The influence of all-conquering metaverse battle royale Fortnite on Call of Obligation — certainly the aggressive multiplayer online game panorama — is a subject of long-running debate. In reality, Activision left Call of Duty’s army sim tone behind way back, leading to what gamers have now: a no-holds barred fusion of popular culture and fashionable warfare.
However Call of Duty’s newest gun has thrust that debate again into boards and social media as soon as once more, and that’s as a result of it’s maybe the silliest weapon ever seen within the first-person shooter franchise.
Dataminers unearthed the trailer for the “Additional Crispy” gun, which lets customers prepare dinner, eat, and flip their enemies into fried hen. Call of Obligation dataminer @realityuk_ was first to deliver it to followers’ consideration.
Additional Crispy Hold Trailer pic.twitter.com/a3DfLd6y28
— Actuality (@realityuk_) June 30, 2024
This weapon, presently unique to Call of Obligation Warzone Cell, has an elaborate weapon examine animation that sees the participant stick a uncooked hen on the tip of the barrel of the gun, prepare dinner it, and eat it.
You can formally eat and prepare dinner fried hen in Call of Obligation with the weapon inspection on the “Additional Crispy” bundle 🍗pic.twitter.com/a2v7mAa4Vo
— ModernWarzone (@ModernWarzone) June 29, 2024
Taking pictures enemies with the gun, in the meantime, turns them into items of fried hen.
HQ Kill Impact for the Additional Crispy HCR56 pic.twitter.com/6Af5KMHwPB
— Actuality (@realityuk_) June 30, 2024
It’s truthful to say some of Call of Duty’s extra hardcore followers, maybe those that performed the collection earlier than battle royale Warzone grew to become the main target from 2020, are in a flap over this new fried hen gun. Activision, nevertheless, may argue the hen gun is getting a uncooked deal. “When will they cease including nonsense to the sport?” requested @Junxrrcarter.
The injury Fortnite has unintentionally finished to the multiplayer sport aesthetic is unrepairable https://t.co/CbTXQ4JHOc
— Kelski (@kelskiYT) July 1, 2024
Others, in the meantime, do not see the issue with this type of factor as an optionally available beauty in Call of Obligation, whereas mentioning that the Zombies mode is about as unrealistic as you will get in a shooter. Certainly many are having a joke about all of it.
Entire squad useless round me
In the meantime: pic.twitter.com/FUhA7fawPt
— Spectre (@SpectreOG) June 30, 2024
It appears Activision is blissful to go a step additional for Call of Obligation cell weapon skins than it’s for the primary sport on console and PC. Maybe that has one thing to do with cell gamers being much less inclined to take concern with this type of factor as a result of they have not had that historical past with the collection earlier than Call of Obligation Cell got here out. Both means, the official X/Twitter account for Call of Obligation Warzone Cell has leaned into the damaging response, maybe correctly so.
Watching our large reveal get cooked pic.twitter.com/AaJKwKku0x
— Call of Obligation: Warzone Cell (@WarzoneMobile) July 1, 2024
Call of Obligation makes Activision, and now mother or father firm Microsoft, billions of {dollars} in microtransactions, and a lot of this comes from outlandish bundles offered post-launch. Excessive-profile crossovers have seen every part from Warhammer 40,000 characters to Gundam mechs working round Trendy Warfare 3 and Warzone in latest months. There’s even proof of an upcoming Deadpool & Wolverine crossover. Really, on the earth of Call of Obligation, something goes, and Activision received’t cease right here.
Nevertheless it’s value mentioning that with the discharge of Black Ops 6 later this yr, Call of Obligation cosmetics will see one thing of a contemporary begin. That’s as a result of all these bundles you’ve purchased for Trendy Warfare 2 and 3 received’t carry over to Black Ops 6, which suggests for launch, a minimum of, we’re again to some semblance of realism.
Take pleasure in it whereas it lasts!
Wesley is the UK Information Editor for IGN. Discover him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can attain Wesley at wesley_yinpoole@ign.com or confidentially at wyp100@proton.me.