The original version of Call of Duty: Warzone will cease to exist come September 21, Activision has announced.

In a blog post, Activision cited the development team's "focus on future Call of Duty content including the current Warzone free-to-play experience," as the reason behind the upcoming shutdown.

Call of Duty: Warzone (renamed to Call of Duty: Warzone Caldera following the release of Warzone 2.0 in November of last year) originally released alongside 2019's Modern Warfare, and shared a battle pass, weapons, and cosmetics. Even though the first version Warzone is shutting down, its original map, Verdansk, hasn't been playable for quite some time. Currently, the Pacific-based map Caldera is the only map playable in the original Warzone, hence the game's current name.