Six months of ready has Warzone gamers champing on the bit for Ranked Play to be added to Urzikstan, however anticipation has devolved into frustration and doubt.

Fashionable Warzone requested gamers if they might be dissatisfied if Ranked Play wasn’t added to Urzikstan this 12 months, and annoyed neighborhood members voiced their frustrations within the remark part. It additionally didn’t assist that CharlieIntel added extra gasoline to the hearth by reporting that the devs spoke about including the sport mode in January, however have been radio-silent since. Going again even additional, in October, 2023, CharlieIntel claimed that Ranked Play could be added to Urzikstan in 2024. As we method late Could, that launch window seems to have been pushed again to the dismay of conventional battle royale followers.

In response to the blended studies, Warzone content material creator IceManIaac stated, “We eagerly waited 3.5 years for the massive map Warzone Ranked, solely to have it eliminated 6 months later on the MW3 launch and nonetheless but to have it again 6 months after that.”

At this level, some gamers don’t care as a lot about Ranked Play coming over; they need Warzone’s giant map to obtain new content material in mild of a latest drought of updates to Urzkikstan. “Ranked could be wonderful, however just a few BR consideration could be even higher,” Warzone Loadout argued. “New POIs, Specialist, Foresight, fan-favorite mode like Iron Trials or Buybacks, and many others.”

As a part of the March Season 2 replace, Treyarch launched Ranked Play Resurgence to accompany the returning small-scale map Fortune’s Hold. Then, at the beginning of the Season in early April, the devs confirmed extra like to Resurgence by bringing again Fortune’s Hold and transferring Ranked Play over to the favored map. Urzikstan didn’t get any new POIs, substantial adjustments, or Ranked Play all through each seasons, resulting in questions concerning the map’s future.

Resurgence established a passionate fan base as a result of the small-scale map and respawn mechanics encourage fast-paced, easy-to-pick-up gameplay. In the meantime, Urzikstan suffers from gamers not stepping into as many engagements and gamers being compelled to discover a new match after dying. The Warzone devs have made it clear that there’s extra assist for Resurgence in the mean time as indicated by the wealth of latest content material, and it’s unclear if there any imminent plans to boost the standard battle royale expertise.