Call of Duty Warzone going dark on PS4 and Xbox One, being delisted in June and will be unplayable after October

Sony's still quite-active PlayStation 4 is losing another one of its most popular free-to-play games by the end of the year, this time with Call of Duty Warzone.

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The unusually-long lifecycle of gaming's 8th console generation is finally starting to wind down, losing key software in the process. It's now been revealed that Warzone will go dark on the platforms in 2026; the game will be delisted on June 4, the store will shut down on June 25, and the free-to-play shooter will go offline completely on PS4 and Xbox One when Modern Warfare 4's first season drops later this year.

"Call of Duty: Warzone on PlayStation 4 and XBOX One will no longer be playable starting with Modern Warfare 4 Season 1," Activision confirmed in a recent post.

"Beginning June 4, the game will no longer be available for new downloads on those platforms, though existing players can continue playing until Season 1 launches. Certain items, such as Call of Duty Points bundle purchases, will no longer be available on those platforms.

"On June 25, the in-game store for Call of Duty: Warzone on PlayStation 4 and XBOX One will be removed. Players can still progress through free Battle Pass tiers, including unlocking new weapons in remaining Black Ops 7 seasons."

Starting with the upcoming Modern Warfare 4, Activision has fully phased out last-gen support for Call of Duty moving forward--the series is just coming to PS5, Xbox Series, and for the first time ever, the Switch 2.

Modern Warfare 4 releases on October 23, so Warzone will probably be taken offline on last-gen around this timeframe.

Warzone was a part of why Microsoft purchased Activision for $68.7 billion, and at the time, both Warzone mobile and the console/PC version were firing on all cylinders. Warzone mobile has since been shut down.