Warzone 2.0 & Modern Warfare 2 Playlist Update Today
Modern Warfare 2 and Warzone 2 receive regular playlist updates with new modes. Sometimes these are unique, event-based modes, but more often than not it’s one of the featured playlists you will have seen before. Here are the playlists available for you this week in Warzone 2 and MW2.
Here is the Warzone 2 & Modern Warfare 2 playlist update from today. | © Activision / EarlyGame
Modern Warfare 2 and Warzone 2 are both live-service games with massive teams behind them. And for this reason you can expect very regular playlist updates for both. Each playlist update will give you a host of new and returning modes to play, and they generally do a good job of keeping the game fresh. So what happened in today’s playlist update? And have they given you the modes you love? Let’s take a look.
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Modern Warfare 2 Playlist Update
Here are the playlists currently available for you to play in Modern Warfare 2:
Playlist Type |
Modes / Missions |
Featured |
Quickplay |
3rd-Person Moshpit | |
Cyber Attack | |
The Naughty List (Christmas Shipment) | |
CDL Moshpit | |
Multiplayer | Ground War |
Invasion | |
Tier 1 | |
Spec-Ops / Co-Op | Atomgrad Ep. 01 |
Veteran Atomgrad Ep. 01 | |
High Ground | |
Low Profile | |
Denied Area | |
Defender: Mt. Zaya |
Warzone 2.0 Playlist Update
Mode |
Team Size |
Battle Royale |
Solos, Duos, Trios, Quads |
Mini Royale | Trios |
3rd Person BR | Trios |
DMZ | Trios |
Hopefully you saw what you wanted!
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When Can You Expect New Playlist Updates In Warzone 2 & MW2?
Traditionally, the Call of Duty premium title and Warzone will receive new playlist updates every Thursday at 10:00 PT (13:00 ET / 18:00 GMT). But these times are often disrupted by new events and seasonal releases, so treat these times as a general rule rather than an exact schedule.
So far, we haven’t seen enough playlist updates in Modern Warfare 2 or Warzone 2 to know exactly when we can expect them. We will continue monitoring the update schedule for both games, and we’ll update you as soon as we detect any changes.
Warzone Modes Explained
Battle Royale
Well…yeah, have you played Warzone? Okay, sorry, I sound like a d*ck. This is the standard Warzone mode, usually you can play it in teams of one, two, three, or four, and the aim is to survive in a slowly shrinking area. You don’t have respawns, but you do get one opportunity when you die to fight in the gulag, and if you win your fight you can redeploy to the map. Otherwise, one of your teammates can pay for you to respawn at a buy station (if they’re still alive).
The only BR map available is called Al Mazrah but more will be released eventually.
Modern Warfare 2 Ground War Modes Explained
Ground War
Ground war is a 32 vs 32 mode which is basically a massive game of domination, in which teams compete to capture and hold onto five different objectives. This mode is played on huge maps.
Most of the maps are set on the new Al Mazrah map, but some of them take place in Mexico. This has led to speculation about a Mexican BR map set around Las Almas…
Invasion
Invasion is a 20 v 20 Team Deathmatch, which takes place on the same maps as Ground War. However, in Invasion each team are joined by a force of bots to help them. Here’s Invasion in action:
Will we get a new Invasion style mode in one of these playlist updates? | © Activision
This has been a popular mode so far for lovers of Ground War.
Modern Warfare 2 6v6 Modes Explained
Prison Rescue
Prison Rescue is a no respawn mode, but with revives enabled (like MW2019’s Cyber Attack). The aim of the game is to be first to 500 points, and each round you will be either on the attacking side or on the defensive side (which side your team is on alternates every 2 rounds).
To score points each round, the attackers have to recuse hostages and bring them back to their spawn point. Defenders have to stop them doing this. It plays like an SnD-lite, and we’re big fans of the mode.
We find that Prison Rescue plays like a more competitive mode, similar to Search and Destroy, so you’ll want to use the current meta loadouts to do well:
Knockout
In Knockout you have no respawns, but revives are enabled, just like Prison Rescue. But in this mode teams have to pick up a neutral bag in the middle of the map, which begins a timer, and hold on to the bag until the timer is complete.
