Xbox's next Call of Duty title has just kicked off Gamescom Opening Night Live, with Black Ops 7 finally getting a formal release date. The series' upcoming futuristic entry launches on Xbox Game Pass on November 14th - and we have fresh details of a free beta as well.

The fight for this year's top online shooter continues to heat up, as Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 looks to hype up fans with a new reveal trailer.

A fter enduring a pretty torrid few days of leaks, Activision has finally set the record straight on Call of Duty: Black Ops 7. The upcoming FPS opted to align its first gameplay

The team does promise that the Black Ops 7 campaign will have a satisfying ending. Set in 2035, this game will be the ultimate conclusion of story threads set up in both Black Ops 2 and Black Ops 6. The four playable characters are familiar faces in David Mason, Mike Harper, and Eric Samuels, but one newcomer to the series is Leilani Tuuola.

There are separate Game Pass subscription and preorder requirements to join the closed and open betas for the next Call of Duty game.

Black Ops 7 has some serious star power behind it, with Milo Ventimiglia and Kiernan Shipka starring in some stunning new images.

Former Xbox executive Mike Ybarra recently said that Battlefield 6 will "boot stomp" Black Ops 7. "The real win here is CoD won’t be lazy anymore, and we'll all get better FPS games for it," he said.

An insider leaks the release date for Black Ops 7, reveals that it will not be released on Nintendo Switch 2 at launch: the game will not increase in price.