Here's when Warzone 2 launches and when Warzone comes back online

Call of Duty: Warzone 2 has launched this week, kicking off a new map, a new mode, and loads of new features for the CoD battle royale. Although Activision is still officially calling it "Warzone 2.0," don't be fooled. The new Warzone is in fact a new game that won't replace the original one, which will live on under a new name. The relationship between old and new—and Activision's 2.0 name—has made launch week feel a bit muddy, but we'll sort out all the dates and times you need to know right here.

The quick and dirty details you need to know about Warzone 2 are that it's still a battle royale but includes the new extraction-style Warzone 2 DMZ mode, the new map Al Mazrah, proximity chat, underwater combat, and a new gulag.

Here's what you need to know about Warzone 2's launch week and why Warzone is down for maintenance in the meantime:

When does Warzone 2 launch? 

Call of Duty: Warzone 2 launched at 10 am PT on Wednesday, November 16. The original Warzone went down for maintenance two hours prior to that, so there was no Warzone at all for about two hours on November 16. Here's when Warzone 2 comes online: 

• 10:00 am PT, November 16
• 1:00 pm ET, November 16
• 6:00 pm GMT, November 16
• 7:00 pm CET, November 16
• 5:00 am AEDT, November 17

Preloading for Warzone 2 has already begun as of Monday, November 14. You can start prepping for the launch by downloading it from Steam or Battle.net. Warzone 2 has its own page on Steam, but on Battle.net it's packaged alongside Modern Warfare 2. Together, they're a chunky 125GB download, but preloading just Warzone 2 from Steam was originally just 24GB, though it did have a launch day 16GB patch.

If you're a Modern Warfare 2 player on Battle.net looking to make room for Warzone 2, click the gear icon on the game's page and select "modify install" to uninstall parts of the game you're not playing (deleting co-op and campaign frees up around 30GB).