Call of Duty
You know the kind of gamer who doesn’t play casually. They know the maps. They know the loadouts. They have opinions on what titles the franchise got right and which ones missed the mark entirely and they will tell you about it for hours if you let them half the time. Buying that person a gift should be simple. It’s not. Licensed merchandise is littered with garbage that looks good hanging on a shelf in a warehouse but falls apart when someone actually uses it and buying generic gaming gifts, odds are someones going to unwrap that headset or controller you got them and wish you’d bothered putting any thought into it.
We built this collection with Call of Duty fans in mind because it’s one of those big enough franchises that everyone has a different relationship with. For some it’s Modern Warfare and that campaign they must’ve beaten half a dozen times growing up. For others, it’s Warzone. Late nights. Squad comms. The inside joke you haven’t made since freshman year of high school but nonetheless continues every time you play. The perfect gift for a COD fan should speak to that. The person you’re buying for doesn’t just play games, Call of Duty is theirs.
That’s why everything in here has been handpicked by us. We don’t want logo splashed on a product that doesn’t belong half the time. If it made our cut into this collection it means we’d gift it to our own friends and family. Things we think actually put some thought into. Stuff that looks and feels like quality. And most importantly, gifts that connect to the game or the series as a whole in some capacity. Some of these are perfect birthday gifts for gamers. Some sit right at that sweet spot of “this is exactly what they’ll want for Christmas” when you know they already have everything they need but nothing that truly means something to them.
There’s a lot of fans of this franchise. But that doesn’t mean you should throw your money at any gift you find in this category. Majority of it shouldn’t touch your wallet. We’ve curated those suckers out for you and here’s what we think is actually worth considering.