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Scott Duwe

UNCOVERED: Black ops 7 doubles down on removing sbmm with one minor exception - The Untold Story

We're just days away from the latest Call of Duty release, and Activision has reiterated its stance on one of the franchise's most controversial features ahead of launch.

During Black Ops 7's beta last month, Treyarch and Activision finally pulled the plug on the heavy-handed skill-based matchmaking in public playlists that have been a pain point in the series for the last five years. And it went over so well with players that it's staying in the game for good.

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