Nickmercs gets his own skin in Warzone 2 starting on June 1.
Nickmercs gets his own skin in Warzone 2 starting on June 1.
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Nickmercs gets his own character in Call of Duty: Warzone 2 — but he’s into Apex Legends

Nickmercs, a celebrity streamer with 15 million followers, is dropping into Call of Duty: Warzone 2 with his own skin.

Staring with Warzone’s Season 3.5 launch on June 1, players can adopt the pro gamer’s operator skin as a playable character in the battle royale game. It’s a sign of how influential creators have become in games with tens of millions of players.

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Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.