Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 hits peak lack of awareness with its Squid Game skins which, unfortunately, look rad as hell

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I've only just finished the second season of Squid Game, but it looks like I won't have to wait until season three for my next fix of twisted gameshows and gunmen in pink suits, as Call of Duty: Black Ops 6's upcoming collaboration has that covered.

The Squid Game crossover in Black Ops 6 begins tomorrow, January 6, according to Call of Duty's X account. There'll be limited-time modes in multiplayer, Zombies, and Warzone. The collaboration trailer shows players competing in red-light green-light, ddakji replacing dog tags in kill confirmed, and tons of Squid Game-inspired operator skins, like the contestant's jumpsuits, pink soldier uniforms, the black-masked game master, and a few patrons with their golden animal masks.

I usually find that Call of Duty collaboration skins look pretty tacky. The Fallout crossover that went live in June last year put Price in a gaudy vault dweller suit, which really didn't fit the look of Call of Duty and looked pretty silly to me. Then there's the swell of complaints about gaudy skins since Black Ops 6's release, which has seen some players go as far as to ask Activision if they can pay not to see a fluorescent green dragon running around maps.

But thankfully, I don't think anyone will be asking Activision to hide these new Squid Games skins because they actually look stylish. I like all of them, but my favourite has to be the pink soldier skin. The masks and suit look at-home—it'd actually be something I'd like to wear while going about my business in multiplayer lobbies.

I think the secret to this success is that these new skins actually make sense in Call of Duty's universe. I'm not saying that I could see Squid Game playing out in a campaign. But the people involved, the pink soldiers and the patrons in suits with gold masks, all seem like antagonists that I could feasibly come up against in a campaign whilst infiltrating some secret casino for the super-rich.

However, I do want to note that my only disappointment about this