Call of Duty: Warzone Leak Teases Return of Popular Map

Highlights

• The Rebirth Island map might be returning to Warzone in Season 3, possibly with changes.
• Fans are excited about new features in Warzone, including a new POI, items, killstreak, weapons, and more.
• Warzone Mobile is launching on March 21, allowing players to return to fan-favorite Verdansk.

Call of Duty: Warzone dataminers have unearthed an image of the returning Rebirth Island map. Fans might already be familiar with the map’s approaching return after previous Call of Duty: Warzone announcements confirmed as much.

In October, Activision announced that Fortune’s Keep and Rebirth Island would return to Warzone in 2024. Fortune’s Keep was already added in February with the launch of Season 2 and previous leaks suggested that Rebirth Island would be added in Season 3, which is expected to begin in early April. The impending return of the small, popular map seems increasingly likely after new datamining discoveries.

Call of Duty dataminer BKTOOR5 found a loading screen for Rebirth Island within the game’s files. The image shows the outer edge of the map, and it seems that its second iteration will incorporate some changes from the original design. Most notably, there seems to be smoke rising from the map’s Prison POI, suggesting that an explosion or some other event has taken place in the center of the map. It’s unclear from the image whether the new Rebirth Island will include as many changes as the recent return of Warzone‘s Fortune’s Keep. However, users probably shouldn’t be surprised if it does, as Call of Duty often incorporates new features or changes to spice up returning maps.

Rebirth Island Possibly Returning to Warzone in Season 3

Rebirth Island’s return with the Season 3 update seems likely after previous Call of Duty leaks found multiple mentions of files tagged with “s3_rebirth.” However, it’s important to note that this addition has not been confirmed and delays or misunderstandings are always possible.

In the meantime, fans can enjoy Warzone‘s newest update, which added a new POI to Fortune’s Keep in a large, moving ship and a new item in the PDS field upgrade, which temporarily shields users from gas. Warzone also added the Bunker Buster killstreak, which finally gives users the ability to root out enemies who are holed up in buildings. Warzone, along with Modern Warfare 3, additionally received two new weapons in the SOA Subverter battle rifle and Soulrender melee weapon.

As for other classic maps, Warzone fans can also return to the fan-favorite Verdansk once Warzone Mobile launches on March 21. The new game features cross-progression with standard Warzone and Modern Warfare 3 and includes a variety of traditional Multiplayer modes. Its release is a long time coming for Warzone fanatics, as it was initially announced back in September of 2022.