Changing your location on Activision can be helpful for a variety of reasons, such as accessing different server regions or enjoying regional-specific promotions. However, Activision accounts are largely region-locked, and there are limitations to what changes can be made. Here’s a step-by-step guide on what you can do if you need to change your location on Activision.
When you first create an Activision account, your location is set based on the information you provide or the IP address detected during registration. Unfortunately, Activision does not allow users to manually change their registered region, as this location becomes tied to their account. This applies across various Activision games, such as “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare” and “Warzone.” The main reason behind this restriction is to maintain regional pricing, compliance, and service consistency across different locations.
Changing your account’s registered region will not directly improve in-game performance, as you will always connect to the closest server based on your current physical location, regardless of the registered region. However, there are workarounds if you need to alter your experience in specific regions.
One common way to “change” your location is by using a Virtual Private Network (VPN). A VPN masks your original IP address and replaces it with one from a different region, tricking Activision servers into thinking you are in a different country. Here’s how you can use a VPN to adjust your region for gaming:
For games that support cross-play, like “Call of Duty: Warzone,” players can link platform-specific accounts (PlayStation, Xbox, Battle.net) to their Activision account. If you have created a new gaming account in a different region, you could potentially link it to your Activision account to play in that region’s environment. Here’s how you can manage your linked accounts:
While the above methods can help you access different regions, they come with some caveats:
For players specifically looking to change their address details in games like “Warzone,” it’s possible to update your billing address or associated information in your account settings. However, this does not change the account’s server region and is more for payment- adjustments.