THE FUSE

Constant crossovers continue to plague the video game industry. Every company is throwing its games and characters into a Fortnite-shaped blender and feeding the cross-promotional slurry to fans whether they want it or not. Persona 5, a game I quite like, is one of the guiltiest examples of this. Atlus has been loaning out the Phantom Thieves to any company that will pay. The students of Shujin Academy have shown up in so many games that later shut down that it now feels like a Persona 5 collab is as much a kiss of death as anything else. The latest potential victim? Call of Duty Mobile.