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80s action heroes Rambo and John McClane are coming to Call of Duty | VGC

Movie skins tie in with Warzone’s new 1984 Verdansk map…

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The skins will arrive later this season and tie in with Warzone’s new 1984 Verdansk map, which went live last month.

Publisher Activison started hinting at the movie collaborations this week with cryptic tweets and a website for the fictional company “Nakatomi Duct Cleaning”. Nakatomi is the corporation featured in the Die Hard movies.

VGC understands there’s more to come, and when we spoke to developer Raven Software last month it hinted as much.

“I’d like to point out that in the slides we showed you [earlier], there was a little ‘classified’ section for ‘80s Action’… there is some cool stuff we’ve got planned for the 80s, so feel free to speculate on that,” creative director Amos Hodge said in our Call of Duty Warzone interview.

 

[Cert.in.Death]

Welcome to the party, pals

 

[ShinraMiddleMananger]

snubbing fo a lifetime

 

[stranno]

Broforce of Duty.

 

[TKOFromTokyo]

I’m not a fan of skins crap.

 

[Xenon]

The only way I'd pay for this is if I could do a jig on a light scaffolding in a football stadium.

 

[alabtrosMyster]

That's the man, and he has a gun!

 

[ElCasual]

But in Contra the skins are of Stallone and Arnold.

 

[ZehDon]

I remember when First Blood made commentary about America's treatment of its Vets, presented by the story of a Vietnam Vet with untreated PTSD who finally snaps after an asshole cop treats him like trash because he doesn't want a Vet in town making trouble.

Now we're talking about Rambo's Kill/Death ratios and killstreaks in a series famous for military porn and #AmericaFuckYeah. Funny world.

 

[AJUMP23]

Cool. I finally deleted Warzone last week.

 

[DaleinCalgary]

For how much Activision charges I should get the choice of regular Rambo or Turkish Rambo

 

[Bryank75]

Incredible that this wasn't don before.....

When is Arnold?

 

[Grand Theft Scratchy]

My man, they got the Terminator AND John Matrix in Broforce, along with John McClane, Rambo, Ripley, Robocop, Blade, and many more.

Sure, Call of Duty has better graphics but it's in first-person. You can sneak around in Broforce too.

Also, Broforce has Xenomorphs and an attack chopper called the Megacockter.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

 

[coffinbirth]

The only way I'd pay for this is if I could do a jig on a light scaffolding in a football stadium.

The Last Boy Scout!

 

[Kagoshima_Luke]

I remember when First Blood made commentary about America's treatment of its Vets, presented by the story of a Vietnam Vet with untreated PTSD who finally snaps after an asshole cop treats him like trash because he doesn't want a Vet in town making trouble.

Now we're talking about Rambo's Kill/Death ratios and killstreaks in a series famous for military porn and #AmericaFuckYeah. Funny world.

To be fair, the movies went in this direction long before Call of Duty existed.

 

[ZehDon]

To be fair, the movies went in this direction long before Call of Duty existed.

That's fair, the second one certainly moved the series into the "action movie" territory. It's just funny to me that that the origin of the character seems to be completely lost.

 

[Riky]

Hopefully everyone will start using these skins so you can actually see people unlike the Roze skin that makes everyone invisible.

 

[Banjo64]

SMH fam all these video game tie ins and no one is giving me the skin I crave;

 

[Cockles & Whelks]

SMH fam all these video game tie ins and no one is giving me the skin I crave;

This.

Or a Rod Hull and Emu skin. That's what I loved about Q2. All skins were homebrew, how could you not love playing as a crackwhore who orgasms every time she takes damage.

 

[VAL0R]

That's the man, and he has a gun!

Only Rambo's bicep looks down the iron sights when he does his turret killing.

 

[Audiophile]

We need the real John McClane tbh...

 

[Kagoshima_Luke]

That's fair, the second one certainly moved the series into the "action movie" territory. It's just funny to me that that the origin of the character seems to be completely lost.

Agreed. First Rambo is fantastic, but then again I have a soft spot for First Blood Part II as well.

It's similar to Alien -> Aliens. Completely different type of movie, but both entertaining in their own ways.

 

[Neff]

It's similar to Alien -> Aliens.

Fun fact- James Cameron wrote Rambo and Aliens in the same 3-month timeframe.

 

[Derktron]

Poor Call of Duty now it wants to become like Fortnite where it gets licensed IP to their game. Looks desperate. This is why I hope EA does not fuck up Battlefield and make it right.

 

[RAIDEN1]

They could quite EASILY make a new Rambo game on the Call of Duty engine...encompassing events of Rambo1onwards..

 

[INC]

 

[ManaByte]

Buying Rambo day 1.

 

[Spukc]

i was always fascinated by character skins in FPS games.
you can't fucking see your char 95% of the time.

why spend money on it?

it's basically rambocomments.wav charged 20 bucks or some stupid shit. and you see his arms

 

[Three]

i was always fascinated by character skins in FPS games.
you can't fucking see your char 95% of the time.

why spend money on it?

it's basically rambocomments.wav charged 20 bucks or some stupid shit. and you see his arms

It's for other people to see what you bought, that's why it's usually the multiplayer games doing this cosmetic MTX bullshit.

 

[Spukc]

It's for other people to see what you bought, that's why it's usually the multiplayer games doing this cosmetic MTX bullshit.

oh so you can spot fucking tools easier online

 

[Darkmakaimura]

Edit

 

[namekuseijin]

and they will fight side to side with trans fat soldiers with green hair

 

[Barakov]

 

[alabtrosMyster]

For how much Activision charges I should get the choice of regular Rambo or Turkish Rambo

Why are the people jumping toward the explosions?

 

[Vick]

Because considering the current climate, testosterone-filled heroes are more than ever needed in this industry.

Can't leave it all to Kratos, afterall.

 

[Keihart]

while this could be kinda cool, it'll probably be pretty lame even if true. I mean, it's an FPS, it's not like you can see if your character looks like the coolest badass around.

 

[VN1X]

Very interested in how they look.

I still play Cold Snore with a few mates occasionally and I doubt I'll buy these skins myself but to be honest this is kind of a fun announcement, one that makes total sense in hindsight.

 

[Dirk Benedict]

Welcome to the party, pals

Welcome to the Rated PG-13, pals.

 

[carlosrox]

Arnold from Commando plz!!!

 

[Kupfer]

That was it. That was the straw that broke the camel's back. Although I love the 80's and the muscular action heroes from the era, I just can't stand CoD Warzone anymore. The game is so unbelievably broken and if you have even a little bit of demand for a competitive game, WZ fails miserably. Main thing is more skins, main thing is more colorful, main thing is that kindergarten can still choose so ironically inappropriate skins for a military shooter.
That's it, I'm waiting for a better game.

 

[FingerBang]

We need the real John McClane tbh...

"Yippee-ki-yay Mr. Falcon"

 

[IbizaPocholo]

 

[IbizaPocholo]

 

[MrS]

Shambolic

 

[EverydayBeast]

Characters shape the worlds they’re in, adding Rambo and John Mclane could convince skeptics to buy the game.

 

[ManaByte]

DAY FUCKING ONE

 

[stickkidsam]

Are you fucking serious? Did I miss the sequel where they were trapped in a gulag for 9 months?

 

[Corgi1985]

Cool can they add maps tha aren't ass next

 

[Kao The Kangaroo]

It seems that someone took quick workshops from Fortnite.