I’ve solely simply completed the second season of Squid Game, however it seems to be like I will not have to attend till season three for my subsequent repair of twisted gameshows and gunmen in pink fits, as Call of Duty: Black Ops 6’s upcoming collaboration has that lined.
The Squid Game crossover in Black Ops 6 begins tomorrow, January 6, in response to Call of Duty’s X account. There’ll be limited-time modes in multiplayer, Zombies, and Warzone. The collaboration trailer reveals gamers competing in red-light green-light, ddakji changing canine tags in kill confirmed, and tons of Squid Game-inspired operator skins, just like the contestant’s jumpsuits, pink soldier uniforms, the black-masked recreation grasp, and some patrons with their golden animal masks.
I normally discover that Call of Duty collaboration skins look fairly cheesy. The Fallout crossover that went reside in June final 12 months put Price in a gaudy vault dweller swimsuit, which actually did not match the look of Call of Duty and seemed fairly foolish to me. Then there’s the swell of complaints about gaudy skins since Black Ops 6’s launch, which has seen some gamers go so far as to ask Activision if they’ll pay to not see a fluorescent inexperienced dragon working round maps.
But fortunately, I do not assume anybody will probably be asking Activision to cover these new Squid Games skins as a result of they really look fashionable. I like all of them, however my favorite must be the pink soldier pores and skin. The masks and swimsuit look at-home—it’d truly be one thing I’d wish to put on whereas going about my enterprise in multiplayer lobbies.
I feel the key to this success is that these new skins truly make sense in Call of Duty’s universe. I’m not saying that I may see Squid Game enjoying out in a marketing campaign. But the folks concerned, the pink troopers and the patrons in fits with gold masks, all appear to be antagonists that I may feasibly come up in opposition to in a marketing campaign while infiltrating some secret on line casino for the super-rich.
However, I do wish to word that my solely disappointment about this collaboration is that, like each different little bit of media and merchandise to return out of this collection, it utterly misses the purpose of the present. Squid Game is, in the end, a present concerning the terrors of capitalism. A system of commercialism so bleak that contestants would slightly threat demise by the hands of pink-suited captors on reside tv than return to the doldrum of their outdated lives. Some extent that has gone over the pinnacle of any franchising efforts, hucking its imagery into a contemporary navy shooter as a result of it, uh, seems to be cool. But I feel they do look cool, in order that in all probability simply makes me a cog within the machine.
There additionally appears to be a particular multiplayer recreation that pits Squid Game contestants of their inexperienced uniforms in opposition to the pink masked troopers in a gunfight, as the massive wigs look on wearing fits with their staple golden animal masks. Hopefully, meaning gamers will get an opportunity to put on inexperienced jumpsuits or pink uniforms on this limited-time mode with out having to buy any operator skins.
As this collaboration is famous as being a part of Season 1 Reloaded’s occasions, it’ll in all probability finish round January 28. This means gamers will hopefully have loads of time to examine all the brand new modes out. For the primary time in a very long time, I may very well buy one or two myself.
