Black Ops 7 blows the doors wide open on its multiplayer mode ahead of Call of Duty: Next

Black Ops 7^[1] is a little far off still, but if you thought next week’s big Call of Duty: Next multiplayer reveal event^[2] was going to be where most remaining information would be revealed, you’d actually be a little off base this time.

That’s because Treyarch and Raven have unveiled practically all details about the game’s multiplayer mode ahead of Next, showing off the hardware, the multiplayer arenas, and even going deep on movement and map design.

The blog post^[3] has to be one of the largest I’ve ever seen for a Call of Duty game. It’s split into several different sections covering all aspects of multiplayer, essentially leaving very little a mystery.

The post walks us through all 18 maps coming to Black Ops 7 at launch – 16 core (6v6) multiplayer maps, and two Skirmish maps. Of those 16, three are Black Ops 2 remakes; those being Express, Hijacked, and Raid.

Skirmish is the new, big-player-count mode in Black Ops 7, offering 20v20 matches on two large maps that include team objectives, vehicles, and more. It’s nothing you haven’t seen before, and it’s actually one of the least discussed in the blog post. The other new addition to the mode gallery is Overload, which is a riff on Capture the Flag.

In terms of loadout-building, the big new feature this year is Overlock. It lets you modify tacticals, lethals, Field Upgrades, as well as Scorestreaks. You can have up to two Overclock abilities, which offer upgrades that could boost the damage of equipment, the way it interacts with the world, its cost (such as for Scorestreaks), how quickly it charges up (Field Upgrades) or give you the ability to carry more of it.

There’s also a section on progression in the post, which covers how the camo grind is going to work this time around, alongside several other details about the return of Weapon Prestige, and how progression is being tweaked in the game across the board.

We’re getting a similar deep dive into Zombies this week, but you can catch up on what’s been revealed so far about multiplayer at the link at the top of the post. Black Ops 7 arrives November 14 on PC, PS4, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.