On December 16, 2024, at 9 am ET, Xbox will host a tournament at Squid Game: The Experience in New York City. Participants will compete in Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Nuketown matches, with their choice of platform – console, PC, or handheld. The tournament format is straightforward: players have five minutes in a free-for-all match to score the most eliminations and win a Game Over controller.

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The tournament’s grand prize includes a six-foot Young-hee gaming cabinet, modeled after the Red Light, Green Light doll from the series. This prize package contains both special controllers, a Lenovo Legion Slim 5 Gen 8, an Xbox Series X with controller, a ROG Ally X, and a 12-month Game Pass Ultimate subscription.

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For those unable to attend the New York event, Xbox offers two alternatives: watch the Xbox Twitch livestream on December 16 for a chance to win a Game Over controller, or participate in the global sweepstakes by following Xbox on X and retweeting their contest post to potentially win the Young-hee cabinet.

Additionally, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 will feature Squid Game content in an upcoming update.

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Squid Game is a South Korean survival drama television series created by Hwang Dong-hyuk. This television series is streaming on Netflix. The cast of the first season includes Lee Jung-Jae, Park Hae-soo, Wi Ha-joon, HoYeon Jung, O Yeongsu, Heo Sung-tae, Anupam Tripathi, and Kim Joo-ryoung.

The series revolves around a secret contest where 456 players, all of whom are in deep financial hardship, risk their lives to play a series of deadly children’s games for the chance to win a US$35 million reward.

The title of the series is drawn from a similarly named Korean children’s game. Hwang conceived the idea based on his own economic struggles as well as the class disparity in South Korea and Capitalism.

Though he wrote the story in 2009, Hwang couldn’t find a production company to fund the idea until Netflix took an interest around 2019 as part of a drive to expand their foreign programming offerings.

Squid Game was released worldwide on September 17, 2021, to critical acclaim and international attention. It became Netflix’s most-watched series and the most-watched program in 94 countries, attracting more than 142 million member households and 1.65 billion viewing hours in its first four weeks, surpassing ‘Bridgerton’ as the most-watched show.

Due to the stress of writing and producing the first series of nine episodes himself, Hwang initially had no immediate plans to write a sequel to Squid Game Season One. He did not have well-developed plans for a follow-up story and said that if he were to write one, he would likely need a staff of writers and directors to help him.

In late October 2021, Hwang stated he was in discussions with Netflix regarding a second season. He further stated in December 2021 that he was also discussing a third season with Netflix.

Hwang wanted to produce another film first, as well as secure a contract with Netflix to release additional films that he may create alongside further Squid Game seasons, so as to avoid becoming known only for Squid Game.

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