The Call of Duty series is an annual franchise, and Activision's 20-year streak of releasing new Call of Duty games every year continues in 2025 with the launch of Call of Duty: Black Ops 7. The game was formally announced during the Xbox Games Showcase, and it's coming this year.

In this post, we're rounding up everything we know, and what's been rumored, about Black Ops 7. It's a notable release in part because this is the first time ever that Activision is releasing Black Ops games in back to back years.

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• What is Call of Duty 2025?

What is Call of Duty 2025?

This year's Call of Duty game is Call of Duty: Black Ops 7. Announced at the Xbox Games Showcase, Black Ops 7 takes place in the year 2035 and is a sequel to both Black Ops 6 (set in the '90s) and Black Ops 2 (set in 2025). You can check out the cinematic announcement trailer below.

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Nintendo has delayed its live-action The Legend of Zelda movie. Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto--who created Zelda--said in a statement that the delay comes down to "production reasons." The film is slipping from March 26, 2027 to May 7, 2027.

"For production reasons, we are changing the release date of the live-action film of The Legend of Zelda to May 7, 2027. It will be some weeks later than the release timing we originally announced, and we will take the extra time to make the film as good as it can be. Thank you for your patience," Miyamoto said.

No specific reason for the delay beyond "production reasons" was disclosed. Hollywood movies get delayed all the time, so this is not all that surprising, and the shift is not all that long as delays go.

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The Complete Calvin and Hobbes Box Set (Hardcover)

$94.69 (was $225) with coupon

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The Complete Calvin and Hobbes Box Set (Paperback)

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Calvin and Hobbes is one of the most beloved comic strips of all time. If you grew up stealing the comics section of the newspaper from your parents to read the humorous and insightful adventures of Calvin and his stuffed Tiger, make sure to check out Amazon's deal this week on The Complete Calvin and Hobbes. The three-volume hardcover box set has dropped to $94.69, which is substantially cheaper than its $225 MSRP. To get the full discount, you need to click the coupon box on the store page below the price to slash an additional $31.56 from your total at checkout. This is the lowest price of the year for this wonderful collection of comics.

The hardcover edition is actually slightly cheaper than the paperback box set right now, but the $97.23 (was $160) paperback collection is eligible for Amazon's B1G1 50% off book sale this week.

The Complete Calvin and Hobbes Box Set (Hardcover) $94.69 (was $225) with coupon

The premium hardcover box set features three volumes compiling every single comic strip from Calvin and Hobbes' run. All told, you're getting 1,440 pages of comic strips, some in color, others in black-and-white. The included slipcase features one of the illustrations that is most-associated with Calvin and Hobbes.

I've owned this box set for years and can attest to its quality. The comic strips are printed on thick art paper, and the bindings have held up well. Fair warning, though: The premium materials make these books quite heavy. With all three books in the slipcase, you've got yourself 22 pounds worth of comic strips, so each book weighs roughly 7.3 pounds.

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The paperback version of The Complete Calvin and Hobbes is on sale for $65.33. Amazon's listing shows $67.61, but you can save an extra couple bucks by clicking the coupon on the store page.

The paperback version has 1,456 pages, but the complete run is spread across four volumes instead of three. If you're buying the collection for a younger reader, this is probably the better option. While the full box set is still a hefty 17.75 pounds, each book is roughly 4.3 pounds. And with over 100 fewer pages per volume, these are easier to hold for kids and adults with smaller hands.

The slipcase features a different, but also well-known, illustration of Calvin and Hobbes dancing merrily.

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Calvin and Hobbes, at least according to Amazon, is recommended for kids ages 12 and up. Based on the titles of the books above, it makes sense. I read Calvin and Hobbes when I was much younger, and many adult fans probably did as well. It's not so much the content that is inappropriate for early readers, it's that much of what makes Calvin and Hobbes so great is its wit. The cleverness and social commentary can fly right past younger readers. I gained a greater appreciation for Calvin and Hobbes when I read it as an adult.

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Konami has announced that it'll be holding its own summer showcase, Konami Direct, and this will kick off on June 12 at 6 AM PT / 9 AM ET. The event will be livestreamed on YouTube, and it'll provide new information on upcoming games like Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater and Silent Hill F. Konami says that other titles will also be included in the stream, and it's currently planned to run for 37 minutes.

The last couple of years have seen Konami bounce back into the spotlight following several relatively quiet years. Recently, Konami has published compilations of classic Metal Gear Solid games, the critically acclaimed Silent Hill 2 remake from Bloober Studio, and Suikoden remasters, with big projects planned for 2025 and beyond.

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The Outer Worlds was exclusively played from a first-person perspective. But the upcoming sequel, The Outer Worlds 2, will allow players to choose between playing in first-person or switching to a third-person perspective. During the Xbox Games Showcase at Summer Game Fest, Obsidian Entertainment showed off The Outer Worlds 2's new third-person option.

"We're all about letting people play the game their way," explained Matt Singh, the gameplay director at Obsidian. "There are some players who prefer to be immersed in a first-person view taking in all the details, but there are others who really prefer to take the world in from a third-person perspective. Why not allow both? Well, now you can swap between the two, letting you enjoy the experience in whatever way you like."

The Outer Worlds 2 is a standalone sequel that will cast the player as an Earth Directorate agent who has been sent to the Arcadia colonies to determine the source of the rifts that may drag multiple factions into a rebellion against the Protectorate. There are a handful of new companion characters that the player can recruit, as well as refined traits and faults that both help and hinder the main character during their quest.

