Wall-runners and jetpackers, I’m sorry. Activision just confirmed there won’t be any of that sort of movement inCall of Duty: Black Ops 7.
In anew episode of the CODPOD(Call of DutyPodcast),CoDsenior director of studio communications Stephanie Snowden broke the news that will sadden some and excite others. I’m unfortunately included in the former.
“I can confirm no wall-running, no jetpacks, but it will feature an evolution of [Black Ops 6’s] omnimovement,” she said. “Boom, there you go.”
Man, I’m bummed.CoDhas been burning me out bigtime over the past few years and omnimovement was a shot in the arm inBO6, at least in the first few months. I was hoping a return to some different movement mechanics, à la wall-running fromBlack Ops 3or jetpacks fromAdvanced Warfarewould be in the cards forBO7.But, alas.
Thankfully,CoDleaker @TheGhostofHope hasprovided some hope(hehe) for the movement fans, though, saying there won’t be traditional wall-running but the game will have “wall jumping” instead, so that may be included in the omnimovement “evolution” teased by Snowden. This info is unconfirmed.
Snowden had the responsibility of also shooting down hopes of a Blackout battle royale revival. TheBO7reveal trailer showed characters flying into a big map with wingsuits, which the first (and many think to be superior)CoDBR included. Nope. That’s just from the co-op campaign, according to Snowden.
The rest of the podcast included a lot of hints and winks towardsCoDnews coming “later this summer,” which will hopefully be anotherCall of DutyNext event where Activision will host content creators to play and tease the new game.
Black Ops 7still doesn’t have a release date just yet, but odds are it will fall on a Friday at the end of October or beginning of November. Stay tuned.
