10 Most Devastating Doomsday Weapons In Video Game History

8. Tactical Nuke - Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

Modern Warfare Nuke
Activision

While other entries on this list might be weapons of mass destruction on a level far above that of our own reality, sometimes the tried and true (and pant-wittingly real) methods for global annihilation are the best. Thanks to the likes of Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, every player had the opportunity to wield the power of the atom, should they be skilled enough.

I'm talking of course about the absolute banter choice by the devs to give a tactical nuke killstreak to those able to pull off twenty five kills without dying, leading to what soon became the most dreaded ending to any online match.

Yes, the tactical nuke will end the match and award the team that called it in a victory no matter the current scores, meaning that you'd likely find yourself in one of two terrible positions:

Either you're be getting an absolute ass kicking and this is the cherry on top of a humiliation sundae, or it elicits cries of frustration that somehow against all odds, one member of a losing team had managed to scrounge up some radiation, and was now dropping it on your head.

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