Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 presents its multiplayer in a new trailer. This trailer reaches a million audience, but the judgment of long-time fans is ruthless.
What kind of trailer is this?
- Activision released a new trailer for the multiplayer of the upcoming Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 on the official YouTube channel of the CoD series on September 22.
- The trailer is 2:40 minutes long and aims to showcase real gameplay, as the developers emphasize right at the beginning.
- The trailer also announced the launch of the Open Beta of Black Ops 7, which will take place in early October.
You can watch this trailer here:
Too little new and yet hardly anything of its own
How is the trailer received? The new Black Ops doesn’t have to worry about lack of reach: The trailer records over 5 million views on YouTube after about a day (as of September 23, 11:45 AM).
The reactions to the trailer, however, are quite bad: The trailer only gets about 26,000 likes and more than 38,000 dislikes on YouTube. Frustration mainly comes from long-time fans who grew up with CoD.
What do fans say about the trailer? In the comments on the video, some reasons for the disappointment of many fans can be found.
- “I bought this game 12 years ago,” writes YouTube user GreasyYuan, criticizing that the new part is too close to Black Ops 2. His comment has over 4,700 likes, so many fans likely feel similarly.
- EvilEjXD is even more critical: “This trailer confirmed that call of duty has no identity anymore.”
Moreover, many old fans simply have no more anticipation:
- “deadass don’t think i’ve ever felt this apathetic towards a trailer for anything before. i feel absolutely nothing.” (intrcvrted)
- “I remember when Call of Duty trailers used to give me goosebumps. Those days are long gone.” (rustyc)
- “this has to be the first time a trailer made me feel nothing. No excitement, no anger, just nothing.” (foxloaf2786)
Already with the gameplay reveal trailer of Black Ops 7, which Activision released in August 2025, there was much criticism from the community. Many comments on YouTube mentioned that the trailer is the best advertisement for the big competitor Battlefield 6.
In the past, the overly crazy skins and celebrity appearances for a military setting were a major point of criticism for many CoD veterans. They often said it would completely ruin the atmosphere of the game. Activision has responded to this – how, you can find out in the following article on MeinMMO: Call of Duty finally wants the skins to look authentic again, doing it in a way that might upset certain players
