Call of Duty developer Treyarch has stated it’s “prepared to make one thing new” because it waves goodbye to two years of Black Ops video games.
Treyarch led growth on two Black Ops video games back-to-back: 2024’s Black Ops 6 and 2025’s Black Ops 7. With Season 6 hitting Black Ops 7 on September 17, the developer has signalled it’s transferring on to its subsequent Call of Duty recreation.
“It is a bittersweet goodbye, however I believe over the past two years, we have realized loads,” design director Kevin Drew stated in a brand new dev talk video. “We have tried loads of issues in our present period. However we’re prepared to make one thing new and one thing that no one’s ever skilled earlier than. Within the meantime although, I’ll see you all taking part in in Season 6 on September seventeenth.”
What this implies, precisely, is unclear. Might Treyarch be speaking about making a brand new Call of Duty recreation not within the Black Ops subbrand? Is Treyarch’s subsequent Call of Duty not Black Ops 8? That might be one thing of a shock, given Black Ops’ reputation and model energy regardless of Black Ops 7’s high-profile business struggles. Maybe Treyarch is speaking about doing one thing model new throughout the Black Ops universe. My feeling although, is that that is certainly a touch that Black Ops could also be given a while to relaxation, and that Treyarch has one thing completely different up its sleeve.
Yale Miller, co-studio head, added: “It’s been wonderful to look again on the final couple of years, setting new benchmarks with Black Ops 6, delivering the most important Black Ops recreation ever with Black Ops 7, taking large swings with Omnimovement, Endgame, every kind of innovation. We’re extraordinarily proud and very excited for what we have been in a position to ship.
“So, it has been wonderful to really even have a dialogue with all of you thru common comms, additionally via these dev talks, and we have been together with you each step of the best way whereas we’re delivering new progressive content material. You guys have been grinding out camos, unlocking new issues, the development methods, the suggestions. An enormous thanks to our accomplice Raven and all the opposite studios that helped us right here at Treyarch carry all of you all these maps, all that content material, all these zombies experiences. It has been wonderful.
“Actually excited as effectively for every part Infinity Ward has been working on. They’re clearly setting new bars. There’s a lot extra of that recreation for all of you to see. We have had the privilege of participating in a ton of playtests as effectively. We’ll see you all on-line in Season 6 and in MW4. Thanks a lot. It has been a privilege.”
Infinity Ward’s Fashionable Warfare 4 comes out later this 12 months, however Activision has but to say what is going to comply with. It has a military of studios working on Call of Duty, which can want a shot within the arm from, say, Sledgehammer or Warzone developer Raven within the coming years. The query for mum or dad firm Microsoft and new Xbox boss Asha Sharma will likely be, how does Call of Duty as soon as once more hit the heights of yesteryear?