Tomorrow, on the 15th of July, the Season 4 Reloaded update will be rolling out for both Call of Duty: Warzone and Black Ops Cold War. For the former, the update will be bringing a brand-new game mode, a new event type, and even a new Killstreak, along with the gifting mechanic which recently came to Black Ops Cold War.
Call of Duty: Warzone in Season 4 Reloaded
The headline feature for Call of Duty: Warzone in Season 4 Reloaded is Payload, the game’s first-ever objective-based game mode. Payload pits two teams of 20 players against one another to fight for control of a vehicle convoy. The attacking team must stop the vehicles from reaching the final checkpoint. Meanwhile, the defenders must escort the convoy through all of the checkpoints in turn. In addition to attacking directly, the defenders will also be able to build obstacles to slow down the convoy, according to Raven Software.
Alongside Payload, Season 4 Reloaded will also see the launch of a new event type, Blueprint Blitz. This new event will occur in a similar fashion to Treyarch’s frequent Double XP Weekends. Instead of double XP, the Blueprint Blitz event will cause “Contraband Contracts” to spawn automatically whenever players complete two normal Contracts in Warzone. If players can complete a Contraband Contract, they’ll earn themselves a permanent Weapon Blueprint, not to mention plenty of Cash in their current match. The Blueprints on offer will mostly be weapons from previous seasons which players may have missed out on. Raven Software hasn’t announced when the first Blueprint Blitz will occur. However, it’s likely to be relatively soon after tomorrow’s update.
The third major new feature for Call of Duty: Warzone Season 4 is the Sentry Gun; an all-new Killstreak which will be available in-game from tomorrow. This automated turret has been available in Black Ops Cold War for some time. Now, it will be usable in Warzone, providing static covering fire in a 180-degree arc. The Turret will remain active for around one minute after being put down before it collapses. It will be available as a Legendary item drop from Red Door room Supply Boxes.
As a final note, another new mechanic will be coming to Warzone with the Season 4 Reloaded update; the same gifting system which recently came to Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War. This means that players will be able to gift Battle Passes and Store Bundles to other players in-game.