Call of Duty: Warzone Mobile Version in Development, Activision Announces Hiring

Call of Duty: Warzone will be the second Call of Duty title to debut on smartphones.

By David Delima | Updated: 11 March 2022 11:23 IST

Call of Duty: Warzone Mobile Version in Development, Activision Announces Hiring

Photo Credit: Activision

Activision is yet to announce a release date for Call of Duty: Warzone Mobile

Highlights

Call of Duty Warzone was initially released in March 2020
The game is currently available for PC and console gamers
Call of Duty: Warzone is a free-to-play battle royale game

Call of Duty: Warzone, the popular cross-platform, free-to-play battle royale game from Activision, is set to make its way to smartphones. Gamers on Android and iOS already have access to Call of Duty: Mobile, which was released on mobile phones in October 2019. CoD Publisher Activision has revealed that it is looking to hire across its development and publishing teams in order to bring Call of Duty: Warzone to smartphones. The publisher is yet to announce when gamers can expect to see the mobile version of Call of Duty: Warzone arrive, or which platform will be supported first.

Activision revealed its plans to bring Call of Duty: Warzone to smartphones in a blog post, as it attempts to port the large-scale AAA title to mobile screens. Call of Duty: Warzone for mobiles will be built natively, and will be a live service game, like the main free-to-play title for PC and consoles. Activision has not revealed whether gamers on the upcoming mobile version will be able to play with gamers on other platforms.

We are building Call of Duty® Warzone™ for mobile! Apply today for exciting roles across the development and publishing teams!

More Information Here: https://t.co/3C39S1ITeI pic.twitter.com/J0rOw5W7eO
— Activision (@Activision) March 10, 2022

In order to port Call of Duty: Warzone to smartphones, Activision says it is hiring across development and publishing teams — including production, engineering, design, art, and marketing. The company is hiring across multiple internal studios including Solid State Studios, Beenox, Digital Legends, and Demonware. Activision is still facing a US investigation over accusations of discrimination and harassment after workers staged a protest last year — the investigation was recently expanded.

There's no word on when Call of Duty: Warzone will make its way to smartphones, but journalist Tom Henderson had previously tweeted that the game was added to the PlaytestCloud database. However, this isn't an indicator that the game is entertaining playtesting — development on the port is yet to begin.

Meanwhile, Activision has been working on adding new features to Call of Duty: Warzone for PC and consoles. In February, the publisher announced that it had introduced a new God Mode, or Damage Shield, that made a cheater's bullets “bounce off” regular players, as part of its Ricochet anti-cheating software. Activision also revealed that cheaters would be banned across the Call of Duty franchise, including future Call of Duty games.

What are the best games of 2021? We discuss this on Orbital, the Gadgets 360 podcast. Orbital is available on Spotify, Gaana, JioSaavn, Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music and wherever you get your podcasts.

Affiliate links may be automatically generated - see our ethics statement for details.

Call of Duty: Warzone

KEY SPECS
NEWS

Genre Battle Royale

Platform PlayStation 4 (PS4), Xbox One, PC: Windows

Modes Multiplayer

Series Call of Duty

PEGI Rating 18+

More Activision Games

Comments

For the latest tech news and reviews, follow Gadgets 360 on X, Facebook, WhatsApp, Threads and Google News. For the latest videos on gadgets and tech, subscribe to our YouTube channel. If you want to know everything about top influencers, follow our in-house Who'sThat360 on Instagram and YouTube.

Further reading: Call of Duty Warzone Mobile, Activision, Call of Duty Warzone, Call of Duty, Call of Duty Mobile

David Delima

Email David Delima

As a writer on technology with Gadgets 360, David Delima is interested in open-source technology, cybersecurity, consumer privacy, and loves to read and write about how the Internet works. David can be contacted via email at DavidD@ndtv.com, on Twitter at @DxDavey, and Mastodon at mstdn.social/@delima. More