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After warring with fans for years, Black Ops 7 will finally ditch aggressive skill-based matchmaking: 'Our team feels strongly about providing players with a more varied experience'

A triumph for pubstompers everywhere.

PC Gamer · Oct 9, 2025

Activision finally gives in and confirms Call of Duty Black Ops 7 will not use SBMM: "At launch, Open Matchmaking with minimal skill consideration will be the default"

"The beta was a valuable opportunity" to test Treyarch's approach to skill-based matchmaking

GamesRadar · Oct 9, 2025

Call of Duty gamers, we won: Black Ops 7 will launch with reduced SBMM, persistent lobbies, and aim assist changes

Insert the Thanos sitting down and smiling gif here.

Destructoid · Oct 9, 2025

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Black Ops 7 beta brings back SBMM in a new playlist to "get solid feedback," and everyone still hates it

Call of Duty players aren't the happiest at the moment, you could say

GamesRadar · Oct 7, 2025

Can't get enough of Call of Duty: Black Ops 7's open beta? Good news — you got more time

We got a job to do — keep racking up those eliminations in Call of Duty: Black Ops 7's open beta, now extended until Thursday, October 9.

Windows Central · Oct 7, 2025

Activision extends the Black Ops 7 beta to wrap up just 24 hours before Battlefield 6 launches

After Battlefield 6's explosive beta, not as many folks are showing up to playtest Black Ops 7.

PC Gamer · Oct 6, 2025

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 devs say that you can blame the Black Ops timeline for the wall jump not being a wall run: “Black Ops 2 really gave us a foundation for the technology available”

Black Ops 7 may be set in 2035, but Treyarch put some hard limits in place around how futuristic it could make this Call of Duty

GamesRadar · Oct 6, 2025

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All CoD needed to become fun again was fixing the exact thing we’ve been complaining about for years, and that’s infuriating

It should not have come to this point.

Destructoid · Oct 6, 2025

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 beta players say the Dexterity perk should be the standard, Treyarch says there's a reason it isn't: "We're being a bit more intentional with our combat"

Omnimovement has been refocused in the shift between Black Ops 6 and Black Ops 7

GamesRadar · Oct 6, 2025

Black Ops 7 Beta playlist "where skill is minimally considered" gets stamp of approval from noted CoD disliker and former FPS pro Shroud: "It's actually kind of enjoyable"

The Black Ops 7 Beta is winning over Call of Duty cynics

GamesRadar · Oct 6, 2025

The Black Ops 7 beta introduced a mode without SBMM and Call of Duty players are psyched: "We need Battlefield 6 to come out every year"

"Call of Duty is worried about their sales for the first time in a decade"

GamesRadar · Oct 6, 2025

Black Ops 2, Treyarch's unexpectedly experimental shooter, still surprises and discomforts – though not always intentionally

Feature | Revisiting Call of Duty: Black Ops 2, the FPS that turned the sub-series into a vital pillar for Activision's shooter behemoth

GamesRadar · Oct 5, 2025

Fans praise Treyarch for ‘incredible’ SBMM-free playlist in Black Ops 7

A welcome addition.

Destructoid · Oct 4, 2025

New Black Ops 7 playlist finally addresses one of the biggest player complaints

At long last.

Destructoid · Oct 4, 2025

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Windows Central · Oct 4, 2025

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 — List of bugs and known issues in the beta

The beta for Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is here, bringing with it some bugs that players are reporting encountering. We're rounding them all up in this list.

Destructoid · Oct 3, 2025

Black Ops 7 beta impressions: The Good, The Bad, and the painful Skill-Based Matchmaking that plagues Call of Duty

There's definitely room for improvement.

Windows Central · Oct 2, 2025

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 beta players run into big "You don't have access to the content" launch bug — here's the workaround fix

The Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 beta has officially kicked off in Early Access, but its launch has quite a big bug stopping players from getting in. Thankfully, there's a workaround fix.

PC Gamer · Oct 2, 2025

'We will be looking at everything': Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 devs will be paying close attention to community feedback during the upcoming beta

There's no such thing as too many comments.

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GamesRadar · Oct 2, 2025

Treyarch devs say "we welcome all constructive feedback" as Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 readies for launch: "This is why we do a beta, so that we can make sure there are no blind spots"

"The feedback I'm looking forward to the most is the thing we're not expecting"

GamesRadar · Oct 1, 2025

Warzone is getting a Blackout-inspired mode in 2026 and a dev who also worked on Call of Duty's original battle royale promises "that mode is going to be fun"

Black Ops 7 developer Treyarch says it is " working really closely" with the Warzone team

GamesRadar · Oct 1, 2025

Is Black Ops 7 at risk of cannibalizing its own audience with Endgame and Zombies? Treyarch says that "player-driven pacing" is a key difference between the two co-op game modes

Treyarch says Endgame grew out of "a lot of learnings from Black Ops Cold War's Outbreak and Modern Warfare Zombies"

GamesRadar · Sep 30, 2025

I played Black Ops 7 multiplayer for 4 hours, and here's my 10 takeaways you need to know

Hands-on | Call of Duty Black Ops 7 multiplayer builds on the foundations of its predecessor, tempering pace of play while adding more mobility and tactical options than ever to create an online mode that feels truly different

GamesRadar · Sep 30, 2025

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7's new Endgame mode "is the final proving ground" that could be so challenging you need other co-op teams to help you out

Interview | "We wanted to break the rules of what a campaign in Call of Duty could be": Black Ops 7 is back, bombastic, and finally packs a true endgame

GamesRadar · Sep 29, 2025

Black Ops 7 will "redefine" what Call of Duty can be, and even after 20 years Treyarch is still promising "some of the most unique and unexpected moments of the series"

Cover Story | "Where we're taking this game is so drastically different from a lot of the things we've done before"

PC Gamer · Sep 29, 2025

I've played every Call of Duty: Black Ops game, and will now attempt the impossible: Explaining all of the lore so you can understand Black Ops 7

There's a maximum amount of sense this series can make, and we'll endeavour to reach that threshold together.

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