{"id":2006737,"date":"2026-06-23T15:07:55","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T12:07:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2006737"},"modified":"2026-06-23T15:07:55","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T12:07:55","slug":"nicolas-cage-becomes-a-call-of-duty-skin-in-what-may-be-one-last-hurrah-for-goofy-collaborations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2006737","title":{"rendered":"Nicolas Cage becomes a Call of Duty skin in what may be one last hurrah for goofy collaborations"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">Nicolas Cage becomes a Call of Duty skin in what may be one last hurrah for goofy collaborations<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">Gone in 60 seconds?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/black-ops-7-warzone-nic-cage-skin-shot-1.jpg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"black-ops-7-warzone-nic-cage-skin-shot-1.jpg\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Activision, Treyarch, Raven.<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sherif Saed avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/IMG_1950_Uy1XomJ.JPG?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"1638\" height=\"1346\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Sherif Saed avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"IMG_1950_Uy1XomJ.JPG\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"1638\" height=\"1346\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/sherif-saed\">Sherif Saed<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      Contributor<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\nPublished on <time datetime=\"2026-06-23T15:07:55+00:00\">June 23, 2026<\/time>              <\/div>\n<div class=\"comments\">\n      <a class=\"comments__link comments-bubble\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/call-of-duty-nicolas-cage-black-ops-7-warzone-skin-season-4?view=comments\" rel=\"nofollow\"><br \/>\n          7 comments<br \/>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mypop-header-wrapper\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"c99daa07-d790-41ab-a9c0-750d6800dab8\" data-name=\"Call of Duty: Black Ops 7\" data-follow-text=\"Follow Call of Duty: Black Ops 7\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following Call of Duty: Black Ops 7\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow Call of Duty: Black Ops 7\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following Call of Duty: Black Ops 7\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow Call of Duty: Black Ops 7\" title=\"Follow Call of Duty: Black Ops 7\"><br \/>\n  Follow Call of Duty: Black Ops 7<br \/>\n<\/button>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/call-of-duty-black-ops-7\">Call of Duty: Black Ops 7<\/a> and Warzone developers have revealed the full slate of what&#8217;s coming soon to both games, in  the mid-season update for Season 4. This  arrives Thursday, 25th June across PC, PlayStation and Xbox, and it&#8217;s free to all players.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s a nice assortment of maps for multiplayer and Zombies, and there are returning game modes, a new weapon, new attachments, a summery visual overhaul of a battle royale map, updates to Endgame and more.<\/p>\n<p>But the most eye-catching addition is the new operator for &#8211; I&#8217;m just checking if it&#8217;s real again &#8211; actor Nicolas Cage. This isn&#8217;t based on any particular character from the thespian&#8217;s storied career; &#8211; rather, it&#8217;s  the actor simply playing himself. Cue Nicolas Cage finger-guns.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"S04 Reloaded \u2018Summer of Action\u2019 Trailer | Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 &amp; Call of Duty: Warzone\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/W824eTd2bFc?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/W824eTd2bFc\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">S04 Reloaded \u2018Summer of Action\u2019 Trailer | Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 &amp; Call of Duty: Warzone<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"button video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=W824eTd2bFc\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Cage arrives alongside a new event pass, which is a shorter, limited-time battle pass, and it offers a series of challenges that award you with various cosmetic and gameplay rewards. The pass has free and paid tracks, and Mr Cage is, of course, locked to the premium one. There&#8217;s also a red leather jacket skin for him, which we sadly don&#8217;t see in the trailer. This is all included in the Summer of Action campaign, which also has its own daily login event.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Black Ops 7&#8217;s post-campaign, open-world world mode Endgame remains free to play until the end of Season 5, but a more feature-rich free trial of the full game is also starting soon. Activision hasn&#8217;t said when but it&#8217;s likely to begin alongside the update&#8217;s launch or shortly thereafter. It will include access to multiplayer as well as Zombies.<\/p>\n<p>This isn&#8217;t actually the first time Nicolas Cage has featured in a video game. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/nicolas-cage-is-now-available-in-dead-by-daylight\">The actor debuted as a playable survivor in asymmetrical multiplayer survival horror game Dead by Daylight in 2023<\/a>. There he also plays himself &#8211; who needs a character when your fame outranks them?<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/black-ops-7-warzone-nic-cage-skin-shot-2.