Hood Warfare 2 brings a gaming argument to Complex News

Elsewhere, Cam Johnson, VJ Edgecombe and Andre Drummond trade basketball for an English soccer weekend.

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$5 game Hood Warfare 2 is going viral for exploiting Chicago gang violence #gaming #hoodwarfare

Where does a crime-themed game stop being entertainment and start exploiting its setting? Complex News puts that question behind its most-watched new upload, a critique of Hood Warfare 2 that has drawn roughly 25,000 views.

The title frames the inexpensive game's use of Chicago gang violence as exploitation. The comments push the conversation toward consistency: viewers bring up Grand Theft Auto, Mafia, Call of Duty and 50 Cent's games, asking why this depiction should be judged differently from other entertainment built around violence. That is the argument beneath the upload, rather than a consensus about the game itself.

Across five new posts, the channel also found room for a much more sociable crossover. "NBA Players Take on Premier League Match Days in England | Run the Underground" follows Cam Johnson, VJ Edgecombe and Andre Drummond from Tottenham Hotspur Stadium to the Manchester Derby, with pub visits, matchday traditions and kit shopping at Classic Football Shirts along the way.

Subscribers were unchanged over the week, while daily viewing is running moderately above its usual level. Among nearby music-media channels, triple j is enjoying a pronounced viewing lift; Link Up TV and BBC Radio 1Xtra are closer to their ordinary daily pace.

For Complex News, the basketball players' English excursion is now drawing almost as many daily views as the Hood Warfare 2 critique. Two very different ways into culture: debating what a game represents, and learning what a matchday feels like.

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The videos drawing views on Complex News right now

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The numbers

Here is how Complex News' uploads and audience moved over the week.

views gained this week: this channel and similar channels

triple j

6,504,005

TroyeSivanVEVO

6,046,131

HalseyVEVO

5,482,649

riserecords

2,810,947

Link Up TV

1,631,931

BBC Radio 1Xtra

1,483,970

Royal Music Gang

944,109

Complex News

371,477

subscribers

2,390,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

227,824,429

views per day

67,341

typical day: 52,857

first-day views of each video posted this week

$5 game Hood Warfare 2 is going viral f…

13,552

FYI

4,336

NBA Players Take on Premier League Matc…

2,067

Duane “Keffe D” Davis has been sentence…

1,577

Kevin Garnett’s GOAT blunt rotation 💨�…

1,129

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

riserecords

3,020,000

HalseyVEVO

2,720,000

Royal Music Gang

2,720,000

Complex News

2,390,000

TroyeSivanVEVO

2,340,000

Link Up TV

2,260,000

BBC Radio 1Xtra

2,220,000

triple j

2,070,000

TravisScottVEVO

1,920,000

As of October 18, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.