Call of Duty Welcomes Nicki Minaj

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Nicki Minaj is concerning Call of Duty: Warzone and also Modern Warfare 2 as an Operator — the franchise business’s very first “self-named female Operator,” publisher Activision revealed Thursday. While various real-life stars have actually shown up in Call of Duty games throughout the years, consisting of Snoop Dogg, Lionel Messi, and also Kevin Durant, the only females to look like Operators have actually been imaginary. Until Nicki.

Minaj will certainly be included in Warzone and also Modern Warfare 2 as component of the game’s “50 Years of Hip Hop Celebration,” where she’ll be signed up with by Snoop Dogg and also 21 Savage as Operators. Call of Duty’s designers cautioned that Minaj’s look in the game “is not ‘Chill Nicki’; this is Red Ruby Da Sleeze” — a referral to the artist’s latest alter ego from her recent music video.

Minaj will certainly have her very own shop package at some time throughout period 5 of Warzone and also Modern Warfare 2 — which will likely consist of that Barbie-pink attack rifle. (Fitting for “The Harajuku Barbie,” an additional of Nicki’s personalities.)

Nicki’s arrival in Call of Duty was advertised throughout a promo video released last year in advance of Modern Warfare 2’s launch. That clip, “Squad Up,” included the rap artist along with other musicians, professional athletes, and also stars, consisting of Lil Baby, Bukayo Saka, and also Pete Davidson, using a twinkle of hope that the Bupkis celebrity can additionally concern Call of Duty some day.

Snoop Dogg’s brand-new Operator in Warzone and also Modern Warfare 2 notes his 3rd look in the shooter collection. Back in 2014, Snoop began as one of the very first star voice packs for multiplayer in Call of Duty: Ghosts. The rap artist went back to the franchise business in 2015, in World War II kind, as an Operator for Call of Duty: Vanguard and Warzone.

Season 5 of Call of Duty will certainly additionally consist of a disclose of this year’s brand-new game — also known as Call of Duty 2023, also known as Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 — in Warzone.

 

Source: Polygon