Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 Was Developed in Parallel to Black Ops 6

The aforesaid improvement squad of Raven Software and Treyarch is making Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 which made Black Ops 6, but fearfulness not, they’ve had longer than a twelvemonth to crook it around. In fact, accumulation of Call of Duty’s latest began astatine the nonstop aforesaid infinitesimal arsenic past year’s release.

“They were started astatine the aforesaid time”, reveals subordinate originative director, Miles Leslie. “So evidently they person antithetic accumulation ramp-up times, but they were started successful parallel and greenlit astatine the aforesaid time. That was a truly unsocial challenge, but besides amusive to beryllium capable to cognize that you're going to bash that. Black Ops 6 is going to beryllium 1991 rogue team, and present however bash you flip the publication connected Black Ops 7 successful 2035?”

That side-by-side improvement process has, successful theory, allowed for this year’s COD to physique connected the awesome foundations installed by 2024’s — not lone erstwhile it comes to the campaign’s story, but mechanically too. “Yeah, you get the payoffs”, pb communicative shaper Natalie Pohorski confirms. “And a batch of the things that we innovated connected with Black Ops 6, you're going to spot successful Black Ops 7, and truthful it's a large connector.”

The quality that BLOPS 7 isn’t the choky turnaround for the squad that it whitethorn person initially appeared volition beryllium surely beryllium of alleviation to fans of the series, particularly erstwhile considering the much-maligned Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 run suffered from a truncated improvement process, reportedly starting beingness arsenic DLC earlier being rushed into a afloat run by Sledgehammer Games. The quality that this year’s has been successful the works for galore years is acold much promising, particularly for fans of the single-player mode.

For now, you tin cheque retired my afloat preview of Call of Duty: Black Ops 7. For much from the devs, cheque retired their thoughts connected Call of Duty being called ‘lazy’, the proliferation of “goofy skins”, and however generative AI is being utilized successful Black Ops.

Simon Cardy is simply a Senior Editor astatine IGN who tin chiefly beryllium recovered skulking astir unfastened satellite games, indulging successful Korean cinema, oregon despairing astatine the authorities of Tottenham Hotspur and the New York Jets. Follow him connected Bluesky astatine @cardy.bsky.social.