Name of Obligation is including Nicki Minaj, Snoop Dogg, and 21 Savage as playable characters.
Writer Activision has introduced that the first-person shooter is celebrating 50 years of hip-hop by including the three rappers to Name of Obligation: Trendy Warfare II and Name of Obligation: Warzone.
Not like hero shooters similar to Valorant or Apex Legends, the assorted participant characters in Trendy Warfare II and Warzone have no specialised abilities. The distinction between them is only beauty, so that you in all probability will not see Minaj beating her enemies with a pad-a-lock. Even so, you may nonetheless be capable to put a glock in 21 Savage’s arms and make Snoop pop it prefer it’s scorching.
Credit score: Snoop Dogg in Name of Obligation: Trendy Warfare II.
Whereas the character fashions for Minaj and Snoop have been revealed, 21 Savage’s look remains to be being saved beneath wraps for now. Extra info will likely be launched earlier than Season 5 of Trendy Warfare II and Warzone begins on Aug. 2. Nevertheless, it is probably that their releases will likely be considerably unfold out, with Snoop attributable to arrive throughout the launch window, 21 Savage mid-season, and Minaj in-season.
This is not the primary time the Name of Obligation franchise has added actual folks to the sport, and even actual rappers. Snoop is already a playable character in Name of Obligation: Cellular and Name of Obligation: Vanguard, in addition to the earlier Warzone recreation which is being shut down on Sept. 21.
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Minaj’s inclusion will make her the primary actual feminine superstar to be become a Name of Obligation operator, although not the primary one to be a playable character within the franchise. Actors Pam Grier and Cassandra “Elvira” Peterson beforehand appeared as secret unlockable characters in Name of Obligation: Infinite Warfare’s Zombies maps Shaolin Shuffle and Assault of the Radioactive Factor, respectively. Sarah Michelle Gellar was additionally a playable character in Name of Obligation: Black Ops’ Zombies map Name of the Lifeless.
Even so, these appearances had been restricted to their particular maps, whereas Minaj, Snoop, and 21 Savage will likely be free to struggle throughout Trendy Warfare II and Warzone’s varied recreation modes.
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Trendy Warfare II and Warzone are additionally getting three new Warfare Tracks so you’ll be able to blast some hip-hop as you drive round in-game. Gamers can declare Basis (’80s), Golden Period (’90s), and Life After Y2K (’00s) at no cost by logging in on any three days between Aug. 7 and 16. Logging on for a fourth day may even grant gamers a particular Weapon Blueprint to be used in any on-line recreation mode.
It is an fascinating time for superstar collaborations in video video games. Earlier this month horror recreation Lifeless by Daylight launched Nicolas Cage as a playable character, full with hammy voice traces recorded by the actor himself.