Infinity Ward has offered gamers a first peek at the new terrain Ashika Island arriving in Season 2 of Call of Duty: Warzone 2, which will host the returning Resurgence mode. The faster-paced option has been clearly gone since it was removed from the mode choices when Warzone 2 launched in November 2022, along with the maps Rebirth Island and Fortune’s Keep. However, the mode will return when Season 2 starts on February 15th, along with a new terrain for participants to combat on.
Following the release of 2022’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Call of Duty: Warzone 2 is the follow-up to the successful, free-to-play battle royale Call of Duty: Warzone. Infinity Ward left Verdansk for the coastal area of Al Mazrah in the sequel, putting players against one other in an environment that included deserts, villages, and marshlands. It also included DMZ, Call of Duty’s version of PvPvE in which players combat AI bots and other players while completing tasks for one of three sides in Al Mazrah to win useable gear in Modern Warfare 2’s multiplayer and Warzone 2 if they can live and escape with their treasure.
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Infinity Ward has started providing players a glimpse at the additional content and updates coming to Modern Warfare 2 and Warzone 2 after the two-week delay in Season 2’s release. One of those features is the return of Resurgence mode, which will satisfy gamers desiring the smaller, faster-paced action that made the mode a smash when it first debuted. In a post on the official Call of Duty account, the studio teased the new map coming with Resurgence when Season 2 launches, with a following tweet confirming the map’s name to be Ashika Island.
Following Rebirth Island, Fortune’s Keep, and Caldera, Ashika Island would be the fourth island map designed for Warzone and Warzone 2. Rebirth Island was one of two maps created after the release of Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War in 2020, along with Verdansk ’84, both of which focused on the Cold War setting and chronology. Fortune’s Keep and Caldera, on the other hand, draw inspiration from World War II, since the maps were launched after the debut of the World War II-era game Call of Duty: Vanguard.
Players might argue that given the tradition of Warzone’s maps adopting cues from that year’s Call of Duty games, it would not be odd to see Ashika Island continue it with a present-day design. An argument may also be made that the map will be smaller to better handle Resurgence, given the mode has a matching maximum of 50 players. However, until the map is released on January 31, gamers will only be able to speculate.
