Rebirth Island has been removed from the Call of Duty: Warzone playlist due to “map-specific issues,” just hours after the popular map returned. Players are waiting on further updates from Treyarch to find out when the map is likely to be returned to rotation.
It’s a busy time for Warzone, after its big integration with Black Ops 6 and Season 1 launch last week. The update brought Black Ops 6 operators, weapons, and even game features to Warzone, as well as the new Area 99 Resurgence map, however the integration hasn’t been without its hiccups. Players have experienced issues, especially with game audio, as well as with performance on PC.
Players might have been looking forward to playing the popular Rebirth Island map when it was re-added to Warzone with this week’s playlist refresh, but the map was pulled from rotation just over three hours after it was added.
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We’ve removed Rebirth Island from the playlist while we investigate map-specific issues. Other maps and modes remain unaffected.
We will post updates here when we have more to share.— Call of Duty Updates (@CODUpdates) November 18, 2024
Treyarch has said that the issue in question is map-specific, and that “other maps and modes remain unaffected.” The post said further updates would be posted to the same account, but it’s currently unclear how quickly the issue is likely to be addressed.
The Warzone developer has already been hard at work patching issues associated with the Season 1 launch, with the first patch coming the day after the season started. Other posts on the CoD Updates X (formerly Twitter) account show that the team has already resolved a number of issues, so hopefully players will be able to jump back into Rebirth Island soon–but for now, they’ll have to stick to exploring Area 99.