Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is a sequel to last year's installment – something that doesn't usually happen in the CoD release schedule, which in the past has hopped around between mini-series and development studios. In a first for CoD, the two games were developed concurrently by Treyarch and Raven Software.

New to Call of Duty multiplayer in Black Ops 7 is Skirmish, a 20v20 mode that blends objective-based play with abilities like wingsuiting, grappling hooks, and vehicles for large-scale combat.