There's another Call of Duty collaboration on the way. Following crossovers from characters like Tomb Raider, Crash Bandicoot, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and The Boys, Activision has revealed that it is teaming up with Netflix to bring the streaming service's popular Squid Game TV series to Black Ops 6 and Warzone in early 2019. next year.
The Squid Game, which follows a group of players trying to survive a series of deadly children's games to win a GRAND CASH PRIZE, took the world by storm when it first aired on Netflix in 2021. It's been a long time coming, but The show will finally return for a second series on December 26, and Netflix's promotional efforts are now in full swing.
And so enters Call of Duty. Activision unveiled its impending crossover with Squid Game via a thirty-second trailer, in which an elegantly decked-out Operator discovers a mysterious envelope adorned with symbols to an 'X' from a PlayStation copyright claim. It all ends with the Call of Duty logo emerging in a sequence reminiscent of the initial Squid Game titles, after which we're told the collaboration will begin in January 2025.
Beyond that, details are limited to the point of being non-existent. We know the crossover is coming to both Black Ops 6 and Warzone early next year, but it remains to be seen if it will offer anything more substantial than premium romper-style cosmetics.
However, Call of Duty's collaboration with Squid Game won't be the first digital version of the hit Korean TV show to be released alongside Netflix's season two promotions. The streaming service's in-house developed Squid Game Unleashed, a multiplayer “party royale” for iOS and Android devices, launches for subscribers on December 17. It's just one of more than 80 titles currently in development as part of Netflix's continued push into gaming, although one of its most intriguing projects, a new AAA game helmed by Halo creative chief Joseph Staten, has been cancelled.
As for Call of Duty, it looks to be having a strong 2024. Microsoft recently announced that Black Ops 6 managed to set a record for most “launch day Game Pass subscriber additions,” a record previously held by Starfield after its launch last year.