November 14, 2025, was an interesting day for the Black Ops fan base. While many Call of Duty fans were excited about a new Black Ops game for the second year in a row, others refused to purchase or play Black Ops 7 since it felt like Black Ops 6 had just been released.
Traditionally, Call of Duty games release once per year just before the holidays, but new games of the same franchise, like Modern Warfare or Black Ops, don’t typically release in back-to-back years. Whether Black Ops 7 was released too early or not is up to personal interpretation, but it certainly feels that way, so let’s take a look at what happened with COD 2025.