The Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 reveal at Opening Night Live 2025 included a first-look at the new campaign, revealed fresh details on multiplayer and zombies, confirmed its release date, open beta, and platforms, and much more.
Developed by Treyarch and Raven Software, Black Ops 7 follows last year’s Black Ops 6, but is set in 2035. That means it picks up after the events of Black Ops 2 and Black Ops 6. The campaign lets you play solo or up to four-player co-op, with global progression for the first time in the franchise.
Also for the first time in Call of Duty, the campaign has an endgame called, appropriately enough, Endgame.
As for multiplayer, Omnimovement, which was introduced in Black Ops 6, returns but is tweaked in a number of important ways. There’s near-future tech and weaponry in keeping with the 2035 setting. The headline here is Skirmish, an all-new multi-objective, large-scale mode for Multiplayer. This arrives alongside two new large-scale 20v20 maps.
Round-based Zombies returns with new vehicle gameplay in what Treyarch called the biggest Black Ops Zombies map ever.
Surprisingly, Black Ops 7 has Dead Ops Arcade 4. Dead Ops Arcade is a hidden twin-stick top-down shooter found in the original Call of Duty: Black Ops, and returns this year after a long absence.
Here’s all the official information on Black Ops 7 coming out of Activision today as part of the ONL 2025 reveal:
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 Co-Op Campaign – Mind-bending, innovative Co-Op Campaign redefines the Black Ops Experience
- An unprecedented Campaign dives deeper into the madness, delivering a narrative experience unlike anything ever before in Call of Duty – playable solo or in a squad of up to four players
- Returning fan-favorite characters, including David Mason and Raul Menendez, along with the introduction of new icons like Emma Kagan, CEO of tech giant The Guild, add to the most innovative Black Ops campaign ever
- Take on high-stakes missions across a wide spectrum of environments, from the neon-lit rooftops of Japan to the Mediterranean coast, and even into the deepest corners of the human psyche. Players will also experience Avalon, an expansive city whose secrets ripple across the Campaign
- In the culmination of the story, Treyarch and Raven Software are unleashing Endgame, which opens up the entire world of Avalon for players as they wield personalized abilities, unlock loadouts, and face unexpected challenges, putting everything they’ve mastered throughout the Campaign to the test
- Endgame is a brand-new, replayable experience that breaks the rules of what you thought a Call of Duty Campaign can be
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 Multiplayer – Signature Black Ops Multiplayer featuring 16 6v6 maps and 30 weapons at launch
- Massive offering of 16 signature 6v6 Multiplayer maps at launch (13 all new maps and three returning Black Ops 2 classics), plus two new large-scale 20v20 maps, all combining new levels of visual fidelity along with best-in-class Treyarch Multiplayer map design for the most engaging Black Ops Multiplayer ever
- Set in 2035, Multiplayer delivers an arsenal of new, near-future weaponry and gear
- 30 weapons available at launch (28 ranged and 2 melee), including 16 never-before-seen in the franchise
- In Black Ops 7, your loadout is alive with possibility. For the first time in Black Ops, all Scorestreaks, Field Upgrades, and Lethal & Tactical Equipment can be upgraded with the new Overclock system, growing more versatile the more you use them. Every match becomes a step toward unlocking their full potential
- Next-level Omnimovement, including wall jumps and more, open-up creative possibilities and fresh dynamics to gameplay
- Skirmish is an all-new, 20v20 adrenaline-charged MP mode that blends a variety of objectives, new abilities such as wingsuiting and grappling hooks, and intense vehicle warfare into a massive experience. This is Black Ops large-scale combat, redefined
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 Zombies – Round-Based Zombies returns with the biggest Black Ops Zombies map ever
- Treyarch’s legendary Round-Based Zombies returns with the biggest Black Ops Zombies map ever, featuring all-new vehicle gameplay that takes players across a massive set of new locations along with the return of Survival maps for the first time since Black Ops 2
- In a continuation of the Black Ops 6 Zombies story, the crew collides with alternate versions of the original protagonists: Richtofen, Nikolai, Takeo, and Dempsey. In a never-before-seen incarnation, these legends return alongside the crew from Black Ops 6 to face a new kind of nightmare… though in the Dark Aether, nothing is ever what it seems
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 launches on November 14, 2025 across Xbox One, Xbox Series X and S, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, and PC via Battle.net, Xbox on PC, and Steam. There’s no mention of a Nintendo Switch 2 version in today’s announcement. As a Microsoft game, Black Ops 7 will launch day-one on Game Pass Ultimate across Xbox and PC.
The Black Ops 7 Open Beta will be free across all platforms, with players who pre-order or who have a subscription to select Game Pass plans gaining early access. It runs October 2-8, with Early Access for preorders and eligible Game Pass subscribers granted on October 2.
For more from the devs, check out their thoughts on Call of Duty being called “lazy” and the threat of Battlefield 6.
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