


Dredd will bring his patented justice to Cold War and Warzone at some point during Season Five, though CoD has not confirmed an exact date. The Call of Duty website has announced the new Judge Dredd skins as alts for Operator Beck of the Warsaw Pact. Related: Call Of Duty's John McClane Skin Revealed In Mid-Season Update Other skins have introduced horror movie antagonists like Billy, the puppet from Saw, and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre's Leatherface, sans chainsaw.

Both icons arrived guns-blazing with their own finishers and blueprints for Legendary Weapons. In May this past year, a Reddit leak foreshadowed the arrivals of McClane and Rambo in the form of screenshots showing the characters' renderings on the Operator select screen, and Activision confirmed their arrival soon after with their own screenshots. Relying on crossovers from popular media with a penchant for action has become a recent theme for Treyarch and the CoD franchise. Rambo from the iconic line of action movies and John McClane from the Die Hard films joined the game as purchasable skins as a part of this decision. The events of Black Ops Cold War take place during the 1980s, and this has informed the decision of developer Treyarch and company to bring characters embodying pop culture of the time into Cold War and Warzone. Ingo Beck channels his inner law-bringer with two limited-time skins of Judge Joseph Dredd, who will feature in a store bundle later on during Season Five Reloaded for Call of Duty: Black Ops - Cold War and Warzone. The full details of the Activision Blizzard lawsuit (content warning: rape, suicide, abuse, harassment) are being updated as new information becomes available. Activision Blizzard has denied the allegations.

Editor’s Note: A lawsuit has been filed against Activision Blizzard by the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing, which alleges the company has engaged in abuse, discrimination, and retaliation against its female employees.
