Name of Responsibility: Black Ops 7’s ESRB description has been posted, and included within the rankings description is affirmation that the brand new recreation will carry ahead the franchise’s appreciation for marijuana.
The ESRB description says some weapons within the recreation function “marijuana/joints/paraphernalia” and that operators might be seen “inhaling by means of bongs as a part of execution sequences.” These are seemingly references to cosmetics, as Name of Responsibility’s on-line multiplayer is understood for its raft of weed-themed DLC. It stays to be seen, nonetheless, if Black Ops 6’s in-game purchases and operator bundles–like the pot-themed Seth Rogen pack–will carry ahead to Black Ops 7 when it releases later this 12 months.
The Name of Responsibility collection has embraced marijuana for years, with all method of weed-themed DLC. The legendary stoners Cheech and Chong got here to Fashionable Warfare 3, whereas that recreation had a pot-smoking sloth bundle, too. Black Ops 6, in the meantime, added a particular 4/20-themed Nuketown map referred to as Blazetown.
Past the weed stuff, the ESRB description for Black Ops 7 confirms an M ranking for the sport for its “blood and gore, intense violence, robust language, suggestive themes, and use of medication.” The outline additionally states that the marketing campaign story will contain gamers attempting to “forestall a tech titan from gaining energy.”
“Battles are real looking and frenetic, highlighted by gunfire, cries of ache, and blood-splatter results. Some ranges permit gamers to interact in execution strikes/sequences (e.g., repeatedly stabbing a foe within the chest, throat, torso). Some weapons trigger characters to blow up into bloody chunks of flesh,” the outline says.
Black Ops 7 is developed by Treyarch and Raven Software program, the 2 important co-developers of 2024’s Black Ops 6. That is the primary time Activision is releasing new Black Ops video games in consecutive years. The worldwide reveal for Black Ops 7 will happen at Gamescom in August, and this could be followed by the Call of Duty Next event in September.
As for the competitor Battlefield collection, it has been reported that EA and DICE will reveal Battlefield 6 on July 31.
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