Warzone devs address bugged CX-9 unlock challenge

Nicholas Barth
Warzone CX-9

August 3, 2021, saw the long-awaited CX-9 SMG finally become available for Warzone and Modern Warfare players to unlock, but its unlock challenge was not working correctly and preventing players from adding the CX-9 to their inventories.

The CX-9 SMG has been one weapon Warzone, and Modern Warfare players have been anxiously awaiting to see become available for them to unlock and use in battle.

Players wishing for the arrival of this weapon got their wishes answered on August 3, 2021, when the Warzone CX-9 SMG was added to the Call of Duty battle royale through an unlock challenge and the Soap Operator Bundle.

However, many players have not yet been able to successfully unlock the Warzone CX-9 due to its challenge being bugged and not tracking progress properly.

Warzone CX-9

Raven Software, the development studio behind Call of Duty: Warzone, took to its official Twitter account on August 3 and updated the community regarding the bugged Warzone CX-9 unlock challenge.

The development studio stated that it was aware of the issue regarding the unlock challenge for the new Modern Warfare SMG and that it was investigating the problem.

This issue was then posted to the official Raven Software Trello board, where current issues with Warzone that are currently being investigated and worked on by Raven Software can be found.

The studio went on to post a follow-up announcement stating that it had resolved this issue and that players should now be able to get and level the new SMG without any problems.

Players can keep track of Raven’s progress on fixing these issues, like the bugged CX-9 unlock challenge on this Trello board.

With the Warzone CX-9 being a highly anticipated weapon for many months, many players were extremely excited to get the chance to finally unlock it and start using it in their battles on Verdansk, Rebirth Island, or Modern warfare Multiplayer, but were disappointed and frustrated that they were not able to unlock this weapon for a period of time properly.

We will update this piece with future updates regarding the bugged Warzone CX-9 unlock challenge when more information is provided by Raven Software.

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Image Credits: Activision / Raven Software

About The Author

Nicholas is a Senior Writer at Charlie INTEL who has spent the past few years writing news and guides about Call of Duty and a whole host of other video games. He graduated from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville with a degree in Mass Communications and loves helping readers find answers to their video game questions. You can contact Nicholas at [email protected].