Warzone 2 befuddles players by requiring the Modern Warfare 2 launcher

Warzone 2
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The 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Warzone 2 pre-load is live, but a confusing rollout through the Modern Warfare 2 launcher has had players bewildered about th♓e install proces🌼s.

So, 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:do you need Modern Warfare 2 for🐻 Warzone 2? As Activision Blizzard has previously confirmed, you do not have to buy MW2 in order to play the new Warzone. However, as with the previous Warzone and Modern Warfare, you will need to install the MW2 launc🐼her in order to get access to the new battle royale.

and have distinct store pages for Warzone 2, though they still install through the MW2 launcher.

For now, there's little indication once you've gone through the install process that you've actually successfully downloaded 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Warzone 2, but the devs insist that it🎐's working as intended. (There may, how🎐ever, be an additional download before launch.) On some platforms, you may see a message asking you to purchase MW2 when you try to launch the game, but the devs confirm on Twitter that this "is not necessary to experience Warzone 2.0".

If you do already own Modern Warfare 2, you don't need to make a separate download to preload Warzone 2. It should install automatically as an add-on pack for the game, so you'll be ready to drop into the new 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Warzone 2 map as soon as launch time rolls around.

Check out the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Modern Warfare 2 and Warzone 2 roadmap for details on what's coming in Season 01.

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