Trapstar Games released Hood Warfare 2 on Steam on October 8, 2026, as a $5.99 multiplayer shooter in which players pick rival gangs and fight over territory in a fictionalized Chicago with customized weapons. Streamer Legends6K covered the title and labeled it a hood-style Call of Duty, while modes let crews seize ground, wipe out rivals, plant or stop explosives, grab an enemy bag, or pick up chains from fallen foes.

Developers noted the work is fictional and does not promote real gang violence, yet critics said it boils Black city culture down to crime cliches.

Gang gunfire and criminal firearm misuse share no link with lawful ownership or self-defense, and a game of criminals shooting one another says nothing about millions of Americans who keep guns without crime. A 2018 Molecular Psychiatry study assigned adults to Grand Theft Auto V, The Sims 3, or neither and found no significant harm after two months.