MW4 Warzone is out: Season 1 went live on Friday 6 November

Is MW4 Warzone out yet?

Updated 8 November 2026.

Yes. Warzone moved onto Modern Warfare 4 when Season 1 went live at midnight ET on Friday 6 November 2026, which was 5am in the UK. Battle royale is now on Hajin and Resurgence is on Zodiac. Verdansk and Rebirth Island weren’t in the launch rotation. Verdansk returns later in Season 1, and Raven says Rebirth Island will be switched on shortly after launch. Neither has a date (Verdansk and Rebirth Island explained).

Season 1 went live on time. Timesaver and KeenGamer both give the midnight ET start, and we found no reports of a delay.

When Season 1 started in your time zone

Time zone	Season 1 went live
Pacific (PT)	9pm, Thursday 5 November
Eastern (ET)	Midnight, Friday 6 November
UK (GMT)	5am, Friday 6 November
Central Europe (CET)	6am, Friday 6 November
Sydney (AEDT)	4pm, Friday 6 November

Call of Duty gave the ET and PT times in its Season 1 announcement. We worked out the others from them. Before the official time was out, this page estimated 9am PT (5pm UK) from past seasons. That was wrong: MW4 Season 1 started twelve hours earlier.

What’s in Warzone now

	At launch
Battle royale	Hajin: Solos and Quads, plus Casual Quads
Resurgence	Zodiac: Solos, Duos, Trios and Quads
Massive Resurgence	Hajin, up to 120 players, at weekends
Rally Point	Zodiac, 20 players, no gas
Coming later	Verdansk (battle royale) later in Season 1; Rebirth Island (Resurgence) “shortly after launch”, per Raven. No dates

The squad sizes come from Raven’s week-one playlist, reported by Timesaver. There’s no Duos or Trios battle royale in week one. That’s a playlist choice for the first week, so expect it to change.

The headline changes, from Call of Duty’s Season 1 Warzone patch notes:

• Tactical Sprint is standard again. Everyone has it, no perk needed. In MW4 multiplayer you still need Blood Rush.
• Shorter matches. Raven reworked the circle timings: Resurgence circles are nearly 5.5 minutes shorter, and the battle royale timings changed too.
• Less loot. One High Value Loot Zone per match instead of three, and fewer supply boxes on trains.
• A new Gulag on Hajin, with two outdoor arenas that the match weather affects.
• Private Match is switched off for all of Season 1. Raven says it returns in Season 2.

Every change is in our Season 1 patch notes breakdown.

Your old guns, skins and camos

Carry Forward works the way Activision said it would. Black Ops 7, Black Ops 6, MW3 and MW2 weapons sit in a Legacy tab and use preset builds: you can’t edit them in Gunsmith, and they don’t earn MW4 Mastery camos (mw4.gg, ESTNN). Your legacy blueprints and Operators carry forward. Legacy camos don’t. Full detail is in our Carry Forward breakdown.

PS4 and Xbox One

Warzone isn’t playable on PS4 or Xbox One any more. GamingBible and KeenGamer both report it went offline with Season 1. Activision’s support FAQ says your progression and anything bought with COD Points carry over to a supported platform on the same Activision account. Unspent COD Points move only within the same console family. Here’s what happens to your progress and COD Points.

Known launch problems

• Steam crash at launch. Infinity Ward’s Trello board lists a crash on Steam after the Season 1 update. Verify your game files first. If that doesn’t fix it, uninstall, delete the Call of Duty folder in steamapps\common, and reinstall (Timesaver). If your update is stuck instead, try our Steam update stuck at 99% fix.
• Double XP tokens can freeze the menu, and spamming Map and Esc together can kick you from a match. Both are on Raven’s known-issues list.
• The Marksman Rifle Platinum camo shows as locked for some players. Raven says it’s a display bug.
• The ROC 20MM has no legacy blueprint yet.

What we’re still waiting for

• Dates for Verdansk and Rebirth Island. Raven’s week-one playlist graphic says Rebirth Island “will be enabled shortly after launch”, but as of 8 November we haven’t seen it go live (Timesaver).
• A Season 1 Reloaded date. Call of Duty says more details will come with Season 1 Reloaded.
• Duos and Trios battle royale, which aren’t in the week-one playlist.

We’ll update this page when any of these are announced.

FAQ

Is MW4 Warzone out yet?

Yes. Warzone moved onto Modern Warfare 4 when Season 1 went live at midnight ET on Friday 6 November 2026, which was 5am in the UK and 9pm PT on Thursday 5 November.

What time did Season 1 start in the UK?

5am GMT on Friday 6 November 2026. Call of Duty’s official time was midnight ET. We’d estimated 5pm from past seasons, which was wrong.

Is Verdansk in MW4 Warzone?

Not yet. Season 1 launched with Hajin for battle royale and Zodiac for Resurgence. Call of Duty lists Verdansk and Rebirth Island as returning later in Season 1, with no date announced.

Can I play MW4 Warzone on PS4 or Xbox One?

No. Warzone is no longer playable on PS4 and Xbox One from Season 1. Activision says your progression and anything bought with COD Points carry over to a supported platform if you use the same Activision account.

Can I still use my Black Ops 7 guns in Warzone?

Yes, as legacy weapons with preset builds. You can’t edit them in Gunsmith, and they don’t get MW4 Mastery camos. Your legacy blueprints carry forward, but legacy camos don’t.

When is Season 1 Reloaded?

No date has been announced. Call of Duty says more details will come with Season 1 Reloaded.

Sources we check

The start time comes from Call of Duty’s Season 1 announcement, and the launch maps and in-season returns from its Season 1 Warzone blog. The gameplay changes come from the Season 1 Warzone patch notes, checked against mw4.gg (5 November) and ESTNN (6 November). Timesaver reported Raven’s week-one playlist and, with KeenGamer, the on-time launch. GamingBible reported the PS4 and Xbox One shutdown, and Activision’s Warzone platform FAQ sets out what carries over. Before launch, this page predicted a 5pm UK start and said Verdansk would stay from day one. Both turned out to be wrong, and we’ve corrected them here.