Swagg confirms his custom CoD bundle was scrapped due to NICKMERCS controversy YouTube: SwaggMega-popular CoD content creator Swagg has confirmed he was in line for a custom bundle in Warzone 2, but that it was ultimately scrapped as controversy swirled around NICKMERCS. 2023 seemingly marked a new era for Activision\u2019s juggernaut FPS franchise as, after years of pleading, fans finally got a handful of custom Operators to celebrate their favorite streaming personalities. NICKMERCS and TimTheTatman were first to break new ground earlier this year, both receiving their very own Operator skins in-game, along with a handful of bonus cosmetics bundled in. Not all went according to plan, however, as just days after these highly-anticipated packs arrived, controversy swirled, and both were rapidly pulled from the game. Due to this drama, Swagg has now revealed his very own cosmetic plans were shelved. Originally in talks to receive his own Weapon Blueprint across Warzone 2 and Modern Warfare 2, Activision ultimately pivoted amid the aforementioned situation. Swagg confirms Warzone Blueprint was scrapped amid NICKMERCS drama Having dedicated his \u201cwhole career\u201d to Call of Duty, getting the call to help design his very own cosmetic \u201cmeant everything,\u201d Swagg recounted in a July 17 YouTube video. Although it wasn\u2019t set to be a full-fledged Operator skin on the same level as NICKMERCS and TimTheTatman, Swagg was still elated at the prospect of having his own weapon Blueprint in the franchise he\u2019d spent the most time with. Talks began in May, according to his upload, as designers began working on implementing his bold ideas for a weapon skin. Along the way, Swagg went back and forth with developers on ideas for this cosmetic, even visiting the studio in person to get a first look. However, as controversy began to swirl around NICKMERCS and the situation exploded across social media, Activision acted swiftly by removing his custom bundle, followed close behind by Tim\u2019s as well. Amid the chaos, Swagg \u201cknew\u201d it was only a matter of time until he got a call from Activision regarding his own bundle. \u201cI knew it was coming,\u201d he said. \u201cI knew it was a wrap. It was so gut-wrenching\u2026 To be so close.\u201d \u201cThey were going in a different direction and won\u2019t be going forward with the bundle. I was so hurt by it, it was something I\u2019ve always wanted.\u201d As a result, Swagg\u2019s custom weapon has since been shelved, seemingly with no plans for developers to revisit it anytime soon. \u201cThey\u2019ll probably avoid doing anything with creators ever again,\u201d the YouTube star concluded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Swagg confirms his custom CoD bundle was scrapped due to NICKMERCS controversy YouTube: SwaggMega-popular CoD content creator Swagg has confirmed he was in line for a custom bundle in Warzone 2, but that it was ultimately scrapped as controversy swirled around NICKMERCS. 2023 seemingly marked a new era for Activision\u2019s juggernaut FPS franchise as, after […]<\/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-31533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31533","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=31533"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31533\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}