Activision will stop supporting Call of Duty Warzone on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One later this year, removing the game from both consoles’ storefronts on June 4 and disabling the in‑game store on June 25.
Players on PS4 and Xbox One can continue to play Warzone until the start of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 season 1, but the game will not be playable once that season begins shortly after Modern Warfare 4 launches on October 23.
The company also warned that some microtransactions will not be available on PS4 and Xbox One even before those cutoffs, though players on PS4 retain the ability to progress through free Battle Pass tiers and to unlock new weapons in the remaining Black Ops 7 seasons.
Those dates matter because Modern Warfare 4 is being released only for PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and S, and the Nintendo Switch 2; there is no PlayStation 4 or Xbox One version. Modern Warfare 4 is due out on October 23, and its season 1 content will be the point at which Warzone on the older consoles stops working. One tech outlet put the choice bluntly: "It’s time to upgrade to PS5 or Xbox Series S / X consoles if you want to keep playing Warzone."
Warzone originally launched in early 2020, before the PS5 and Xbox Series X and S arrived. Moving the battle royale off last‑generation hardware aligns the free game’s seasonal progression with a Modern Warfare 4 that will run only on current‑generation machines and the new Switch 2. Activision announced the Warzone changes the same day it unveiled Modern Warfare 4 for current‑generation consoles.
The shift creates an obvious gap for players who have stayed on PS4 or Xbox One. They will lose access to the title on storefronts after June 4, cannot download it after that date, and will see the in‑game shop removed on June 25. They can keep playing until season 1 of Modern Warfare 4 begins after the game’s October 23 launch, but once that seasonal cycle rolls over, Warzone on PS4 and Xbox One will be unplayable.
There is an economic strain baked into the move. Console prices have risen over the past year — both PS5 and Xbox Series X sit about $150 above their original $499 launch price — and Modern Warfare 4 will not be offered for the older hardware. The game will, however, be the first Call of Duty title to appear on Nintendo’s Switch 2, following a 10‑year deal Microsoft reached with Nintendo as part of its acquisition of Activision Blizzard.
The tension is practical: some players will want to keep their progress and purchases alive on older consoles, but Activision’s timetable and the lack of Modern Warfare 4 support on PS4 and Xbox One make that impossible past the coming season break. A subset of in‑game purchases will already be unavailable on the legacy machines before the public cutoff, and the storefront removal on June 4 prevents future downloads for anyone who hasn’t already kept the game installed.
For players asking what to do next, the answer is simple and unavoidable: to continue playing Warzone once Modern Warfare 4 launches and season 1 begins, upgrade to a current‑generation console or play on PC or the Switch 2. Existing PS4 and Xbox One players can use the remaining months to finish Battle Pass tiers they can access and to claim weapons in ongoing Black Ops 7 seasons, but after season 1 of Modern Warfare 4 begins, Warzone will no longer run on those older consoles.
