Activision to Shut Down Call of Duty: Warzone Mobile One Year After Launch

Activision is winding down support for Call of Duty: Warzone Mobile, just over a year after its launch. The publisher confirmed the game will be delisted from the Apple App Store and Google Play on May 18, and no new content or seasonal updates will be released going forward.

The free-to-play first-person shooter, released on March 21, 2024, for iOS and Android, failed to meet the company’s expectations with mobile-first players—unlike its stronger performance on PC and console. The company says teams previously assigned to Warzone Mobile are now being moved to other projects. 

The official statement noted, effective immediately, players would no longer be able to purchase Call of Duty Points or Black Cell using real currency, and that social features across both mobile platforms would also be retired.

Besides that, Activision highlighted that players who have the game installed before Monday, May 19, 2025, will retain access to it, including cross-progression with shared inventories and matchmaking for online play. Any unspent COD Points will be available for use to make in-game purchases from the Store.

As of Sept. 27, 2022, Warzone Mobile became Activision’s fastest pre-registered mobile game on Google Play, hitting 15 million pre-registrations. By Feb. 28, 2024, that number had climbed to over 50 million. Despite a strong launch, Warzone Mobile ultimately failed to gain long-term traction and was overshadowed by Call of Duty: Mobile, which launched in 2019. The latter has amassed over 1 billion downloads and features not only a full battle royale mode, but also multiple game types from the mainline Call of Duty series, along with dozens of classic multiplayer maps like Nuketown, Shipment, Crash, and Firing Range.