Activision Blizzard's (and now Microsoft and Xbox's, thanks to the firm's acquisition of the publisher) massively popular FPS series Call of Duty stands tall as one of the biggest gaming franchises in the world, and each new title that comes out is all-but-guaranteed to be a massive hit with chart-topping sales and concurrent player counts.
Black Ops 7 — this year's new Call of Duty, and a direct sequel to 2024's Black Ops 6 — is expected to be one as well, despite stiff competition from Electronic Arts' (EA) Battlefield 6. Battlefield certainly gives the series a major challenger in the mainstream FPS space to contend with, though so far, it hasn't disrupted Call of Duty's player base much.
