Name of Responsibility: Warzone has promised a “daring new expertise” will come to the battle royale subsequent spring, impressed by Black Ops 4’s authentic battle royale mode, Blackout.
In a message posted to X/Twitter, the Name of Responsibility group appended a picture of gamers dropping from the sky and the phrases: “Approaching the drop zone… Name of Responsibility: Warzone is bringing a daring new expertise in Spring of 2026 impressed by the unique Blackout, set on Avalon.”
The Blackout battle royale mode was launched alongside Name of Responsibility: Black Ops 4. Name of Responsibility’s “responsive and forgiving gunplay, nimble motion, and artistic however sensible tools match fantastically into the stylish final man standing format,” we stated of Blackout in our 2018 overview. Blackout was ultimately superceded by COD’s devoted battle royale expertise, Name of Responsibility: Warzone, which was in flip spruced up in 2022, however there are many followers who maintain a particular place of their hearts for the OG mode given the hundreds of replies and likes the Twitter tease has obtained.
Approaching the drop zone…
Name of Responsibility: Warzone is bringing a daring new expertise in Spring of 2026 impressed by the unique Blackout, set on Avalon. #BlackOps7 | #CODNext pic.twitter.com/TenwQesj5W
— Name of Responsibility (@CallofDuty) September 30, 2025
Whereas there’s been no formal follow-up to any of the questions asking what, precisely, Activision means by the time period “expertise,” the writer teased: “And right here’s only a glimpse on what’s dropping into Name of Responsibility: Warzone:
Daring New Blackout Expertise on AvalonRebirth Island RefreshVerdansk UpdatesRanked PlayAnd MORE!
“Keep tuned for extra info as we’ve extra FREE content material updates all subsequent 12 months!”
As for the following mainline Name of Responsibility sport? Name of Responsibility: Black Ops 7 formally releases on November 14, 2025, for PC, PS5, PS4, Xbox Sequence X/S, and Xbox One. These hoping to attempt earlier than they purchase can take a look at Treyarch’s up to date components October 5-8 through an open beta. Gamers keen to pre-order can get in on the motion even earlier through an early entry beta operating October 2–5 — here is when the closed and open betas goes stay in your timezone.
Remember, Activision not too long ago warned PC players that they won’t be able to play through the beta and at launch if they don’t allow TPM 2.0 and Safe Boot. Like rival shooter Battlefield 6, TPM 2.0 and Safe Boot are required for Black Ops 7 to run on PC as a part of strict anti-cheat measures to dam modified {hardware} and unauthorized software program.
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