During the Xbox Games Showcase 2025, Activision pulled back the curtain on Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, confirming the franchise’s latest installment will arrive later this year. The game is set for release on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PC, as well as last-gen platforms PS4 and Xbox One continuing the series’ wide-reaching platform strategy.
Developed by Treyarch in collaboration with Raven Software, Black Ops 7 promises a bold narrative direction, intense psychological warfare, and a massive suite of returning and new features across campaign, multiplayer, and zombies modes.
A New Era: Black Ops in 2035
Set in the year 2035, Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 continues the legacy of the subseries, threading storylines from Black Ops 2 and last year’s Black Ops 6. Players return to the boots of David Mason son of Alex Mason in a world caught in the grip of global psychological manipulation and covert technological warfare.
The campaign centers around a collapsing world order where truth is malleable and trust is a rare commodity. Familiar faces, unpredictable alliances, and AI-driven threats all play major roles in this near-future conflict. Notably, the story will also support co-op play for the first time in a mainline Call of Duty campaign.
Multiplayer and Zombies Return
Black Ops 7 will feature the series’ trademark high-octane multiplayer, complete with a new arsenal of near-future weapons and gadgets, reworked movement systems, and an expanded create-a-class system. Treyarch teased the return of several fan-favourite maps from the franchise’s history fully reimagined in the 2035 setting.
Meanwhile, Zombies mode continues the Dark Aether storyline and brings back round-based survival with a twist. The undead experience is said to feature large-scale environments, evolving objectives, and secrets waiting to be uncovered across multiple episodes at launch.
Cross-Gen & Crossplay
Activision confirmed that Black Ops 7 will launch on both current- and last-generation hardware, ensuring the community remains unified. Cross-platform play and progression will once again be supported across all consoles and PC.
Full Reveal Incoming
A deeper look at gameplay, multiplayer maps, Zombies, and more is expected at the upcoming Call of Duty Direct showcase later this summer. Pre-orders are now live, with various editions offering beta access, cosmetics, and campaign early access ahead of launch.
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