Waiting for datacenters in Warzone 2.0 or Modern Warfare 2? You’re not the only one

Did you come home from work today wanting to try war zone 2.0 – the latest Battle Royale experiment from Obligations, Raven, infinity guardianY Activision? Did she get an infuriating popup when she first tried to log in, telling her that he can’t play because his game client is ‘waiting data centers‘? Well, you’re not the only one.

The problem is widespread. I’m typing this right now as my Xbox Series X tries to establish a connection to Activision’s servers via modern warfare 2. I thought I was done a second ago, but after a small game-side update took place, I was back at the start menu. And now my watch starts again.

a curious look on social media shows that the problem is also happening around the world. The ‘waiting for data centers’ prompt and timeout issue also seem to be platform-agnostic (ie: it doesn’t matter if you’re on Xbox, PlayStation, or PC, you can still be in a queue).

The location tags on social networks seem to suggest that, at the time of writing, it is mainly the EU servers that are having a hard time working for players. Players in the NA region seem to be having a slightly better time, but servers on that side of the world are likely not going to be beaten by a bunch of Brits stuck indoors on a rainy night, eager to give Warzone a try. 2.0.

Currently, there are no bytes of formal developer or publisher advice on this bug, and no specific fixes for WOLTERS – FRANCIS on the official Modern Warfare 2 help page. With these types of issues, it usually comes down to the ability of the server on the game side. Ergo, there’s little you can do other than wait.

You might want to restart your machine or your internet connection, in case that’s a problem on your end, but at this point you’re unlikely to do anything significant.

We’ve seen similar issues with other Activision Blizzard games of late, most notably Overwatch 2 at the time of its release. The issue was eventually fixed, but it took a few days and the completion of a sustained DDoS attack to speed things up. We hope it’s not too bad for Call of Duty.

We will keep you posted as we learn more.

In the meantime, read up on how you’re going to have to play more than Warzone if you want all the weapons in the game, or why console gamers need to mute their damn mics.