A massive Black Ops 7 leak has given us our very first look at gameplay screenshots along with a handful of new multiplayer mode details.
While Black Ops 7 was revealed in full during the 2025 Xbox Games Showcase, all we got at the time was a cinematic trailer. We learned of the near-future setting along with a stacked cast featuring the likes of Mile Ventimiglia and Kiernan Shipka; however, we didn’t see any actual gameplay.
Well, that’s now changed, though not how Activision would have hoped. Rather than an official gameplay reveal as we typically get around this time every year, a major leak has unearthed our first proper look at the game.
According to CharlieIntel’s sources, a playtest only for developers was set to kick off this coming weekend across Xbox hardware. Unfortunately for the devs, however, a multiplayer Message of the Day was accidentally sent out to everyone on the Call of Duty app, rather than just those invited to the internal playtest. As a result, we now have our first look at the next Black Ops title in action.
First look at Black Ops 7 multiplayer
Four images were leaked as part of the in-game daily message. Two of these images merely feature logos pertaining to new game modes, but the other two are screenshots of in-game action.
The first on display has two Operators front and center and well, it’s clear as day how the game adopts its near-future setting. One character has a Halo-esque helmet while the other appears to have a sort of display along the side of their weapon. This image presents a new mode called Overload.
Overload is described as follows: “Two teams of six players each fight to control a neutral EMP device that must be delivered to the enemy HQ for score.”
The next image reinforces the futuristic focus of Black Ops 7, highlighting a number of possible scorestreaks on the field, including a robotic dog with a turret and rocket launcher. Just behind it is a much larger robot vehicle, though this could just be a feature on the map.
In the background we can see one Operator diving to the side, indicating the continuation of Omnimovement. The character he’s shooting at, however, appears to have some form of jet-pack-looking device equipped. While we know not to expect anything close to the likes of Advanced Warfare this year, this could suggest a bit of a step-up from the movement systems of Black Ops 6.
The next image details a big-team-battle-esque game mode called Skirmish. Here, it’s 20vs20 as “two teams fight to complete objectives across a large map.
“Capture points of interest, destroy payloads, and transmit valuable data to score.”
Of note, this mode’s description confirms wingsuits will be usable in multiplayer. To what extent, however, remains unclear for now.
Given internal playtests are ramping up across platforms, it should be only a matter of time until fans can go hands on in a public Beta as has become tradition over the years. We’ll be sure to keep you posted as further details emerge.
