Call of Duty announces Squid Game crossover for early next year

Further collaboration with Call of Duty is planned. Following crossovers of titles such as Tomb Raider, Crash Bandicoot, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and The Boys, Activision has announced that it is working with Netflix to bring the streaming service’s hugely popular Squid Game TV series into Black Ops 6 early next year and Warzone.

“Squid Game,” in which a group of players attempt to survive a series of deadly children’s games to win a BIG CASH PRIZE, took the world by storm when it first aired on Netflix in 2021. But it’s been a long time coming. On December 26th, the series is finally set to return for a second season, and Netflix’s promotional efforts are now in full swing.

And so you enter Call of Duty. Activision revealed its upcoming Squid Game crossover in a 30-second teaser trailer in which a dashingly dressed operator discovers a mysterious envelope decorated with symbols one “X” away from a PlayStation copyright claim. It all ends with the Call of Duty logo appearing in a sequence reminiscent of Squid Game’s opening titles. We then learn that the collaboration is scheduled to begin in January 2025.

Furthermore, the details are limited to the point that they do not exist. We know the crossover will be coming to both Black Ops 6 and Warzone early next year, but whether it will offer anything more substantial than premium onesie-style cosmetics remains to be seen.

However, Call of Duty’s Squid Game collaboration won’t be the first digital version of the hit Korean television series to arrive in conjunction with Netflix’s Season 2 promotions. The streaming service’s internally developed Squid Game Unleashed – a multiplayer “party royale” for iOS and Android devices – launches for subscribers on December 17th. It’s just one of more than 80 titles currently in development as part of Netflix’s ongoing push into gaming, although one of its most intriguing projects – a new AAA game led by Halo creative head Joseph Staten – has since been canceled.

As for Call of Duty, it looks to be having a strong 2024. Microsoft recently announced that Black Ops 6 set a record for the most “Game Pass subscribers added on launch day” – a record previously held by Starfield following its release last year.