• Thu. Oct 9th, 2025

Call of Duty Black Ops 7 confirms “minimal” SBMM for multiplayer modes

Call of Duty Black Ops 7 looks good, but in its fight for shooting supremacy, it’s got serious competition this year. In the next two months alone, Battlefield 6 attempts to steady the course of the classic franchise, and Arc Raiders looks set to put a new spin on the extraction genre. That said, Black Ops 7 is a promising FPS game in its own right, and players will be keen to jump into multiplayer matches as soon as it releases in November. Developer Treyarch has confirmed that those matches will use “minimal” SBMM, and open matchmaking will be employed instead, however, and it’s music to my ears.

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