Battlefield V was released in 2018 as a World War II shooter, and its German faction soldiers use authentic German callouts during multiplayer matches. Verdammtes Schwein is one of those short combat barks, shouted as an insult in the heat of fighting rather than as story dialogue. Clips of the line later spread to soundboards and gaming edits, where non German speakers also adopted it for its aggressive sound. It remains popular for quick rage jokes because the meaning is easy to guess from the tone alone.