Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 Co-Op Campaign and Endgame Mode Explained

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 marks a bold step for the franchise, blending familiar Cold War intrigue with a new cooperative twist. Treyarch has confirmed that the full campaign can now be experienced solo or in co-op with up to four players – no AI substitutes, no adjustable difficulty sliders, just the raw challenge scaling with how many teammates you bring along. This design choice immediately signals the studio’s intent: making the story a truly shared journey.

Set in 2035, Black Ops 7 picks up loose threads from Black Ops 2, carrying Mason’s fractured psyche into darker, more surreal territory.

One mission teases a nightmarish vision of Menendez’s safehouse, complete with a giant Menendez raining down machetes on the battlefield. Narrative beats aside, the campaign leans into psychological warfare, sci-fi augmentation, and a team dynamic powered by returning voices like John Eric Bently and Michael Rooker, alongside Milo Ventimiglia stepping in as David Mason. Newcomer Leilani “50/50” Tupuola, played by Frankie Adams, adds a fresh energy with her bionic abilities – and marks the first New Zealand representation in the series.

Finishing the campaign isn’t the end, either. Players unlock a twelfth mission, Endgame, which transforms the experience into a massive shared battlefield with support for up to 32 players. Here, you choose an Operator, level them with unique abilities, and push through tiered challenges that demand teamwork and precision. It’s part survival, part progression system, and carries that mix of risk and reward – wipe your squad, and you lose that Operator’s progress.

Weapon systems also expand with rarity tiers, exotic perks, and mobility/armor upgrades. Treyarch teased an Exotic weapon that gathers every ammo pickup into one colossal clip, hinting at how far experimentation will go in Endgame.

Perhaps the biggest franchise shift is global progression. Whether you’re in campaign, multiplayer, zombies, or wargames, your progress feeds into one system. The co-op campaign has its own mastery camos, seasonal challenges, and ongoing events designed to keep players revisiting long after launch. Weekly challenges won’t be there on day one but are expected soon after the first season kicks in.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 launches November 14th, promising the most connected and socially-driven experience the Black Ops saga has attempted yet.