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Call of Duty Warzone Players Are Complaining About the Introduction of ‘Pay to Win’ Content

Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0 and Modern Warfare 2 Season 3 have been released, introducing quite a few cosmetics and a new Battle Pass. However, some of the update’s paid cosmetics give players an advantage in his DMZ mode in Warzone, which some fans aren’t happy with.

On April 12th, Activision introduced a new cosmetic bundle for Warzone 2.0. What Activision called a “DMZ boost,” the game’s new $12 Bomb Squad bundle gives players Fender skins, SAKIN MG38 LMG blueprints, active duty slots, stickers, and emblems.

but, PC gamer As pointed out, the boost this bundle provides in the game’s extraction mode, the DMZ, is very valuable. Players with the Fender skin are given a medium backpack, and the LMG has a much shorter cooldown than the free guns.

Fans have taken to Twitter to express their disappointment that the game has become a “pay-to-win” due to the benefits this paid bundle offers.

Warzone 2.0’s extraction mode, DMZ, is still in beta, but it looks like Activision may stick to this model for the foreseeable future. Reddit Dataminethere may be more bundles that offer DMZ benefits.

We gave Warzone 2.0 an 8 in our review, calling it “a positive update to Call of Duty’s battle royale mode, even if it has some flaws of its own.” In January, Microsoft announced it was “confident” it could bring Call of Duty to the Nintendo Switch, but Sony expressed concern about Xbox sabotaging the franchise’s performance on the PlayStation.

Amelia Zollner is a freelance writer for IGN who loves all things indie and Nintendo. Outside of IGN, she contributes to sites like Polygon and Rock Paper Shotgun. Find us on Twitter: @ameliazollner.

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