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Black Ops 7 Update Summary
Nov 22 2025 by CMG Rio

What’s New in the Latest Black Ops 7 Update

  1. Aim-Assist Tune-up

    • Treyarch has rebalanced aim assist. The rotational aim-assist “penalty” has been reduced from 35% to 25%, making controller aiming smoother and more responsive. 

    • They’ve also introduced a more nuanced system where aim-assist strength depends on consistent right-stick movement, to reward more precise tracking. 

  2. Drone Pod Nerf

    • The powerful Drone Pod Field Upgrade has been weakened: its charge time is now 3 minutes (was 2.5), active drone time is down to 8 seconds (from 10), and each drone deals less damage (50, down from 60). 

  3. SMG Buffs

    • Submachine guns have been buffed across the board, especially for medium-range engagements. Their “final damage range” has been extended, and several attachments now improve their damage range more than before. 

    • Assault rifles have had a slight increase in “flinch” (i.e., how much you get knocked around when hit)  presumably to balance them against the buffed SMGs. 

  4. Multiplayer & Field Upgrades

    • The minimap area has been expanded to give better battlefield awareness. 

    • There are balance changes to other scorestreaks and field upgrades, to make matches more varied and strategic. 

  5. Zombies Mode Changes

    • Difficulty tweaks: for example, in the “Ashes of the Damned” map, the boss “Hoard Husk” now regenerates health after a minute and has 25% more health. 

    • Missile barrage from the boss is now less effective. 

    • Zursa (the zombie bear) will no longer spawn in solo boss fights before round 100, and its movement speed has been reduced. 

  6. Campaign / Endgame

    • The “Endgame” mode for the campaign has now been unlocked for all players. 

    • There’s a double XP boost (for both account XP and weapon XP), plus increased GobbleGum earn rate, running until 24 November. 

  7. Stability & Bug Fixes

    • General stability improvements across Multiplayer and Zombies have been made. 

    • Certain exploits on the Zombies map “Ashes of the Damned” have been patched. 

    • Some system-crash and matchmaking issues have also been addressed. 

Reaction & Context

  • The update comes shortly after the early launch of Nuketown 2025, a remastered classic map, which snuck in just before Season 1

  • Community response is mixed: some players welcome the aim-assist and SMG changes, but others are reporting technical issues, including system crashes. 

  • Treyarch is investigating some of these problems, especially console FPS drops

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