This week in Call of Duty, Activision's iconic gaming franchise is teaming up with The Boys, with characters from Amazon's darkly comic superhero series becoming playable skins in Warzone and Modern Warfare 2.
The Boys began life as a comic, penned by Garth Ennis and designed by Darick Robertson, and its live-action adaptation is one of the boldest productions you're likely to find on a streaming service these days. To begin to describe why would make this article very NSFW.
If you're a fan of both Call of Duty and The Boys, you'll be pleased to know that Homelander, Starlight and Black Noir will all be playable by the end of the week. Read on to learn more!
The Boys event in Call of Duty begins today (Wednesday 12th July) with the arrival of Starlight. This is the full schedule of when each character will arrive:
As well as those characters being playable, you'll also see The Boys branding beginning to pop up around the Al Mazrah and Vondel maps as of today.
There are also two 'Diabolical' Camo Challenges to complete, and even a 'Temp V' field upgrade in Warzone.
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To get The Boys skins in Call of Duty, you will simply need tobuy them from the store once the mid-season update takes effect at 5pm BST on Wednesday 12th July.
As far as we know, there's no way to get The Boys characters without paying for the privilege, which seems quite fitting when you consider the capitalist tendencies of Vought from the show.
Each operator pack — the Starlight one, the Homelander one and the Black Noir one — will be
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