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.7777777777777777\" width=\"1920\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-lightbox data-uri=\"black-ops-7-warzone-nic-cage-skin-shot-2.jpg\" height=\"1080\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.7777777777777777\" width=\"1920\"><figcaption><span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Activision, Treyarch, Raven.<\/cite><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This may be the last of this type of silly celebrity skin we see in mainline Call of Duty for a while, though. Since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/call-of-duty-modern-warfare-4-reveal\">Modern Warfare 4  has been revealed<\/a>, Activision and developer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/companies\/infinity-ward\">Infinity Ward<\/a> have stressed that post-launch content won&#8217;t include the cartoony or celebrity collaboration skins which have become a staple of the series over the past several years, and have equally garnered criticism from many players. &#8220;No Lady Gaga. No Omni-Man. No Teletubbies. No SpongeBob. Keep the receipts,&#8221; the developer said at time. Cosmetics will &#8220;need to feel authentic to what Modern Warfare is&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Modern Warfare 4 is scheduled for release on 23rd October on PC, PS5, Xbox Series X\/S and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/platforms\/switch-2\">Switch 2<\/a>. The Nicolas Cage skin will not carry over.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/call-of-duty-black-ops-7\">Call of Duty: Black Ops 7<\/a> and Warzone developers have revealed the full slate of what&#8217;s coming soon to both games, in  the mid-season update for Season 4. This  arrives Thursday, 25th June across PC, PlayStation and Xbox, and it&#8217;s free to all players.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s a nice assortment of maps for multiplayer and Zombies, and there are returning game modes, a new weapon, new attachments, a summery visual overhaul of a battle royale map, updates to Endgame and more.<\/p>\n<p>But the most eye-catching addition is the new operator for &#8211; I&#8217;m just checking if it&#8217;s real again &#8211; actor Nicolas Cage. This isn&#8217;t based on any particular character from the thespian&#8217;s storied career; &#8211; rather, it&#8217;s  the actor simply playing himself. Cue Nicolas Cage finger-guns.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"S04 Reloaded \u2018Summer of Action\u2019 Trailer | Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 &amp; Call of Duty: Warzone\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/W824eTd2bFc?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/W824eTd2bFc\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">S04 Reloaded \u2018Summer of Action\u2019 Trailer | Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 &amp; Call of Duty: Warzone<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"button video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=W824eTd2bFc\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Cage arrives alongside a new event pass, which is a shorter, limited-time battle pass, and it offers a series of challenges that award you with various cosmetic and gameplay rewards. The pass has free and paid tracks, and Mr Cage is, of course, locked to the premium one. There&#8217;s also a red leather jacket skin for him, which we sadly don&#8217;t see in the trailer. This is all included in the Summer of Action campaign, which also has its own daily login event.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Black Ops 7&#8217;s post-campaign, open-world world mode Endgame remains free to play until the end of Season 5, but a more feature-rich free trial of the full game is also starting soon. Activision hasn&#8217;t said when but it&#8217;s likely to begin alongside the update&#8217;s launch or shortly thereafter. It will include access to multiplayer as well as Zombies.<\/p>\n<p>This isn&#8217;t actually the first time Nicolas Cage has featured in a video game. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/nicolas-cage-is-now-available-in-dead-by-daylight\">The actor debuted as a playable survivor in asymmetrical multiplayer survival horror game Dead by Daylight in 2023<\/a>. There he also plays himself &#8211; who needs a character when your fame outranks them?<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/black-ops-7-warzone-nic-cage-skin-shot-2.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.7777777777777777\" width=\"1920\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-lightbox data-uri=\"black-ops-7-warzone-nic-cage-skin-shot-2.jpg\" height=\"1080\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.7777777777777777\" width=\"1920\"><figcaption><span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Activision, Treyarch, Raven.<\/cite><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This may be the last of this type of silly celebrity skin we see in mainline Call of Duty for a while, though. Since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/call-of-duty-modern-warfare-4-reveal\">Modern Warfare 4  has been revealed<\/a>, Activision and developer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/companies\/infinity-ward\">Infinity Ward<\/a> have stressed that post-launch content won&#8217;t include the cartoony or celebrity collaboration skins which have become a staple of the series over the past several years, and have equally garnered criticism from many players. &#8220;No Lady Gaga. No Omni-Man. No Teletubbies. No SpongeBob. Keep the receipts,&#8221; the developer said at time. Cosmetics will &#8220;need to feel authentic to what Modern Warfare is&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Modern Warfare 4 is scheduled for release on 23rd October on PC, PS5, Xbox Series X\/S and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/platforms\/switch-2\">Switch 2<\/a>. 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