{"id":3149,"date":"2025-04-14T13:19:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-14T13:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nichesitetool.com\/?p=3149"},"modified":"2025-04-15T06:42:50","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T06:42:50","slug":"call-of-duty-warzone-devs-say-verdansk-map-is-here-to-stay-for-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nichesitetool.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/14\/call-of-duty-warzone-devs-say-verdansk-map-is-here-to-stay-for-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Call Of Duty: Warzone devs say Verdansk map is here to stay\u2026 for now"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Verdansk’s return brought a lot of players back to Call Of Duty (Activision)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

There was a lot of fan demand for Call Of Duty<\/a>: Warzone to bring back the Verdansk map and yet Activision could still take it away a second time.<\/p>\n

Amid chatter of dwindling player counts and a possible shutdown<\/a>, Call Of Duty: Warzone reintroduced its original map, Verdansk, as part of its season three update<\/a> earlier this month.<\/p>\n

Considering there have been fan demands for Verdansk to return<\/a> to Warzone ever since it was removed in 2021<\/a> (with it even being nuked in-game and replaced with a new map), you\u2019d think long-time players would be thrilled to see it back.<\/p>\n

Apparently, that has been the case, with Verdansk\u2019s return proving successful for publisher Activision. However, it doesn\u2019t sound like its inclusion is guaranteed to be permanent.<\/p>\n

IGN<\/a> recently spoke with Warzone game director Pete Actipis and creative director Etienne Pouliot about how they approached bringing back Verdansk and how they felt about the response from players.<\/p>\n

While there\u2019s no way to check exact player numbers for Warzone, Call Of Duty\u2019s overall player numbers on Steam did see a noticeable jump once season three began on April 3.<\/p>\n

Beforehand, there were under 59,000 players, but that leapt up to almost 140,000 over the following weekend, according to SteamDB<\/a>.<\/p>\n

No doubt Verdansk\u2019s return was a big part of that and Actipis and Pouliot were naturally asked if the map will remain a permanent inclusion this time or if this is just a one-off.<\/p>\n

They kept their answer vague, but while fans shouldn\u2019t worry about Verdansk suddenly vanishing any time soon, it doesn\u2019t sound like there are plans to keep the map around forever.<\/p>\n

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