Sunday was Microsoft’s Xbox Video games Showcase, the place it revealed its upcoming moveable handheld, the ROG Xbox Ally, and a slew of upcoming video games. The present ended with the primary take a look at the following Name of Obligation title, Black Ops 7.
The trailer for Black Ops 7 was quick, exhibiting a futuristic setting with robots and holographic shows. David Mason, performed by Milo Ventimiglia, is featured all through the trailer, which shortly shifts to an odd panorama — on par with the Black Ops collection, the place hallucinations attributable to army weapons and torture are frequent themes.
In response to the sport’s official web page, the 12 months is 2035 and violent battle and psychological warfare have thrown the world into chaos. The sport follows the occasions of 2012’s Black Ops 2, the place Mason was launched as a personality, and 2024’s Black Ops 6. Whereas different Name of Obligation video games are likely to give attention to sure eras of warfare, resembling World Conflict II and the Iraq Conflict, the Black Ops collection focuses on secret missions sometimes performed by the US and vary from the Chilly Conflict period to extra trendy and even futuristic occasions. Black Ops 2 befell in 2025, whereas Black Ops 6 was set in 1991.
All of the Black Ops video games have sure storyline ties with returning characters and antagonists. Within the trailer, David says “Menendez,” which is probably going Raul Menendez, the villain of Black Ops 2. In that recreation, he was a Nicaraguan drug lord and chief of the terrorist group Cordis Die. On the finish of the sport, gamers finally determined whether or not to spare or kill Menendez, which raises the query of whether or not Mendez is alive or if that is some hallucination by David.
No official launch date for Black Ops 7 has been introduced, but when it follows the identical launch sample as different Name of Obligation video games, anticipate it to come back out in October. As Microsoft owns the rights to the Name of Obligation franchise, the sport needs to be out there on Recreation Go when it is launched on PC, Xbox One and Xbox Collection consoles. It should even be out there on PS4 and PS5.