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Evening Standard
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Ali Shutler

Call Of Duty: Black Ops 7 review – this game is big but it only takes small swings

Last year’s Call Of Duty: Black Ops 6 was an undeniable success. After some bloated entries in the long-running series, fans praised its back-to-basics approach to shooting enemy soldiers and despite launching day one on the subscription-based Xbox Game Pass, it still managed to become one of the best-selling games of 2024.

For this year’s annual release, developers Activision have stuck closely to the winning formula. Developed in tandem with Black Ops 6, Black Ops 7 is bigger in every way imaginable. The classic Multiplayer offers more game modes, more maps and more weapons but the basics remain the same – kill the enemy team in a series of frustratingly entertaining battles. Win or lose, it’s a guaranteed dopamine hit that’ll have you saying ‘just one more match’ until the early hours of the morning.

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