Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 just confirmed its release date, launch times — here’s exactly when you can play the Xbox Game Pass FPS juggernaut

Activision Blizzard’s (and now Microsoft and Xbox’s, thanks to the firm’s acquisition of the publisher) massively popular FPS series Call of Duty stands tall as one of the biggest gaming franchises in the world, and each new title that comes out is all-but-guaranteed to be a massive hit with chart-topping sales and concurrent player counts.

Black Ops 7 — this year’s new Call of Duty, and a direct sequel to 2024’s Black Ops 6 — is expected to be one as well, despite stiff competition from Electronic…