiplayer maps (Rust and Atlas Superstore), a new Ground War map (Zhokov Boneyard), and several new Gunfight maps. You’ll also gain access to two new multiplayer modes–Gunfight Tournaments and Call of Duty League Ruleset Playlist–as well as the Ghost operator. Both the GRAU 5.56 and Striker 45 will be added as new weapons too.

That’s all the new content specifically coming tomorrow. The remaining map, two operators, four modes, and weapon will be added to Modern Warfare later in Season Two. You can see a visual representation of the split in the image embedded below.

The return of Rust is the big content drop for Season Two. For those who don’t know, Rust is another remake of a classic Modern Warfare map. Specifically belonging to 2009’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Rust is modeled off of the Endgame mission from the game’s campaign. It’s a small map, but Rust offers a lot of vertical movement–allowing you to ambush enemies from both above and below.

Most of Season Two’s content will drop on day one, but you’ll need to wait until later in the season to see the rest of the new modes, maps, operators, and weapons.

In GameSpot’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare review, Kallie Plagge wrote, “The pitfalls of Spec Ops don’t detract from what Modern Warfare does well, though. Realism mode is an excellent addition to the slate, and although not all the new multiplayer modes are great, Gunfight and the Night Vision playlist are refreshing standouts. And while the campaign ends up playing it safe in the end, it’s still a memorable one, and it lays a strong foundation for where the Modern Warfare series could go from here.”

Though it’s incredibly obvious–given the annual nature of the franchise–Activision Blizzard has confirmed that a new Call of Duty game is in development and scheduled to release later this year.

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Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare Season 2 Begins Tomorrow, Here's What It Adds

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Another new Call of Duty game is on the way later this year, but in the meantime, a new season of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is about to kick off very soon. Season 2 of Activision’s hit shooter begins on PS4, Xbox One, and PC tomorrow, February 11, and it’ll bring a new Battle Pass, free maps, modes, and lots of other content over the next few weeks.

First, two new multiplayer maps will be available for all players right from launch day: Rust and Atlas Superstore. The former is a classic battleground originally featured in Modern Warfare 2, while the latter is an entirely new map set in a warehouse. A third new multiplayer map, Khandor Hideout, will also arrive during the season.

On top of that, Season 2 will launch with a new map for both Ground War (Zhokov Boneyard) and Gunfight (Bazaar). Two new multiplayer modes will also be available from the start of the season, including Gunfight Tournaments–a limited-time 2v2 single elimination competition for 32 teams.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Season 2 roadmap

Rounding out the launch day content is Ghost, who is being added to Modern Warfare as a playable Operator. Two new free weapons will also be available from the start of the season: the Grau 5.56 and Striker 45.

Developer Infinity Ward will be rolling out even more content during the course of Season 2, including another handful of new modes such as Demolition, Infected Ground War, and NVG Reinforce. This season will also add another two Operators to the mix–Talon and Mace–as well as a new, as-yet-unrevealed weapon. You can read more about Season 2 on Activision’s official website.

As previously mentioned, Season 2 of Modern Warfare will launch alongside a new Battle Pass, which will be split into free and paid tiers. Any near gear that affects the game’s balance–such as the aforementioned Grau 5.56 and Striker 45–will be unlockable through the free tier, while the latter will offer cosmetics, weapon blueprints, XP tokens, and other benefits. Activision is also offering a Battle Pass Bundle, which can be purchased anytime during the season and will grant you 20 Tier skips.

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Classic CoD Map Rust Returns In Modern Warfare Season 2

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Along with their announcement that they’re releasing a new Call of Duty this new Call of Duty this year, Activision has revealed the roadmap for Season 2 of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare’s multiplayer, and it includes an old favorite: Rust. Known as one of the smallest maps in the entire Call of Duty franchise, Rust has divided fans since it first debuted back in 2009’s Modern Warfare 2.

Like the infamous Shipment from Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, the compact size of the map means that you’re likely to spawn in the crosshairs of one of your opponents, making for very quick matches. The map is also known for encouraging tactics that some players dislike, like camping and grenade spamming. Still, if you like quick and dirty close-quarters-combat, Rust is the map for you.

Rust takes place in the middle of a sandstorm

Rust will be available at the launch of Season 2 on February 11, and it’s free to those who already own Modern Warfare. It also includes new maps and a Battle Pass. Not everything will be available on day one, but there is plenty of content hitting on Tuesday.

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Here's How Much Microtransactions Make For Activision And Take-Two

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Both Activision Blizzard and Take-Two held their latest earnings reports on Thursday, and both companies disclosed how much money they make from microtransactions.

For the calendar year ended December 31, Activision Blizzard made $3.37 billion from microtransactions, which the company calls “in-game net bookings.” For the three-month quarter ended December 31, Activision Blizzard made $1.09 billion from microtransactions.

For comparison, Activision Blizzard made $4.203 billion from microtransactions during calendar year 2018 and $1.204 for the final three months of that year. Those are drop-offs of 20 percent ($837 million) and 10 percent ($119 million), respectively.

In-game net bookings also include sales of downloadable content, in addition to microtransactions. Activision Blizzard is one of the world’s biggest video game publishers, and the company owns the mobile gaming giant King, which makes microtransaction-rich mobile games like Candy Crush.

But it’s not just mobile games that are pulling in big money from microtransactions for Activision Blizzard. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare’s microtransaction revenue grew by a “double-digital percentage” compared to Black Ops 4, Activision Blizzard said. Unlike previous entries in the Call of Duty series, Modern Warfare features a Battle Pass system that allows players to spend real money to move up through its various tiers to unlock new content.

Moving to Take-Two, the company calls its microtransactions “recurrent consumer spending,” and this includes things like virtual currency, add-on content, and in-game purchases. Revenue from recurrent consumer spending jumped by 15 percent during Take-Two’s latest quarter. It made up 37 percent of Take-Two’s total GAPP net revenue of $930.1 million, which works out to around $344,137,000 for microtransactions specifically.

One main driver of microtransactions sales for Take-Two is Grand Theft Auto Online. Microtransaction sales for this game grew by 54 percent during the quarter, management said, though it did not share a specific revenue figure for the game. Looking ahead, the company said it expects microtransaction spending to continue to grow by 10 percent in the coming financial year, thanks in part to ongoing sales from microtransactions.

Last week, Electronic Arts made its own announcement about microtransactions. It made nearly $1 billion from microtransactions during its latest quarter, and more than $2.5 billion from microtransactions during the trailing 12 months.

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