Call of Duty: Warzone is here to stay, that much is clear. The free-to-play battle royale mode has swept millions of players into its enormous playground of a map, Verdansk, and sustained them over six seasons (so far) of new content and map tweaks. Call of Duty Warzone tips and tricks: Essential hints to dominate Season 6 of the COD battle royale However, as with any battle royale, there's nothing quite like a completely new map to revitalise interest not only for players who might have dropped off, but also for anyone who's still playing it, a little tired of the same surroundings over and over again. We've known for a little while that the release of Call of Duty: Blacks Ops Cold War won't be anything to disrupt Warzone's flow - it would seem they're both going to continue in a related but slightly distant way. However, a new game coming out is the perfect opportunity for Warzone to get a significant update and refresh, with the expectation that more guns and operators will join the fight for players to use. That's also seemingly going to be augmented by an entirely new, wintery map. Dataminers have found some video files in the latest round of Black Ops Cold War's beta, and they've got file names that make it sound a lot like new map areas are coming for Warzone, mostly themed around Russian locales. The inclusion of a "ski slopes" area makes it sound like you can expect snowy climes, even more so than the higher areas of Verdansk's map. The names are Duga, Forest, Russia, and Ski Slopes, each comprising a multiplayer map that will likely form a chunk of the larger Warzone map, just as was the case in the current, Modern Warfare-inflected version. If a new map is indeed forthcoming it'll be a relief to longtime players, and also nicely buck the trend of battle royale games going to the desert for their second maps, although given the number of multiplayer maps Infinity Ward has to call on in that area, we wouldn't rule it out in the long run.

CD Projekt Red has announced that Cyberpunk 2077 will launch on Stadia at the same time as Xbox One, PS4 and PC. However, the next-gen versions of the game won't - they will be coming "at a later date".

More on the game was revealed during the latest Night City Wire online event yesterday, including a tie-in with car manufacturer Porsche for a special edition 911 Turbo that appears in the RPG. Motorcycle company Arch also announced a collaboration.

But Stadia players will no doubt be more bouyed by the fact that Cyberpunk 2077 will be available to them from day one - it was previously rumoured to not be available until 2021.

As for those looking forward to playing it on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S, they can immediately through backward compatibility. A subsequent update will arrive later to add enhanced features.

"Huge in scale and scope, Cyberpunk 2077 is our most ambitious game to date. It’s humbling to see just how many people are looking forward to playing it, and we want to make it possible for as many gamers as possible come 19 November, when the game launches," said CD Projekt's SVP of business development, Michał Nowakowski.

"The Stadia version will allow players to jump into Night City just seconds after the game unlocks for play worldwide without any downloads needed."

Cyberpunk 2077 is available to pre-order on Stadia now.

Writing by Rik Henderson.