Former CS:GO Pro Turned Battle Royale Streamer Shroud To Feature at Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Reveal Event Left: HLTVA major new partnership has been announced between popular Twitch streamer Michael \u201cShroud\u201d Grzesiek and Call of Duty: Black Ops 4. Following retirement from professional Counter-Strike, Shroud has taken his talents to the world of full time streaming, where he is best known for playing \u2018battle royale\u2019 games such as PUBG and Fortnite. He is now firmly one of the top streamers on Amazon owned platform Twitch, with much of his fan base developing from the battle royale genre, building on his already established following from CS:GO. With the community reveal event for Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 set to take place on Wednesday May 17th, Shroud has revealed some very exciting news. Going to be co-streaming the #BlackOps4 reveal tomorrow at 10 am PST. Be sure to swing by the stream to check it out! #ad \u2014 Michael Grzesiek (@shroud) May 16, 2018 If this tweet had come from any other popular personality it may not be such a big deal, however, given Shroud\u2019s prominence as a battle royale streamers, it of course has sparked much speculation. Black Ops 4, of which fans have seen very little, has been rumored to be introducing a battle royale mode for the first time in the series \u2013 as replacement for the expected campaign mode. And while there has been no word at all from developers Treyarch or publishers Activision, the hints are all starting to add up. Priority intel incoming. Synchronize your watches. #BlackOps4 pic.twitter.com\/eISk7HCCnj \u2014 Call of Duty (@CallofDuty) May 10, 2018 Firstly, the few hints and teasers that have been officially released seem to pertain only to multiplayer or Zombies \u2013 campaign being a notable omission. Secondly, the community event will have \u2018hands on\u2019 time \u2013 something again which usually only relates to multiplayer previews. Thirdly, during Activision\u2019s most recent earnings call, the specifically made mention of Fortnite and the battle royale (BR) genre specifically, clearly acutely aware of its popularity. More: Shroud Says No Twitch Streamer Will Get Bigger than Ninja \u2013 \u201cI don\u2019t think anyone will ever pass him\u201d – And of course finally, Shroud\u2019s promotional deal is something out of the ordinary for the franchise, as Call of Duty typically only enlists personalities either known in the Call of Duty community, or triple AAA celebrities and athletes. The addition of a former CS:GO pro turned, most notably, battle royale streamer, to the promotional lineup, may be the strongest hint at Call of Duty\u2019s embrace of the BR genre yet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Former CS:GO Pro Turned Battle Royale Streamer Shroud To Feature at Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Reveal Event Left: HLTVA major new partnership has been announced between popular Twitch streamer Michael \u201cShroud\u201d Grzesiek and Call of Duty: Black Ops 4. Following retirement from professional Counter-Strike, Shroud has taken his talents to the world of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26564","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26564"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26564\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}