Yes, there are Modern Warfare 2 skins honouring the absurd Call of Duty Burger King crossover, and yes once more, they are being resold online for ridiculous amounts because the skin package isn’t accessible in all regions. Even though FPS games and brands have been mingling for ages, this is one of the more absurd agreements ever, and it’s even more absurd that some people believe you’ll have to pay close to half of Modern Warfare 2’s asking price in order to play it in multiplayer.
Before we go any further, let’s take a step back and I’ll try to explain what’s going on. Like the Overwatch 2 McDonald’s skin for Tracer, Modern Warfare 2 is offering a Call of Duty Burger King skin. You can get the skin and an hour of double XP when you buy a Whopper burger at Burger King, which comes with a code that you can redeem online when signing in to your Call of Duty account.
The offer is available in around 40 countries, but sadly not in the US or UK. The skin shows a moustached man wearing a “Burger Town” T-shirt, which is a reference to a fast food chain that has appeared in a number of of the series’ games, starting with the original Modern Warfare 2 in 2009. The chain has been part of easter eggs and references ever since.
Eventually it parodied Burger King directly, and now it looks like everything has come full circle with this Call of Duty Burger King skin. Maybe you can pair the skin with some of the best Modern Warfare 2 guns to not just look good, but play good too.
That’s not where this story ends though, because as reported by Kotaku, the Call of Duty Burger King skin and XP deal is actually being resold on eBay, and you won’t believe the average prices.
If you live in the US, UK, or any other region where your local Burger King won’t give you the Modern Warfare 2 skin, you can buy it on eBay for a whopping (not sorry about that pun) $39.99. For reference, the standard edition of Modern Warfare 2 costs $70, with the Vault edition coming in at $100.
That’s right, the Call of Duty Burger King skin is being sold for half the price of the full game. A cursory glance at any of the other listings reveal similar prices, and I can’t help but think who’d want to spend that much on the skin in the first place. It would be funny to run around as a man with a Burger Town T-shirt on, but I don’t think I’ll be dropping that much cash on the idea.
If you want some help in Modern Warfare 2 we’ve got your six with a number of guides and tips, like a deep dive into the Modern Warfare 2 gunsmith system, a guide for unlocking Modern Warfare 2 mastery camos, and a primer for the Modern Warfare 2 camo challenges as well.