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The floodgates have opened on another new Call of Duty, and there’s a lot of new info to digest about it.

Black Ops 7 made its full debut during gamescom’s Opening Night Live, and it’s coming to consoles and PC players in just a few months. Offering a campaign, multiplayer, and Zombies modes, there’s plenty of tidbits of intel within each that players can now sink their teeth into in anticipation.

Here’s everything we’ve learned about BO7 so far, directly from Treyarch and Activision.

Black Ops 7 confirmed information – Everything we know

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This is an exhaustive list of what we know so far to be true and confirmed about BO7. This list will grow over time leading up to the game’s launch later in 2025.

Multiplayer

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Omnimovement evolved

BO6’s omnimovement is back with some new changes, like a wall jump, the removal of Tactical Sprint, and the inability to ADS while sliding, diving, or wall jumping, but these movement features can all be re-enabled using specific Perks.

30 weapons at launch

Here’s an incomplete list of all of the game’s launch weapons.

• Assault rifles (6)
  • Peacekeeper MK1 (from BO2)
  • Eagle
• Marksman rifles (3)
• SMGs (6)
  • Puma (inspired by PDW 57 from BO2)
  • Dravec 45
  • Cobra
• Sniper rifles (3)
  • VS Recon (inspired by DSR 50 from BO2)
  • Baltic
• Shotguns (3)
• LMGs (2)
• Pistols (3)
• Launchers (2)
• Melee (2)

18 maps at launch

• Blackheart
• Colossus
• Cortex
• Den
• Drydock
• Exposure
• Express (BO2 Remake)
• Hijacked (BO2 Remake)
• Homestead
• Imprint
• Paranoia
• Raid (BO2 Remake)
• Retrieval
• Scar
• The Forge
• Toshin
• Mission: Edge (Skirmish mode)
• Mission: Tide (Skirmish mode)

Scorestreaks (known so far)

• UAV
• Counter UAV
• Hellstorm Drone
• RC-XD
• Interceptors
• VTOL Warship
• H.K.D.
• Skewer
• Gravemaker
• D.A.W.G.
• Rhino
• Zombies

Perks (known so far)

• Tactical Sprint
• Looper
  • Loop scorestreaks continuously.
• Agility
  • Increased move speed and recovery time.
• Gung Ho
• Networked
  • Share buffs with teammates.

Combat Specialty

This feature from BO6 has been tweaked, as equipping two Perks of the same specialty can now offer a hybrid bonus with a third as opposed to having to equip three of the same to earn the bonus.

Overclocks

Every piece of equipment, Field Upgrade, and Scorestreak can be leveled up to unlock modifiers that increase their functionality. This is reminiscent of Pro Perks from past CoD games, but for equipment.

Weapon Prestige

Weapon Prestige returns. Once a gun is max level, you can Prestige to reset its rank to unlock a unique attachment and camo. This can be done twice before reaching Master Prestige on the gun, with 250 additional levels and a unique camo to unlock.

Specialist Wildcard

The Specialist bonus will be a Wildcard you can equip in your loadout in BO7. This means you can earn a new Perk at 200, 400, and 600 score, with all Perks unlocking at 1,200 total score streak.

Campaign

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Co-op is back

The entire campaign can be played in co-op for up to four players. You play as Specter One unit soldiers David Mason, Mike Harper, Eric Samuels, and Leilani Tupuola. BO6 character Troy Marshall also appears in a scene with Mason as they visit the grave of Frank Woods. The campaign takes place in 2035 and the main antagonist appears to be The Guild, a company utilizing AI and robots to do its dirty work.

A trippy story

In the footage shown, David Mason and his Specter One team are attacked with some kind of hallucinogenic gas, which makes them see things like massive machetes falling from the sky, twisted architecture, and more.

Treyarch described the campaign as having “surreal dreamscapes,” where you have to deal with “a weapon that turns fear into a tool of war” that will leave the characters “trapped in paranoia.”

Menendez lives?

Raul Menendez appears to be alive somehow, even after David Mason killed him in the canon ending of BO2. Something is up, and the team heads to Avalon to figure things out at the start of the story.

New Endgame feature

The 12th and final mission of the campaign is a 32-player map of Avalon with “endless sessions,” called Endgame. Players can rank up their operators and level up until they can reach high tier difficulty areas, but progression is reset upon dying.

Little else is known about this mission and feature thus far, but it can be played in co-op and tasks players with leveling up and equipping new abilities to help defeat the enemies within as they delve deeper into Avalon to find out the truth.

Campaign Camos and XP

The campaign and Endgame will feature their own set of camos, including four Mastery camos, and XP that can be earned no matter what you play, so that you are always leveling up your account or battle pass no matter what.

Zombies

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New round-based map

The new map for BO7 Zombies is “the biggest round-based map ever.” It features a Wonder Vehicle that players must construct to drive between locations on the map. The only location revealed thus far is called Farm.

OG crew returns

Richtofen, Dempsey, Nicholai, and Takeo return in the Dark Aether. Treyarch said that this is a “new iteration” of the original crew.

Survival maps coming

Each section of the larger RBZ map will be turned into Survival maps, which are smaller, self-contained areas of the map that players can jump into and play with all Perks and necessary items present instead of having to experience the overarching map.

Dead Ops Arcade returns

The top-down, twin-stick shooter arcade mode will return in its fourth iteration.

Warzone

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Nothing has been confirmed for Warzone yet. Info about the battle royale mode will likely come later this year at Call of Duty Next before BO7 launches. However, given past years, it’s probable that Warzone will get BO7 guns, movement, and equipment as part of an update in season one.

This article will be updated with new information as it becomes available.

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