Call of Duty continues to show how to do live service properly with jam-packed Black Ops 7 season 2

In a world full of live service games with seasonal updates, Call of Duty is showing once again how it’s done when it comes to including a ton of free and varied content.

Season two of Black Ops 7 launches next week, and when it does, there will be something for players who are fans of just about every type of the game’s myriad of modes to look forward to. Make no mistake, this is the product of several large studios working on the game at once, but it’s still impressive.

New weapons, weekly challenges, maps, and events just scratch the surface of the large amount of free stuff available to players at no extra charge. It’s no secret that BO7 was not received well by players (the campaign was a low-point for most), but the franchise’s ability to drop such a large amount of playable and free stuff has to be commended.

To outline it succinctly, here’s what players can expect when it comes to free content in season two:

• BO7 Multiplayer
  • 8 maps
  • 7 weapons
  • Ranked Play season 1
  • New Scorestreak
  • New game modes
  • Limited time events
• BO7 Endgame
  • New “Eagle Eye” Skill Track
  • New abilities
  • New limited time events
  • More coming mid-season
• BO7 Zombies
  • New Mars Survival map
  • New game mode
  • New Scorestreak
  • Starting Room mode returns
  • 7 new weapons
  • New GobbleGum
  • Limited time events
• Warzone
  • Blackout-inspired mode mid-season
  • 7 new guns
  • Rebirth Island updates
  • Resurgence Ranked Play
  • Weapon balancing
  • New Killstreaks
  • Perk changes
  • Limited time modes and events

Season two begins on Feb. 5, but the mid-season Season Two Reloaded update will include a lot of additional content in March, including the long-awaited “Blackout-inspired” mode in Warzone, calling back to CoD’s battle royale beginnings from Black Ops 4.

Of course, the game is supplemented with pricey store bundles, but none of it is needed to progress and unlock all of the new playable items. When CoD first began dropping map packs way back in 2007 or so, those required payment, and so comparing that to what comes free now is wild to think about.

I’m not a daily or habitual CoD player like I used to be, but it’s hard not to at least come back and try out new guns and maps when they drop like this. CoD players are used to this after years of the GaaS model, but honestly, I don’t think it should be overlooked just how much content comes to the game on a regular basis.

Either way, I’ll be booting up again on Feb. 5 to see how it all feels.