Call of Duty: Warzone brings back Bounty contracts

Call of Duty: Warzone Plane Battle Royale Team Squad

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Sometimes, getting mad gets results. Case in point: Earlier this week, Activision added a new type of contract to the Call of Duty battle royale Warzone, but at the same time quietly removed Bounty contracts, a move that left a lot of players very unhappy.

Bounty contracts give squads that pick them up a limited amount of time to hunt down and kill a player in an opposing squad, for rewards including in-game cash and XP. The approximate location of targets is shown on the tactical map, which really helps to keep things hopping.

It's a high-risk, high-reward strategy, but many players complained that while Bounties encouraged aggression, Most Wanted contracts had the opposite effect: You take the contract, and then you spend five minutes hiding and hauling ass. That's how some of us play battle royales anyway (or is it just me?) but hard hitters who like to mix it up saw it as a move in the wrong direction, and weren't shy about saying so.

A Warzone update released last night grants their wish: Most Wanted contracts are out, and Bounty contracts are back in. I don't really get why the game can't have both (and Activision didn't say), but if it has to be one or the other, Bounties definitely appears to be the more popular choice.

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