'Call of Duty: Black Ops 7' Brings Back David Mason For More Futuristic Shooter Action
Another year, another Call of Duty game, and this time, Activision is breaking tradition with Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 , marking the first back-to-back Black Ops release since the series began in 2010.
With its reveal serving as a closer for the Xbox Games Showcase 2025, the game will be helmed by series regular Treyarch and Raven Software, and will see the return of David Mason, protagonist of 2012's Call of Duty: Black Ops II and son of the original Black Ops' Alex Mason. According to the game's official announcement post, its story is set more than 40 years after the events of Black Ops 6 and will pit Mason and his team against 'a manipulative enemy who weaponises fear above all else'.
Bring the series back to the future once again, Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 will feature 'near-future weaponry' and include a co-op campaign, a multiplayer mode with new maps, and the next chapter of its Zombies mode, set 'in the heart of the Dark Aether'.
'This is the first time we're staying within the Black Ops series with back-to-back releases, so we're excited to give players a bit more time to enjoy all the live seasons and provide players more of what they want across Black Ops 6 and Call of Duty: Warzone before we turn the page to Black Ops 7 ,' said Head of Activision Publishing Marketing Tyler Bahl, 'Delivering consecutive Black Ops games also allows our teams the tremendous opportunity to tap not only into our own creativity but also embrace the shift from a '90s setting to the new 2035 future setting within our marketing.
For now, all we have to work with is a brief cinematic trailer as seen above, although Activision has promised 'the most mind-bending Black Ops ever', so it remains to be seen if the game's story can top the plot twists and intriguing narratives the series is known for.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 doesn't have a release date yet, but it will be arriving on the PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and PC.
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