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Activision Blizzard, in affiliation with developer Infinity Ward, has provided up some early particulars on its new DMZ mode, which might be rolling out in Name of Responsibility: Fashionable Warfare II and its battle royale sister, Warzone 2.0 on November 16 at 10:00 PT / 13:00 ET / 19:00 BST.

Whereas deep particulars weren’t on supply, we do now know that DMZ will function inside Warzone 2.0 and can include an open-world, narrative-driven multiplayer mission for gamers and their squad buddies. Groups might be given free rein to finish a sequence of core missions, settle for facet targets, and battle it out with different operators and A.I. bots. From this early description, it virtually seems like DMZ is an amalgamation of earlier Name of Responsibility multiplayer experiences, comparable to Fireteam and Zombies… Besides with out the zombies.

The temporary blurb additionally appears to verify the CoD neighborhood’s suspicions that DMZ is to be Name of Responsibility‘s tackle Battlestate Video games’ personal long-running shooter Escape From Tarkov. Launched in open beta manner again in 2017, Escape From Tarkov is one other open-world army shooter that duties squads of gamers with gathering intel, finishing missions, and exfiltrating from the battlezone, all whereas participating in bullet-pumping firefights with bots and different gamers.

DMZ will launch as a part of Name of Responsibility: Fashionable Warfare 2/Warzone 2.0‘s Season One content material, which can embrace new Warzone map Al Mazrah — full with revamped Gulag mode — in addition to a fistful of recent operators, weapons, autos, and modes, all of which can roll out over the approaching weeks. For full particulars on all season one content material, take a look at the official Name of Responsibility web site.