Activision has revealed that the Call of Duty Black Ops 7 Early Access Beta is off to a great start.
PSU previously reported that the Call of Duty Black Ops 7 Early Access Beta had recorded disappointing numbers on Steam and Twitch, via numbers provided by Insider Gaming. However, Speaking to PSU, a UK representative for the franchise noted that Call of Duty has its own ecosystem with Battle.net, so basing its success on a single platform (as well as comparing it to the success of the Battlefield 6 beta) are inaccurate. We have amended the article accordingly.
You can read the full quote below:
The Black Ops 7 Beta Early Access is already off to a great start. The early response across all platforms has been tremendous, and we’ve only just begun. We look forward to the entire community, across all platforms, coming together to experience the Open Beta beginning Sunday.
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How the game will perform following its actual release is still anyone’s guess, although this year is quite a major event as it’ll see Black Ops 7 going up against Battlefield 6, which has been seriously impressing following its formal reveal earlier this year. Mike Ybarra, the former president of Blizzard, has said that he feels EA’s shooter will ‘boot stomp’ Black Ops 7, although Activision is reportedly not too concerned about its rival as it feels Call of Duty is simply ‘too big to fail.’
Treyarch has admitted that it is a bit concerned about franchise fatigue with Black Ops 7, given that it’s arriving on the market just a year after its predecessor. Traditionally, Call of Duty rotates between the Modern Warfare and Black Ops series, sometimes taking extended breaks as we’ve seen the likes of Call of Duty: Ghosts and Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare, and Call of Duty: WWII plug the gaps.
Call Of Duty Black OPs 7 is pencilled in for release on November 14, 2025 on PC and consoles.
[Original source for the article was Insider Gaming]