Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 now has a Dynamic Background on Xbox Series consoles.
Sabrina, the adult-aged weapons manufacturer CEO
A new dynamic background for Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is out on Xbox Series X & S consoles. It features Kirnan Shipka’s character, Emma Kagan. Emma is the CEO of The Guild, who develop military-style tech and weapons in the game. While her power squat isn’t animated the vertical energy ripples are. It looks kinda neat!
I got to preview the game back in August, though I still cannot talk about what I played.
Call of Duty Black Ops 7 takes the series’ recent approach to progression and brings it to the campaign. Now, when you and up to three of your friends play through the 11-level campaign, you can progress through everything. Weapon masteries, your battle pass, all of it can see the numbers go up, no matter which mode you are playing. The campaign is set 10 years after Black Ops 2, in 2035. The team wanted to “Embrace the Madness” as this “world of fear” dominates the campaign. Your team of four stars Milo Ventimiglia as David “Section” Mason, Michael Rooker returns from BO2 as Mike Harper. New to the game are John Eric Bentley’s Eric Samuels and Frankie Adams as Leilani “50/50” Tupuola.
The team decided on four-player co-op from the start. Crafting a narrative built on chaos and fear, it sees the crew trot across the globe from Nicaragua to Tokyo, Alaska, and more. Characters return from Black Ops 6, and the initial teaser we saw in June hinted at the odd, almost zombie-like situations you’ll face in the story. Kiernan Shipka’s character runs an operation called The Guild, which is attempting to fight a returning Black Ops villain’s Global Threat. It is extremely Call of Duty, while feeling fresh in the almost supernatural-like situations you’ll find yourself in.
There is a 12th mission that opens up once you’ve completed the campaign. It takes place in an enormous map called Avalon. This open-world, 32-player experience is extraction-like. You will dive in, complete objectives, and escape. Seeing a squad wipe means all progression for that character is lost. An entirely new “Rise of Power” system is the only way to be strong enough to get through each new area. We didn’t get to see or play the campaign at all during our time with the game. It’s one we’ll make sure to cover day one at launch to get you a review as quickly as possible. If you don’t have a group to play with, the team assured us that all of the content can be played solo, though I’d imagine the Campaign Endgame is going to be a lot trickier without at least one friend.
Call of Duty Black Ops 7 is out on Xbox One, Xbox Series, PS4, PS5, and PC on November 14th. It is an Xbox Play Anywhere title and is available Day One in Game Pass.
