- Developer Activision has revealed what’s in store for the third Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 season
- Major multiplayer additions include a number of fresh maps and plenty of new weapons
- It will be launched on April 2nd
Developer Activision has lifted the curtain on what’s to come for multiplayer in the next season of Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 when it launches on April 2 and it will be full of glory Black Ops nostalgia.
Five multiplayer maps will be available on day one: Beacon, Abyss, Plaza, Gridlock, and Mission: Trident. First up, Beacon is a brand new mid-sized map set in a remote snowy area, centered around a freezing Guild facility dotted with shipping containers for cover, and offers a mix of indoor and outdoor environments.
Abyss is a much smaller environment that takes place entirely inside a submarine. It’s a long, rectangular map that resembles the excellent Bullet map from Black Ops 6 (which was set on a speeding bullet train). However, it seems much more cramped than Bullet, with tight corridors and lots of obstacles to navigate around.
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Then there’s Plaza, another mid-sized map and a remaster returning from Black Ops 2. Like the original map, it is set in a nightclub at the Colossus Resort from the game’s campaign, which also appears in a ruined state in the existing Black Ops 7 card Colossus.
The throwbacks don’t stop there though, with the first ever remaster of Gridlock from Black Ops 4 arrive same day. This one follows the aftermath of an armored truck heist gone wrong on a busy Tokyo highway, and given how prominent Black Ops 7 has Japan as a setting, it only makes sense to bring it over.
Rounding out the first offering is Mission: Trident, a new 20v20 map for the massive skirmish game mode featuring a huge port and its surrounding warehouses.
An upgraded arsenal
Season 3 Reloaded will then add even more with the small spa themed map Onsen and a remaster of Summit. Black Ops 6‘s version of the Hacienda is also being carried over with some slight tweaks to the winery layout to accommodate Black Ops 7s improved movement skills.
There will also be an interesting new mode, Freerun, which will have its own dedicated map called Ascent. As the name suggests, Freerun is all about parkour and doesn’t seem to feature any combat at all, with players instead competing to reach a set end point in a race.
It wouldn’t be new Call of Duty season without new weapons and tools either. Launch highlights include the addition of the MK35 ISR assault rifle and the VST SMG, with e.g. Strider 300 sniper rifle and the legendary 1911 pistol included in the Reloaded update. A mid-season event will even let you unlock a bizarre energy weapon, the Siren, which fires large electric projectiles that can pass through multiple players. There will also be another event that rewards you with a new melee katana.
All of these come with a paid battle pass filled with nice skins and a revamped Blackcell level that now offers its own exclusive challenges. You can read all about, plus the content coming to Warzone, Endgame and Zombies on the official Call of Duty blog.
Black Ops 7 is available now for PC, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X and Series S, and Xbox One.
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