Good prospects for Warzone: The Verdansk Remaster and the game mechanics from the past attract players (and spectators).
CoD Warzone turns the time back: With the comeback from Verdansk, the shooter is supposed to build on the glorious initial phase again – and the developers are even ready for drastic changes.
One day after the launch, Warzone is actually back at the top of the streaming charts on Twitch: With over 350,000 simultaneous spectators, the shooter lays Sea twitchtracker.com to a whopping 124 percent.
So is Warzone After many years again in the upswing – Although not as strong as for the launch of Warzone 2.0 in 2022. Nevertheless, the numbers are immense: more than 11,000 channels streams at the start the first rounds in the new, old Verdansk.
Aufwind on Steam
So it is more than obvious that Verdansk's return could arouse the curiosity of many fans. This is also reflected on Steam: On April 3, the Call of Duty HQ (from where Warzone is started) came to one Value of almost 114,000 active players at the same time – A new high for 2025.
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Warzone as before: The trailer for the Verdansk comeback cracks 20 million views in one day
In direct comparison, COD is in 14th place after the start of the new Warzone version in the 24-hour comparison of Steam-and thus in front of GTA Online, Rainbow Six: Siege and was Thunder.
The number of players from Battlenet and the consoles are of course not yet taken into account.
Why a comeback was necessary
The big update to Season 3 seems to be fully effective at least at first at first. It is hardly surprising that many users are interested in exploring the Verdansk remaster:
The MAP is considered a design master plant and laid an important foundation for the success of the Battle Royales, but was abruptly removed in 2021 and replaced with the much more unpopular Map Caldera-a decision that is now felt by large parts of the community as a big mistake.
For a long time, Warzone liable the call to be soulless and overloaded, especially through the constant integration of ever new seasons, weapons and mechanics with every new code part.
Due to the growing dissatisfaction with Warzone, even rumors made that there would be no further iteration if the Verdansk comeback failed.
With the new season, the developers therefore tried to bring back the original game feeling.