It’s quite simple, but it doesn’t really work as a mode because when you pick up the bag everyone can see where you are, putting you at a massive disadvantage. So it’s best for both teams to just ignore the bag and play it like a game of TDM.
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3rd Person Moshpit
This is mode is just a collection of respawn modes (Hardpoint, Headquarters, Domination, Kill Confirmed, and Team Deathmatch) but with everyone using a 3rd-person camera. The camera will remain 3rd-person unless you zoom in with a scope of 3x magnification or stronger. It looks pretty dope:
We’re hoping for more 3rd-person modes to be added in the next playlist update. | © Activision
We advise this mode to anyone who’s been grinding too long and needs a casual change of pace.
Quickplay / Classic Modes
And, of course, you’ve got your classic Quickplay, which is all the classic modes in 6v6. You can filter your Quickplay to only include certain game modes.
Here are the classic modes we have to choose from in Quickplay:
- Team Deathmatch
- Free-For-All
- Kill Confirmed
- Hardpoint
- Headquarters
- Domination
- Search and Destroy
- Prison Rescure
- Knockout
Just like the good old days.
And there you have it folks, that was your update on all the modes available to play this week. Was it the playlist update you wanted? Or are you still enjoying the campaign?
Every game mode in Modern Warfare 2 Season 1 Reloaded: Bounty, Cyber Attack & Control
Modern Warfare 2 multiplayer gameplay is a varied experience with several game modes to choose from. Here are all of the game modes that are available in Season 1 Reloaded.
The Modern Warfare 2 Season 1 Reloaded update brought the new Chimera Assault Rifle and a reimagined version of Shipment to the game.
The major update was also supposed to deliver several new game modes alongside the selection of Modern Warfare 2 modes that were available at launch. Unfortunately, players will have to wait a little longer for the game modes that were due to arrive with Season 1 Reloaded.
Whether you’re looking for Call of Duty classics like Hardpoint and Domination, or new inclusions like Prisoner Rescue, here’s every game mode in Modern Warfare 2.
- All Modern Warfare 2 multiplayer game modes
- 32v32
- 6v6
Modern Warfare 2 features a variety of maps and game modes, giving new players a chance to get to grips with the updated Perk system and Gunsmith.
Modern Warfare 2 offers Core Maps for 6v6 and Battle Maps for 32v32 gameplay, each with its own game modes. Here are all of the game modes and corresponding player counts available in Modern Warfare 2:
32v32
- Ground War
- Ground War Invasion
Ground War Invasion is a brand-new 32v32 mode that follows similar rules to Team Deathmatch but is played on Ground War maps and with AI.
In this mode, vehicles are available and each team will start with AI combatants. Eliminating players will earn the team points, and the first team to reach 2,000 points will win the match.
Meanwhile, the traditional Ground War mode will feature two teams of 32 who will “square off to capture an odd number of objectives on a large map.” Call of Duty fans can think of this as a large-scale version of Domination, and the first team to earn 250 points will win the match.
6v6
- Free-for-All
- Team Deathmatch
- Domination
- Hardpoint
- Headquarters
- Knock Out
- Prisoner Rescue
- Search & Destroy
- Kill Confirmed
- Control (Coming Soon)
- Cyber Attack (Coming Soon)
- Bounty (Coming Soon)
The 6v6 modes include the classics that most Call of Duty players will be familiar with including Free-for-All, Team Deathmatch, Domination, Hardpoint, Headquarters, Kill Confirmed Control, and the iconic Search & Destroy.
Of course, the devs are always looking to innovate, and they’ve added Knock Out and Prisoner Rescue to do just that.
Knock Out is a round-based mode that sees two teams fighting “over a bag of Cash” that’s placed in the middle of the map. The player with the bag in their possession will appear on the map, leaving them exposed. Holding the bag for 60 seconds or eliminating the entire enemy team will win the round. There are no respawns in Knock Out, but team revives are enabled.
Prisoner Rescue is also a round-based mode with no respawns and revives enabled. The mode sees two teams fight to escort and defend hostages. The attacking team will attempt to infiltrate the enemy’s territory, take two hostages, and carry them back to the extraction point to gain 100 points.
Teams will also receive points for defending their hostages and preventing extractions, as well as eliminating the enemy team.