Will Ghost soon be fighting alongside PSG star Lionel Messi? Spoilers: yes.
Update from November 7, 2022: It’s official: Lionel Messi, Neymar Jr. and Paul Bogba will appear as Operators in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and Warzone 2. He has Twitter-Account by Activision Blizzard and Infinity Ward with a teaser, but there is no release date for the footballer skins at the moment.
It was leaked a few weeks ago that the football stars’ operator skins should appear in Call of Duty. Many fans were extremely skeptical about the idea. You can find out how the community reacted to the rumor at the time in our original message on the subject.
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Original message: A curious leak is currently causing the fan base of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 for great concern among fans. According to this, the football stars Lionel Messi, Neymar and Paul Pogba could appear in the first-person shooter as skins for operators. This information comes from the well-known CoD leaker TheGhostOfHope.
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Call of Duty, in particular, repeatedly relies on celebrity support for promotional campaigns. For example, the rapper Snoop Dogg was only playable as an operator for CoD: Warzone in April. Other big products like Fortnite are even firing out various skins related to blockbuster films or stars almost monthly.
Whether the names revealed by TheGhostOfHope actually appear as operators or skins in Modern Warfare 2 remains unclear for the time being. At the very least, most of Modern Warfare 2’s vocal fan base is hoping this leak is wrong.
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Can you believe the leak?
Of course, the first question to be asked is how credible this leak actually is. Finally, TheGhostOfHope does not state in his tweet how he got this information. So we have to trust that this person isn’t consciously trying to fool us. In fact, TheGhostOfHope is no stranger. This leaker has already made correct predictions in advance in the past. For example, he was wrong in predicting the release date of Warzone 2 completely correct.
It is therefore a source that has confirmed possibilities for revealing information about Call of Duty. In the CoD scene, GhostOfHope is considered a reliable source. But there have also been situations where he was wrong. So the leak cannot be believed unreservedly.
Soccer stars fit for the World Cup: However, what could also speak for the truth is the Football World Cup 2022. After all, this tournament will take place in Qatar this year from November 20th to December 18th. In the course of such a major event, it would be an understandable idea to have great athletes like Messi appear in Modern Warfare 2. And if only for the duration of the tournament.
A recent trailer shows that Modern Warfare 2 also likes to advertise with celebrities:
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New trailer for CoD Modern Warfare 2 is stuffed to the brim with celebrities
Fans react with concern
On Twitter and Reddit, the leak immediately caused many reactions from the CoD community, understandably so. Of course, many made fun of it at first. However, there were many reactions that expressed genuine concern. On Reddit, a user named Patamaudelay spoke about hoping for more realism from Modern Warfare 2 and got over 700 upvotes for it:
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“I think it will completely ruin the game. I like it when games have a realistic approach, when they are immersive and believable. These Fortnite-esque skins that turn the battlefield into a clown-fest are just embarrassing and I don’t get the appeal of playing Ronaldo in an FPS with a realistic wartime setting.”
In another thread a survey was even started. This is not just about possible football stars as operators, but whether such unrealistic skins should be completely avoided. According to the current status, almost 5,000 users voted against such skins, while around 2,000 users voted in favor.
How do you see all this? Are you hoping the leak is wrong or wouldn’t the kickers in CoD bother you? Write us your opinion in the comments!
