Call of Duty’s free Warzone spinoff is the newest (and maybe last) magnificent battle royale by Hayden Dingman

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Call of Duty’s free Warzone spinoff is the newest (and maybe last) magnificent battle royale –

When Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 launched in 2018, I thought its “Blackout” mode would become the third big battle royale game. Splitting the difference between Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds and Fortnite, between hardcore and cartoony, Blackout felt like a more refined take on those already well-trod ideas, with snappy gunplay and a streamlined interface.

Problem was, you had to buy Black Ops 4 to play it—and then Apex Legends released a few months later, for free, and took all the wind out of Blackout’s sails (and sales).

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