At Gamescom 2025, Activision officially revealed Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, and it’s already shaking up the franchise with a bold new direction.
For the first time in Call of Duty history, the single-player campaign will not feature selectable difficulty levels.
Instead, difficulty will be dynamically adjusted based on the number of players.
“Difficulty is now built directly into the campaign. In co-op, challenge scales differently. We wanted missions to feel balanced for solo players, but not too easy when playing with two, three, or four people,”
— explained Miles Leslie, Creative Director.
The entire campaign can be played solo or in co-op with up to four players, marking a major shift in how Call of Duty tells its stories. And that’s not the only innovation: the final mission will be integrated into multiplayer for the very first time in the series.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is set to launch on November 14, 2025, and expectations are sky-high as fans prepare for the franchise’s most experimental campaign yet.
