Battlefield 6 Live Action Trailer Mocks Call Of Duty With Celebrity Carnage

No celebrities were harmed in the making of Battlefield 6 or the recent Call of Duty games—but COD gameplay has had a strangely high concentration of immersion-breaking celebrity skins lately, and Battlefield 6's live action launch trailer chose to make a pastiche of that decision. At least, before quickly and abruptly shifting to the serious tone the series is better known for by blowing the celebrities to smithereens and proceeding like nothing happened.

While some degree of levity will always be present in multiplayer war games compared to the real deal, that doesn't mean players haven't been reacting negatively to Call of Duty doing celebrity tie-ins like it's Fortnite, and Battlefield 6's bait and switch here serves as a perfect encapsulation of the feud between the two series this generation.

While we do know Call of Duty is also seeking to return to its ...