{"id":391078,"date":"2025-11-20T00:54:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T00:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/391078\/"},"modified":"2025-11-20T00:54:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T00:54:09","slug":"black-ops-7s-best-mode-wont-be-locked-away-for-much-longer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/391078\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Ops 7’s Best Mode Won’t Be Locked Away For Much Longer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7\u2018s campaign is bad<\/a>. So it\u2019s a shame that the coolest bit of Black Ops 7, a new co-op RPG-meets-extraction-shooter mode called Endgame, is locked behind completing said not-very-good campaign. But that\u2019s changing very soon, according to the game\u2019s developer, Treyarch.<\/p>\n

The latest entry in Activision\u2019s long-running FPS franchise, Call of Duty: Black Ops 7<\/a>, launched earlier this week to mixed reviews from fans and critics. While many praised the game\u2019s visuals and zombies mode, its multiplayer feels long in the tooth, and its campaign is a wild, incomprehensible mess that is only fun to play through if you like experiencing expensive trainwrecks. And for some odd reason, Treyarch decided to lock perhaps the best, coolest mode in Black Ops 7, Endgame, behind completion of the campaign.<\/p>\n

Currently, you have to complete the campaign to play Endgame or get invited to a lobby created by someone who has already finished the story. It feels like a bad decision, and many players have likely not touched Endgame yet because they don\u2019t want to play (or finish) this year\u2019s terrible campaign. And Treyarch seems to get that it was a regrettable design choice, and will be removing the restriction on November 21.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve seen an awesome response to Endgame from players who\u2019ve already been dropping in,\u201d tweeted Treyarch.<\/a> \u201cSo we\u2019re making it available to everyone in Black Ops 7.\u201d<\/p>\n

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We’ve seen an awesome response to Endgame from players who’ve already been dropping in, so we’re making it available to everyone in #BlackOps7<\/a> starting Friday, Nov. 21.<\/p>\n

Team up with other players to complete objectives, increase your power, earn unique Weapon Camos, and take on\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/2igahTPHv6<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Treyarch (@Treyarch) November 19, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Endgame is set on the same open-world island map that is found in the campaign. But this time around, you land with nothing and have to complete various challenges, missions, and quests dotted around the large island, either alone or with a few pals.<\/p>\n

As you kill enemies, find new loot, and complete activities, you get more powerful and can explore more of the island, with the end goal being to reach the most challenging enemies and powerful loot and then extract before time runs out. Do so, and you can return with all your stuff. Die or fail to leave, and you start over. It\u2019s a very fun mode that takes the excellent and snappy combat of Black Ops 7 and transplants it into a new experience inspired by extraction shooters like Arc Raiders<\/a>, but which doesn\u2019t feel as punishing as those games tend to be.<\/p>\n

As a bonus reward, Treyarch will send out a bunch of XP boosters and Gobblegum packs to players who beat the campaign and started playing Endgame before this change. And that\u2019s cool; I think it\u2019s just nice to give players who suffered through the campaign some sort of gift for their trouble. Regardless, I\u2019m excited to play more Endgame with more people later this week and check out more of the island and what it has to offer.<\/p>\n