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Players will need to upgrade to a PS5 or Xbox Series S / X console to continue playing Call of Duty: Warzone once season 6 of Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 finishes later this year.Call of Duty: Warzone will be removed from PS4 and Xbox One storefronts on June 4th and will no longer be available to download. Activision will then remove the in-game store in Warzone on PS4 and Xbox One on June 25th, and the game won’t be playable once Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 season 1 begins later this year.The timing couldn’t be worse for Warzone players still holding on to older consoles, as both Microsoft and Sony have increased the prices of their consoles over the past year. Both the PS5 and Xbox Series X are $150 more than their original $499 launch prices.Activision announced the changes to Warzone support on the same day it announced Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 for current generation consoles. 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Activision is planning to discontinue support for Call of Duty: Warzone on the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One platforms later this year, requiring players to transition to newer generation consoles to continue playing the game. This transition is necessitated by the conclusion of season 6 of Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, which will occur later in the year. Specifically, Warzone will be removed from the PS4 and Xbox One storefronts on June 4th, and the associated in-game store will be removed on June 25th, effectively ending play once Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 season 1 begins. This timeline presents a challenge for players who remain on older hardware, especially given that both Microsoft and Sony have increased the prices of their current consoles, with the PS5 and Xbox Series X being $150 more expensive than their initial $499 launch prices.

Activision announced these changes to Warzone support concurrently with the release of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 for current generation consoles. Modern Warfare 4 will be available on the PS5, Xbox Series S/X, and the Nintendo Switch 2. This release on the Switch 2 is significant as it marks the first Call of Duty title on that platform, resulting from a ten-year agreement Microsoft reached with Nintendo as part of its Activision Blizzard acquisition. Consequently, players wishing to continue engaging with the Call of Duty franchise must upgrade to a PS5 or an Xbox Series S or X console to maintain access to Warzone.