There are separate Game Pass subscription and preorder requirements to join the closed and open betas for the next Call of Duty game.

Black Ops 7's campaign will support co-op with up to four players, and there’s also a new global progression system that will allow players to earn XP throughout missions.

Black Ops 7 looks set to skip the Nintendo Switch 2 at launch, despite parent company Microsoft’s “binding 10-year legal agreement” to bring Call of Duty to Nintendo platforms. In 2023, as part of its push to get its Activision Blizzard acquisition cleared through the courts,