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Call of Duty's $28 Squid Game skins are the perfect crossover for our capitalist dystopia, and Activision knows exactly what it's doing

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Active · 2003–2026
Latest · Call of Duty: Black Ops 7
Top genres · fps, adventure, tactical
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Latest · Call of Duty: Black Ops 7
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Latest · Ojingeo Project
Top genres · adventure, arcade
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