Call of Duty Warzone renames 'Border War' skin

Call of Duty Warzone renames "Border War" skin after criticism on promoting anti-immigration sentiment.

The skin has been renamed to “Home on the Range” in it's recent update. Its description has changed to, “Play along with the deer and the antelope with the Home on the Range D-Day operator skin” instead of the original description, “show them the error of their ways and make them pay with D-Day’s Border War operator skin.”

The update has also fixed an issue where players could pick up weapons they dropped before the infil sequence, Rytex AMR firing issue and other minor bugs.

Recently, the title removed an “OK” gesture after criticism on how closely connected it was to the white supremacist movement. In early June, developer Infinity Ward and publisher Activision Blizzard said, “There is no place for racist content in our game.”

Call of Duty Warzone is a free-to-play battle royale available on PS4, Xbox One and Windows PC.

 

[Ash]

I don't mind this change but I'm conflicted about the "OK" gesture. By taking it away, you're ensuring that it is fully affiliated with white supremacists. People should keep using it so that the meaning for the gesture is stolen by racists.

 

[Nova]

That is going on pretty high lately. Anything white or non black it suddenly becomes racist and also something that affects the LGBTQ gang. Sorry but tired of those same old argument. It kind of moves one away from the game. Oh well each to their own. Skin was not that bad though.