Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 (PS4) News Articles
Thursday22nd Jan 2026
News Call of Duty Sales Hit 17-Year Low with Black Ops 7
Lowest US ranking since World at War
Throughout December of last year, we heard a lot of reports on how Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 was underperforming in a commercial sense — and Circana's breakdown of 2025 software sales in the US certainly backs them up. As relayed by Circana's Mat Piscatella, Black Ops 7 ranked fifth in dollar sales for the...
Wednesday10th Dec 2025
Scraps back-to-back sub-series releases
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7’s sales are way down compared to its predecessors, and now Activision has come out and commented on the situation. While the game has still managed to top the charts in many countries, its performance has been described as “terrible” by some analysts, after it launched
Friday28th Nov 2025
News Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 Is Already on Sale Just Two Weeks After Release
Get a 15% discount on PS Store now
Just two weeks to the day after its PS5, PS4 release, Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is already on sale on the PS Store. This is a separate offer from the huge PS Store Black Friday sale, and it's only live until midnight on Tuesday, 2nd December 2025. Between now and then, you can save 15% on the base version of the...
Tuesday25th Nov 2025
Tough luck
A picture is beginning to form around Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, and for the executives at Activision it’s not a particularly pretty one. What we’re generally seeing from all the data we have available thus far is that the first-person shooter is selling significantly worse than Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 and has debuted way below...
Monday24th Nov 2025
News Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 Just Had the Worst Japanese Retail Launch in Series History
Not gone well, then
It's been an unusually rocky ride for Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, which has been widely panned and appears to be selling below the series' usual pace. While Activision has yet to provide any official sales information itself (which is kinda telling on its own), some data has begun to emerge, including a weak UK launch and, now, a...
Thursday20th Nov 2025
News You No Longer Have to Endure Call of Duty: Black Ops 7's Campaign to Unlock Endgame Mode
Starting tomorrow
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 has some redeeming qualities, but its campaign is really dominating the conversation, with many players left baffled by it. Now, about a week after launch, developer Treyarch has announced a change that may come as welcome news to those looking to get to the good stuff. In a post on official Call of Duty...
Tuesday18th Nov 2025
News Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 UK Sales Plummet 61% Compared to Black Ops 6
Behind Battlefield 6, too
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 was always going to sell well enough to top the UK's physical games chart at launch, but it seems it might not be performing quite to the degree you might expect. While the game is currently number one, it's actually had a smaller launch sales period than its closest competition, Battlefield 6...
Monday17th Nov 2025
News Call of Duty: Black Ops 7's Controversial AI Use Is Even Attracting Attention of US Politicians
"We need regulations"
The recently launched Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 has come under heavy fire for its usage of AI-generated artwork, and it's causing such a stink that US congressmen are speaking out against it. Ro Khanna, who represents California's 17th congressional district, responded to one of the many social media posts about the game,...
Saturday15th Nov 2025
News Embarrassing AI Art Plagues Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 Launch
Activision confirms use of AI tools
If the utterly ridiculous co-op campaign wasn't bad enough, another negative dominating the chatter around the release of Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is its seeming use of AI artwork in-game. In the multiplayer customisation menu, some of the Calling Cards you can attach to your profile closely resemble AI filters,...
Friday14th Nov 2025
News Call of Duty: Black Ops 7's Single Player Campaign Is Being Torn Apart
Worst one yet?
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is out today, 14th November 2025, and players are not happy, with its campaign being a particularly thorny issue. Many of the problems fans are having with the single player story are technical ones, mainly relating to the game's always online nature. For example, even when playing solo, you cannot pause...
Friday10th Oct 2025
News Call of Duty Is Trying Everything It Can to Make You Play Black Ops 7 Over Battlefield 6
Treyarch puts an end to skill-based matchmaking
Activision executives reportedly aren't worried about the competition today's new release, Battlefield 6, poses to Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, but every move they have made in the past few months suggests they have at least one nervous eye looking over their shoulders. Treyarch is trying to please its...
Thursday25th Sep 2025
News Black Ops 7 Has Turned Down 'Big, Big Brands' for Crossovers After Fan Backlash
Upcoming Call of Duty will cool it with collabs
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 pushed the boundaries of what fans deemed acceptable when it came to crossover content, with recent additions becoming more and more incongruent with the shooter franchise. Particularly after the arrival of American Dad and Beavis & Butt-Head, among others, players pushed...
Monday22nd Sep 2025
News Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 Multiplayer Goes All-Out with 18 Maps at Launch
All the online details you need
Treyarch has today lifted the lid on the multiplayer portion of Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 at launch, confirming there'll be 18 maps to start with, alongside 30 weapons and over 20 scorestreaks. You can get a taste for all of that in the trailer above, to the tune of Travis Scott. Three maps will return from Black Ops...
Wednesday27th Aug 2025
News Call of Duty Dev Commits to Sensible Skins in Black Ops 7 Following Strong Community Backlash
No more Carry Forward from Black Ops 6
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 developer Treyarch has committed to ensuring the premium skins it releases for the game "fit the Black Ops identity", following the fierce community backlash to the celebrity outfits that have appeared in Black Ops 6. The team said in a Call of Duty blog post that it hears the...
Saturday23rd Aug 2025
News Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 Is Having a Tougher Time on the PS5, PS4 Pre-Order Charts
Competition intensifies
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is now available for pre-order ahead of its 14th November release date, which means you’d expect it to be top of the PS Store sales charts, right? Wrong. While it’s certainly not doing terribly by any stretch of the imagination, its Vault Edition – which includes Early Access to the game’s...
Wednesday20th Aug 2025
News Reactions to Stupid Call of Duty Skins May Make Dev Tone Down Black Ops 7
"There are fans that really love it"
The hardcore Call of Duty community has had enough of the ridiculous skins Treyarch has put into Black Ops 6 over the past year, and now it seems the developer will finally take that into consideration for updates in Black Ops 7. Speaking to IGN, associate creative director Miles Leslie clarified that the studio...
Tuesday19th Aug 2025
News Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 Avoids Battlefield 6 by a Month, Out 14th November
Open beta on 5th October
Treyarch has officially confirmed Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 will launch for PS5, PS4 on 14th November 2025, meaning Battlefield 6 will have most of October to itself. You can catch the gameplay trailer above, which reveals a 2035 setting. Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 redefines the franchise with a reality-shattering Co-Op...
Saturday16th Aug 2025
Rumour Call of Duty: Black Ops 7's Campaign May Force You into Multiplayer
An extraction ending
We already know Call of Duty: Black Ops 7’s full campaign will be playable in co-op, but a new report from Insider Gaming’s reliable Tom Henderson reveals that the final mission may force you into a 32-player extraction shooter-style environment. The article – which cites anonymous sources – suggests that the game’s...
Friday15th Aug 2025
News Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 Will Go Up Against Battlefield 6 from 14th November
Good luck
Good luck to Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, the upcoming first-person shooter which is going to seriously have its work cut out if it hopes to outmuscle Battlefield 6. The large-scale EA shooter will drop on 10th October, giving it a month’s head-start on Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, assuming this rumour from the ever-reliable billbil-kun is...
Monday14th Jul 2025
News Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 Is the First Game Set for Gamescom Showcase
Livestream on 19th August
Geoff Keighley has confirmed Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 as the first game to be part of next month's Gamescom Opening Night Live showcase. The host says that the reveal opens the livestream in a "massive way", which is scheduled for 19th August at 7pm BST / 11am PT / 2pm PT. Coming just a year after Black Ops 6, the...
