8 of the Most Violent Video Game Commercials

Although there are plenty of family-friendly games, violence and video games basically go hand in hand. There's something unique about the intensity and brutality a video game can bring to an experience.

Without this violence, Call of Duty, God of War, The Last of Us and many more games and franchises wouldn't be as popular as they are. But when it comes to advertising these violent video games, most companies go in a different direction when presenting them to the masses in their TV commercials.

These 8 video game commercials below, however, don't beat around the bush. Instead, they embrace their violent nature, while also making sure not to push the needle too much so that they were still broadcast. Check them out below.

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So what do you think? The Call of Duty: Black Ops ad drew a lot of criticism when it originally aired in 2010, but there's a brilliance in that messaging. Plus, watching Jimmy Kimmel knock himself over from a rocket launcher is pretty funny. But let us know what violent commercial you liked the most in the comments below.

Evan Campbell is a freelance writer who scripts the Daily Fix, streams games on his Twitch channel, and chats about movies and TV series on Twitter.