New Call of Duty 2025 Rumors Indicate Another Quick-Turnaround Sequel

Rumors for Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 are again in full swing; this time, it came from Charlie Intel with a post reading, “Campaign set in 2035, with 4 player co-op.” The year suggests it will be a direct sequel to Black Ops 2, which swung to and fro between 2025, where storylines follow David Mason and Mike Harper, and the 80s, where we get to see the classic old crew with Alex Mason, Jason Hudson, and Frank Woods.

Black Ops, which began with World at War (you might see it on the Xbox Game Pass soon), is the longest-running sub-series within Call of Duty. Although Modern Warfare has six games, that’s divided into the original and a soft reboot, both of them having three games each. Some say there will be a fourth one in the reboot, but Activision should reconsider it after the disastrous Modern Warfare III, something we reported on previously.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 Should Settle This Debate For Good

Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 gave us choices; well, Raul Menendez, whom the late Kamar de los Reyes portrays, did that technically, when Harper is captured, and we are controlling double agent Farid. If we choose to aim at Menendez, we die; if we choose to kill Harper, we live. The problem is, there’s still a long debate on which of these choices are canon to the story.

RUMOR: New details on Call of Duty 2025 from an alleged play-tester:

– Campaign set in 2035, with 4 player co-op
– Zombies to have original crew, 'largest' round based map
– MP may feature 32v32 mode
– Remakes of old MP map in futuristic 2035-setting
– BO6 items carry over pic.twitter.com/uszUoDSS1b

— CharlieIntel (@charlieINTEL) April 12, 2025

Interestingly, Mason’s death is canonical, and that’s what sets up Black Ops 6. So if there really is an eighth game in the sub-series coming, it should clear that. If we see Harper, it’s clear which of the choices are canonical. If not, we will keep doing that debate until this rumored upcoming game, or the one coming after that, clearly speaks, ‘HARPER DIED.’ For now, no, he didn’t.

Whether these rumors turn out to be real or not is unknown, but we’re growing closer to the inevitable Call of Duty 2025 reveal from Activision, with the annual title usually being revealed between May and July, and then releasing either October or November of the same year.

Whether Call of Duty 2025 ends up being a sequel to Call of Duty: Black Ops or another entry in the Black Ops franchise, it points to a new release strategy from Activision that may not necessarily align with what a large set of gamers want, as proven by the disdain for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 in 2023.

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