Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 won’t be releasing early as rumours claimed

The past week has been an odd one for Call of Duty news. Out of nowhere, rumour mongers began predicting that Black Ops 7 would release early, perhaps in response to the strong sales of Battlefield 6 this month. However, Treyarch's most recent dev diary makes it clear that the November 14th launch date has not changed. 

Treyarch released a video yesterday discussing the changes made to Black Ops 7 multiplayer following the open beta earlier this month. As spotted by Insider Gaming, In the promotion for that video, Treyarch reaffirms that Black Ops 7 is releasing on November 14th, seemingly shutting down rumours that the game might launch a week early.

In the videogame world, we are very used to seeing delays, but from time to time, we do also see release dates moved forward. Some notable examples include the likes of The Last of Us Part 2, which ended up releasing a week early, Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, which had its release window moved from February 2024 to January 2024 and Minecraft Dungeons, which also released a few days earlier than initially announced.

However, from the looks of it, we will not see this happen with Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, which makes sense, as it is Microsoft's biggest game franchise and likely already has a lot of marketing activations locked in that can't be suddenly rearranged.

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KitGuru Says: This rumour always sounded a bit ridiculous and I have a feeling it was sparked by the recent Battlefield 6 sales announcement, where EA confirmed that the game sold 7 million copies at launch. Call of Duty is a big business with a lot of planning around it. It would be incredibly difficult for Microsoft to suddenly heel-turn on its plans for this year's entry unless it had been planned months in advance. 

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