Call of Responsibility: Black Ops 7 appears set to skip the Nintendo Switch 2 at launch, regardless of mother or father firm Microsoft’s “binding 10-year authorized settlement” to deliver Call of Responsibility to Nintendo platforms.
In 2023, as half of its push to get its Activision Blizzard acquisition cleared by the courts, Microsoft promised to launch future Call of Responsibility video games “with full function and content material parity” on Nintendo platforms on the identical day as Xbox.
Below the contract Nintendo house owners can be in a position to “expertise Call of Responsibility simply as Xbox and PlayStation avid gamers take pleasure in Call of Responsibility,” Microsoft mentioned at the time. Call of Responsibility has not been obtainable on Nintendo since 2013’s Call of Responsibility: Ghosts for Wii U.
Nonetheless, in accordance to dependable leaker billbil-kun (through Dealabs), Black Ops 7 is slated for launch on November 14, 2025 on PC, Xbox One, Xbox Sequence X and S, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation 5. Now, Black Ops 7 might finally launch on Switch 2, however because it stands, it received’t make Nintendo’s new console alongside Xbox.
In June, within the wake of Call of Responsibility: Black Ops 7’s announcement, each Activision and Nintendo have been mentioned to be engaged on getting the long-running first-person shooter franchise on Switch. In a press release launched to IGN, Activision mentioned it and Nintendo have been nonetheless engaged on bringing Call of Responsibility to Switch: “We’re dedicated to getting the franchise on Switch. Each groups are engaged on it. Will share particulars when prepared.”
In the meantime, billbil-kun mentioned the Xbox variations will get a bodily launch with disc included, in distinction to latest Microsoft Xbox video games.
As for the worth, Black Ops 7 reportedly prices 79.99 euros, which suggests $69.99 within the U.S. In July, Microsoft introduced that it could not be promoting Obsidian’s The Outer Worlds 2 — or any of its vacation video games, for that matter — for $80 after initially saying plans to hike online game costs past $70. The expectation was Black Ops 7 would thus stick to $70, and based mostly on billbil-kun’s report, that can certainly be the case.
Call of Responsibility: Black Ops 7 can be revealed stay on August 19 throughout Opening Evening Dwell at gamescom. We’ll study extra then.
Wesley is Director, Information at IGN. Discover him on Twitter at @wyp100. You possibly can attain Wesley at wesley_yinpoole@ign.com or confidentially at wyp100@proton.me.
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