{"id":2452,"date":"2020-04-13T18:45:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-13T18:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/?p=2507885"},"modified":"2020-04-13T18:45:00","modified_gmt":"2020-04-13T18:45:00","slug":"call-of-duty-warzone-brings-back-three-player-squads-after-two-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/04\/13\/call-of-duty-warzone-brings-back-three-player-squads-after-two-days\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Call of Duty: Warzone\u2019 brings back three-player squads after two days"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Quads might not have been as well-received as first thought.<\/p>\n<div class=\"o-article_block \">\n<div class=\"grid@tl+ mt-n40\">\n<div class=\"grid@tl+__cell col-8-of-12@tl+ pt-40\">\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"stretch-img  hide@m-\" src=\"https:\/\/o.aolcdn.com\/images\/dims?thumbnail=640%2C&amp;quality=80&amp;image_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fs.yimg.com%2Fos%2Fcreatr-uploaded-images%2F2020-04%2F89fbc070-7c40-11ea-bfd0-f747cd398d98&amp;client=amp-blogside-v2&amp;signature=a52c6ab420bae512f64fb49402e7b5bcfe109651\" alt=\"&#039;Call of Duty: Warzone&#039; season three\" \/><figcaption class=\"mt-15 t-meta c-gray-3\"><span class=\"c-gray-7\">Infinity Ward\/Activision<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"engadget-post-contents\" class=\"o-article_block pb-15 pb-5@m- o-subtle_divider\" data-ylk=\"sec:postcontents;slk:%27Call%20of%20Duty%3A%20Warzone%27%20brings%20back%20three-player%20squads%20after%20two%20days;elm:link;itc:0;\">\n<div class=\"grid@tl+\">\n<div class=\"grid@tl+__cell col-8-of-12@tl+\">\n<div class=\"article-text c-gray-1\">\n<p>The introduction of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/call-of-duty-warzone-quads-four-players-modern-warfare-season-3-194626509.html\" data-rapid_p=\"1\" data-v9y=\"1\">four-player squads<\/a>&nbsp;to&nbsp;<em>Call of Duty: Warzone<\/em>&nbsp;doesn&rsquo;t appear to have gone as smoothly as hoped. Infinity Ward has&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/InfinityWard\/status\/1248492306040143873\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">rolled out<\/a>&nbsp;a playlist update for the battle royale brawler that brings back three-player teams alongside the four-player and solo options. The developer didn&rsquo;t say what prompted the shift, but this won&rsquo;t apply to the alternative Plunder mode.<\/p>\n<p>As&nbsp;<em>Rock Paper Shotgun<\/em>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rockpapershotgun.com\/2020\/04\/11\/trios-return-to-call-of-duty-warzone-after-only-two-days\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">explained<\/a>, larger teams have a number of consequences for gameplay. It can take longer to get a squad together (especially if you want friends), and there will be fewer teams competing in any given match. Team cohesion might be more difficult, too. Trios might just represent the sweet spot for many players, and it won&rsquo;t be surprising if Infinity Ward recognized that quickly.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"tags\">\n<div><strong>See Campaign: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/call-of-duty-warzone-quads-four-players-modern-warfare-season-3-194626509.html\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/call-of-duty-warzone-quads-four-players-modern-warfare-season-3-194626509.html<\/a><br \/><b>Contact Information:<\/b><br \/>Jon Fingas<\/p>\n<p><b>Tags:<\/b><br \/><a href=\"\"><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/news-category\/wire\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Wire<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/global-regions\/united-states\/\" rel=\"category tag\">United States<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/language\/english\/\" rel=\"category tag\">English<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"image\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" class=\"cwdfimg\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>Contact Information:<\/h3>\n<p>Jon Fingas<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quads might not have been as well-received as first thought. Infinity Ward\/Activision The introduction of&nbsp;four-player squads&nbsp;to&nbsp;Call of Duty: Warzone&nbsp;doesn&rsquo;t appear to have gone as smoothly as hoped. Infinity Ward has&nbsp;rolled out&nbsp;a playlist update for the battle royale brawler that brings back three-player teams alongside the four-player and solo options. The developer didn&rsquo;t say what prompted &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/2020\/04\/13\/call-of-duty-warzone-brings-back-three-player-squads-after-two-days\/\">Continue reading <span>&lsquo;Call of Duty: Warzone&rsquo; brings back three-player squads after two days<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/04\/13\/call-of-duty-warzone-brings-back-three-player-squads-after-two-days\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,22,54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english","category-united-states","category-wire"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>\u2018Call of Duty: Warzone\u2019 brings back three-player squads after two days - Business<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/04\/13\/call-of-duty-warzone-brings-back-three-player-squads-after-two-days\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"\u2018Call of Duty: Warzone\u2019 brings back three-player squads after two days - Business\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Quads might not have been as well-received as first thought. 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