Stand Down, Soldier

Developer Treyarch has confirmed that its not too long ago launched blockbuster shooter Name of Obligation: Fashionable Warfare II won’t be receiving Ranked Play anytime quickly, with the Seriouz Biznezz mode tabled to reach in-game someday in 2023.

Whereas Fashionable Warfare II‘s many multiplayer modes are already up and operating, the league-based ranked model stays in improvement on the studio, with the corporate nonetheless beavering away on options corresponding to leaderboards, aggressive rewards, distinct ability divisions, and unique ranked modes. Other than “2023”, an anticipated arrival time was not introduced.

#CONFIRMED: Ranked Play arrives on #ModernWarfare2 in 2023, and we’re working with our companions to ship:

Aggressive Modes ✅
Ranked Talent Divisions ✅
Seen Talent Rankings ✅
High 250 Leaderboard ✅
Aggressive Rewards ✅

Extra particulars to return!

— Treyarch Studios (@Treyarch) November 2, 2022

Posting on Twitter, Treyarch additionally confirmed that it was to start out sunsetting League Play modes for earlier entries Name of Obligation: Vanguard and Name of Obligation Black Ops: Chilly Battle. Anybody trying to bag their final remaining ranked rewards for these titles must lock ‘n’ load, because the video games’ respective rating will likely be shutting down on November 22. In fact, each titles will stay accessible to play on-line, (which is sweet as, extremely, I’m nonetheless taking part in Black Ops Chilly Battle now and again.)

Whereas the delay in ranked play for Fashionable Warfare II is just not supreme, it would probably not make a dent within the shooter sequel’s unbelievable success. The brand new sequel is the most important launch within the CoD franchise’s storied historical past, having pulled in over $800 million USD in its opening weekend whereas concurrently smashing all concurrent participant information for the franchise on Steam. Ranked Mode would possibly nonetheless be a way away, however the neighborhood appears far too engaged in rat-a-tat-tat motion proper now to pay it a lot thoughts.

Name of Obligation: Fashionable Warfare II is offered now on PlayStation, PC, and Xbox platforms.