Nicki Minaj Makes History As First Female Celebrity To Feature In A Video Game
Nicki Minaj has achieved a significant milestone by becoming the first female celebrity to be featured as a character in the widely popular video game, Call of Duty.
The Nicki Minaj Operator bundle, which includes the renowned artiste as a playable Operator, a unique loading screen, the “Nicki Whip” vehicle skin, and two weapon blueprints named “The Baddest” and “Super Freaky,” was released for purchase on August 24th in Call of Duty: Warzone and Modern Warfare II.
“Dear Barbz, Today we make history. History books will say that the HARAJUKU #BARBIE was the first female celebrity made into a character on @CallofDuty,” Minaj wrote on Twitter upon its release.
She continued: “I am so honored. So HAPPY. It was such a pleasure working with the #COD team. Let’s show TF OUT!!! Love, HB”
You can view Nicki’s post and a preview of her player below.
Call of Duty is a media franchise and video game series that has been published by Activision since 2003. The series has been developed by Infinity Ward, Treyarch, and Sledgehammer Games, with several spin-off and handheld games created by other developers.
The latest title, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II, was released on October 28, 2022, and the upcoming title, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III, is set to be released on November 10, 2023. Initially, the series focused on the World War II setting, with Infinity Ward developing Call of Duty (2003) and Call of Duty 2 (2005), and Treyarch developing Call of Duty 3 (2006).
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (2007) introduced a modern setting and proved to be a breakthrough title for the series, leading to the creation of the Modern Warfare sub-series. Two other entries, Modern Warfare 2 (2009) and Modern Warfare 3 (2011), were made, and the sub-series received a reboot with Modern Warfare in 2019, Modern Warfare II in 2022, and Modern Warfare III in 2023.
Infinity Ward has also developed two games outside of the Modern Warfare sub-series, Ghosts (2013) and Infinite Warfare (2016). Treyarch created one last World War II-based game, World at War (2008), before releasing Black Ops (2010) and subsequently creating the Black Ops sub-series.
Four other entries, Black Ops II (2012), Black Ops III (2015), Black Ops 4 (2018), and Cold War (2020), were made, the latter in conjunction with Raven Software. Sledgehammer Games, who co-developed Modern Warfare 3, have also developed three titles, Advanced Warfare (2014), Call of Duty: WWII (2017), and Vanguard (2021). They are also the lead developer for Modern Warfare III (2023), the third entry in the Modern Warfare reboot sub-series.
