Squid Game Reaches Critical Mass with Playful Call of Duty Crossover | Push Square
You know something has truly entered the mainstream when it arrives as a limited-time Call of Duty event. Such is the case with Squid Game, the Korean smash-hit on Netflix released in 2021. With Season 2 now streaming, it was only a matter of time before the survival dystopian thriller would come to Black Ops 6.
From 3rd January, Warzone and BO6 players can look forward to new operator skins, weapon blueprints, limited-time game modes, and more. We got a trailer showing it all in action, and while we couldn't find definitive confirmation, it appears to offer a game mode adapting the show's infamous «red light, green light» sequence.
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Do you fancy the prospect of facing Squid Game-themed enemies in Call of Duty for the foreseeable future? What other challenges from the tense Korean show do you hope to see in game mode form? Let us know in the comments section below.
Khayl Adam is Push Square's roving Australian correspondent, a reporter tasked with scouring the internet for the richest, most succulent PlayStation stories. With six years of experience as a freelance journalist and mercenary wordsmith, RPGs are his first great love, but strategy and tactics games are a close second, genres in which he is only too happy to specialize.
Sadly this will probably be better than playing the dedicated Squid Game...game. On Netflix...
SG reached critical mass for this to happen 3 years ago, so not sure what you're on about. Now, it's just a tie-in that seems pointless. A bit like series 2 of SG could never hope to emulate series 1.
COD is a joke now.
What a waste of potential this opportunity is
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