The Terminator franchise has been a staple of the action blockbuster world for just over four decades. 1985's The Terminator was met with mixed reviews at the time of its release, but it's since become heralded as an all-time Sci-Fi great, and its 1991 sequel, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, is still widely considered to be one of the greatest action movies ever made. Arguably, there hasn't been a genuinely great Terminator movie since T2, but the franchise has remained in the public conscious thanks in no small part to its references and cameos in other media.

Along with a plethora of Terminator games over the years – like the Terminator 2 arcade game and the much more recent Terminator: Resistance – the franchise has seen its fair share of cameo appearances in other video game series, with some of its most memorable being skins in Gears of War 5 and Fortnite. These cameos help to keep Terminator in the mainstream spotlight, and it's just been thrust there once again thanks to Call of Duty and Mortal Kombat.

Terminator Is Already Having a Strong Year in the Gaming World

The Terminator is Back in Call of Duty

All the way back in August 2022, The Terminator crossed over with Call of Duty: Vanguard and Call of Duty: Warzone. For a limited time, players could purchase two bundles based on the beloved Sci-Fi action franchise, one granting players a skin based on Arnold Schwarzenegger's T-800, and the other giving players a skin based on Robert Patrick's T-1000, both coming from Terminator 2: Judgment Day. These bundles also included a bevy of unique voicelines, weapon blueprints, and other themed cosmetics.

With the introduction of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Season 2, The Terminator makes its return to the military shooter franchise. Expected to arrive in the store at the beginning of February, players will be able to purchase a new Terminator-themed Operator bundle, this time giving players a T-800 skin based on Arnie's appearance in the original 1985 movie. This bundle also comes with an Operator skin based on the Terminator's iconic metallic endoskeleton, along with some themed weapon blueprints, a finishing move, an emote, and some extra cosmetics.

Terminator 2's T-1000 Is Coming to Mortal Kombat 1

Mortal Kombat 1 is coming to the end of its currently-announced DLC plans, with Terminator 2's T-1000 being the final fighter confirmed to appear. While there's no confirmed release date for MK1's T-1000 DLC fighter, it seems likely that he'll arrive sometime in March, as Conan the Barbarian has just come to the game two months after Ghostface, which suggests that T-1000's release is around two months away.

Robert Patrick will be reprising his role of the T-1000 in Mortal Kombat 1.

But much like Call of Duty, this isn't the first time the Mortal Kombat series has crossed over with Terminator. The T-800 was the third DLC character to come to Mortal Kombat 11 back in October 2019. Though MK11's T-800 had Arnold Schwarzenegger's likeness (specifically based on his appearance in 2019's Terminator: Dark Fate), he didn't return to voice the fighter, instead leaving that up to actor Chris Cox.

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Terminator: Resistance
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PC-1 PlayStation-1 Xbox-1
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Top Critic Avg: 57 /100 Critics Rec: 28%
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Released
November 14, 2019
ESRB
M // Blood, Sexual Content, Strong Language, Violence
Developer(s)
Teyon
Publisher(s)
Reef Entertainment
Engine
Unreal Engine 4
Franchise
Terminator
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This story takes place in a post-apocalyptic Los Angeles, nearly 30 years after Judgement Day, and stars a brand new hero in the Terminator universe, Jacob Rivers, a soldier in the Resistance led by John Connor.

Despite the fact that Jacob is just a lowly private, he'll soon discover that he's been specifically targeted by the latest threat from Skynet and marked for termination! Skynet may be destined to lose the war, but at what cost to Jacob? Experience the events leading up to the decisive, final battle for the fate of mankind in the war against the machines!

Choose what kind of action hero you want to be! Equip an epic arsenal of weaponry to run and gun or sneak and snipe through sprawling environments! The world isn't as forgiving as it used to be, so you'll need to find resources to help you out. If you can't find what you're looking for, then you better make it yourself.

Change the fate of mankind! Protect a motley crew of survivors, each with their own motivations and backstories. The actions you take throughout the game will impact their survival and change the ending you get.

Resist against the machines! Fight against a selection of iconic enemies from the films, including the T-800, as well as a host of enemies that are brand new to the Terminator universe!

Genre(s)
RPG, FPS
How Long To Beat
10 Hours
OpenCritic Rating
Weak