In an announcement in March, Name of Responsibility shared that Snoop Dogg could be showing within the sport for the primary time in not only one, however three titles: Name of Responsibility: Cell, Vanguard, and Warzone. The announcement describes that Snoop is joining the fight “proper earlier than a sure unofficial April vacation,” and as of April 20, the Tracer Pack: Snoop Dogg Operator Bundle formally turned out there to gamers for two,400 COD factors (or $19.99 USD).
“The D O Double G is again in Name of Responsibility and this time I’m within the freakin’ sport!” Snoop said in the March announcement. “Excited to be working with the COD workforce to carry some fly options for you all to get pleasure from. It’s dope….. y’all can play as me and get these sick objects which have Snoop written throughout them. Test it out.”
The bundle announcement touts a few of Snoop Dogg’s best achievements in his profession. “Practically twenty years after breaking out with The Persistent, Snoop Dogg remains to be on high of the sport. He turned the proprietor of Loss of life Row Information. He delivered an iconic halftime efficiency proper exterior his hometown of Lengthy Seaside. He joined an esports group, has a number of enterprise ventures, and even helped break a world report for largest cocktail, which, after all, concerned loads of ‘Gin and Juice.’ This week, Snoop will add yet one more milestone to his profession: Turning into a Name of Responsibility® Operator.”
A short YouTube video additionally pumps up Snoop’s presence within the sport, showcasing the distinctive weapons gamers can get entry to, together with blueprints for the “Bong Ripper” Sniper Rifle, “West Coast Bling” Assault Rifle, and an SMG named “Tha Shiznit”—all of which shoot “Inexperienced Weed Tracer Rounds” that spray hashish leaves and an imprint a hashish leaf wherever gamers pull the set off.
Snoop even will get his personal chuckle-worthy Operator description:
Identify: Snoop Dogg
Process Power: Executioners (Unofficially “TF 420”)
Favourite Weapon: PPSH-41 (unlocked without spending a dime by reaching Navy Rank 51 in Vanguard and Warzone)
Date of Beginning: 10/20/1971
Citizenship: American
Hobbies: Listening to Okay-Pop, Smoking, Portray
Bio: Rising up in Lengthy Seaside, California, Snoop Dogg realized he had a expertise for rapping at a younger age and started to pursue it as a profession. Now, he’s nonetheless releasing music and showing as a media character on a number of reveals, however in his free time, he chooses to combat as an operator in Name of Responsibility.
The bundle additionally features a “The Authentic Gangsta” emblem, the “Mellow Steel” appeal and a “Excessive Artwork” hashish leaf graffiti artwork spray. In-game Snoop animations embody a spotlight intro known as “Tactical Toke,” a ending transfer known as “Finishizzle Movizzle” and an MVP spotlight known as “Hit This, Fam.”
This technically isn’t the primary time Snoop has appeared in Name of Responsibility. Beforehand, he recorded traces for a voice pack in Name of Responsibility Ghosts again in April 2014, the place he was narrating the matches, calling killstreaks, and alerting gamers to enemy exercise—but it surely lacked the hashish flavoring of this 12 months’s in-game Snoop bundle that Name of Responsibility builders clearly had loads enjoyable with.
Snoop has donated his likeness and/or his voice in NHL 20, Madden 20, UFC 3, Family Guy: The Quest for Stuff, Tekken Tag Tournament 2, and True Crime: Streets of LA.
Different celebrities have given the inexperienced gentle to their likeness and voice being utilized in different video video games, similar to with Keanu Reeves and his function in Cyberpunk 2077 (2020), and Norman Reedus and Mads Mikkelsen in Loss of life Stranding (2019). Though the roles that these celebrities had of their respective video games had been slightly extra concerned, it’s laborious to beat the comedy gold of Snoop Dogg and hashish humor.