Call Of Duty: Black Ops 7 Rated M By ESRB

ESRB has rated Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, and there’s something in that rating that makes gamers believe they have unwittingly revealed more.

On the ESRB site, they give it a Mature rating, noting that it has

Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Strong Language, Suggestive Themes, Use of Drugs

They also confirm the platforms for PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S. As a reminder, Activision reassured fans of their ‘commitment’ to bring the game to Nintendo platforms. The ESRB rating can be updated to add Switch 2, or the Switch 2 version can get its own rating, once Activision does get around it.

What this rating suggests Call Of Duty: Black Ops 7 will have

The other interesting detail about this rating was brought up by TheGhostOfHope on Twitter, suggesting that Carry Forward will also be making it to the game.

For those who don’t remember, Carry Forward was a system that Activision introduced between Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III. This system allowed players to ‘carry forward’ the items they earned from the second to the third game. While it’s a nice sense of continuity for regular Call of Duty players, it was seen to reflect poorly on the critically reviled Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III.

In particular, the Carry Forward system lends weight to the rumor that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III was originally DLC for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II. And that was taken poorly because the rumor alleges that Activision chose to convert the DLC to a standalone game at the last minute.

What do we think Carry Forward means

It does not seem that TheGhostOfHope goes so far as to allege that Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is also originally DLC for Call of Duty: Black Ops 6. We also don’t know if that really reflects on the game’s potential quality and critical reception.

But it seems TheGhostOfHope’s complaint is that Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 will have a lot of recycled items, as opposed to Treyarch coming up with new weapons, gear, systems, etc to make it a new experience from Call of Duty: Black Ops 6.

This comes across even worse when you know that Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 goes back in time to 1991, while Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 timeskips all the way back in 2035. We think TheGhostOfHope may be wrong to worry about this, since we do know that Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 will have a lot of futuristic tech, that’s even informed its game mechanics. But of course, we’ll find out the answers to all of this in a matter of weeks.