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Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 was announced during the Xbox Games Showcase, revealing a cinematic trailer to showcase the return of David Mason, who has received a slight makeover to look like actor Milo Ventimiglia. Additionally, an exclusive from Variety has revealed two more major cast members who will star in the upcoming Black Ops game.

Developed by Treyarch and Raven Software, Black Ops 7 is set in the year 2035, which is more than four decades after the events of Black Ops 6. Originally introduced in Black Ops 2, David Mason returns in Black Ops 7 to lead a team against "a manipulative enemy who weaponizes fear above all else." David will look a bit different to fans, as he is now more recognizable as his new voice and motion-capture actor, Milo Ventimiglia, who is known for his roles in This Is Us and Gilmore Girls.

Activision marketing chief Tyler Bahl described the casting of Ventimiglia to Variety as being as the right fit for "an iconic character from the franchise and one of the fan favorites" from Black Ops 2.

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Activision's announcement of Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 did not mention a release on Nintendo platforms, but the company remains committed to bringing the shooter series to Switch. That's according to sources speaking to Kotaku. The site reported that "both sides are still working on it." However, it remains to be seen what's causing the holdup or if Call of Duty could appear on Switch, Switch 2, or both.

The game's confirmed platforms are PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and PC. Given that Black Ops 7 will support last-gen systems, some wondered why Switch was again left out.

In 2023, amid the FTC vs. Microsoft court case, Microsoft said it had signed a "binding 10-year legal agreement to bring Call of Duty to Nintendo players." The statement said Microsoft would launch Call of Duty on Nintendo platforms "the same day as Xbox, with full features and content parity."

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Activision says it's changing things up this year with respect to how it markets and promotes the year's new Call of Duty game, which is Call of Duty: Black Ops 7.

Activision marketing chief Tyler Bahl told Variety that by early June, Activision normally would have already "teased everything that's coming out" for a new Call of Duty game. But with Black Ops 7, Activision is intentionally holding back information to create a Beyonce-like effect, he said, referencing the singer Beyonce's surprise-release of her self-titled album in 2013.

"I think in a lot of ways we're setting this up more like a Beyonce album dropping; nobody's going to know about it, or nobody's going to see it coming," Bahl said.

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It's been nearly two decades since Neverwinter Nights 2 was released, but the classic RPG from 2006 is getting a comeback. Aspyr has revealed Dungeons & Dragons Neverwinter Nights 2: Enhanced Edition is heading to consoles and PC this summer, and the new remaster already has a trailer.

Aspyr actually developed the original Mac port for Neverwinter Nights 2 that was released in 2008 before going on to remaster several other older titles. The new edition of Neverwinter Nights 2 features enhanced graphics and textures with updated camera controls and gameplay mechanics. It has full controller support, and the PC version is Steam Deck compatible. Steam Workshop access is also enabled.

All three of the original DLC expansions--Mask of the Betrayer, Storm of Zehir, and Mysteries of Westgate--are included in the Enhanced Edition. Additionally, Aspyr is offering a bundle on Steam that includes both Dungeons & Dragons Neverwinter Nights 2: Enhanced Edition and Dungeons & Dragons Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition.

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Ahead of its release on August 26, a Gears of War: Reloaded multiplayer beta kicks off this weekend, running for two weekends in total. While you can get access to the beta by preordering the game, there are other ways to play that you may not be aware of.

Players on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox on PC, Steam, or Playstation 5 can preorder the game to guarantee access to the multiplayer beta, which starts on June 13. However, Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass members, and those who already own Gears of War: Ultimate Edition can also get involved in the action.

Gears of War: Reloaded is a remaster of the first Gears of War game from November 2006. The remaster includes all of the original and post-launch content from the first iteration of the game, as well as a litany of technical achievements that weren't possible upon its original release almost 20 years ago. It's been fully optimized for current-gen gaming platforms, and this multiplayer beta is the first opportunity for you to get your hands on it.

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When Nintendo unveiled the Switch 2 earlier this year, one of the big reveals was for GameChat, the console's video and voice chat hub. For the first time, Nintendo users have a program that gives players live captions and text-to-speech options. However, the latter might be a little too good, as it can apparently transcribe curse words as well.

Switch 2 owner David Howe confirmed Switch 2's ability to bring bad words from speech to text (via Eurogamer).

CONFIRMED: you can say f**k in game chat speech-to-text

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— David Howe (@monolithfiji.bsky.social) June 5, 2025 at 9:30 AM

It's surprising that the issue wasn't addressed by launch, and given Nintendo's family-friendly reputation, we wouldn't be shocked if a future update limits or eliminates the ability to make the Switch 2 transcribe those words.

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You will soon be able to take control of future Schedule 1 updates, as developer TVGS has announced that the community voting system is ready. The first vote will take place "this week" according to the Schedule 1 patch notes on Steam for update v0.3.6.

As soon as the voting period opens, you will see a prompt in the game's main menu. TVGS has previously said that you can choose between adding the cartel to the game, a police update, or adding shrooms to the list of manufacturable products.

The news of the voting system rollout came in the patch notes for update v0.3.6--which sees employee beds replaced with lockers--had previously been tested in the beta version of the game. Where employees used to require beds in order to be assigned to work in your property, they now only need a locker, which has a much smaller footprint.

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