Activision Says It’s Working With Nintendo to Get Call of Duty on Switch, but Will Black Ops 7 Be on Switch 2?

In the aftermath of Call of Duty: Black Ops 7’s announcement (the 1 designed to consciousness similar a astonishment Beyonce medium drop), some Activision and Nintendo are said to beryllium moving connected getting the long-running first-person shooter franchise connected Switch. But does that mean Black Ops 7 volition beryllium connected Switch 2?

Black Ops 7’s announcement trailer, below, does not see motorboat level logos, but Activision has confirmed it's owed retired crossed Xbox Series X and S, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, and PC via “Xbox PC,” Battle.net, and Steam. No notation was made of Nintendo Switch 2.

But there’s a crushed Nintendo fans were expecting Switch 2 to beryllium connected the database of Black Ops 7’s motorboat platforms, specifically. And it each ties into promises made backmost successful 2023.

In February 2023, Microsoft signed a 10-year statement to bring Call of Duty to Nintendo gamers “the aforesaid time arsenic Xbox, with afloat diagnostic and contented parity.”

The statement was portion of Microsoft’s effort to get its $69 cardinal acquisition of Activision Blizzard implicit the enactment successful the look of absorption from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and different regulators crossed the globe. The interest was that Microsoft mightiness person pulled Call of Duty from PlayStation, oregon made the crippled connected rival platforms inferior successful immoderate way. Promising to merchandise Call of Duty connected Nintendo consoles was designed to amusement Microsoft’s committedness to making Call of Duty arsenic accessible arsenic imaginable to arsenic galore gamers arsenic possible.

Still, months aft the woody with Nintendo was announced, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) blocked, the acquisition, insisting that Nintendo’s consoles weren’t technically susceptible of moving Call of Duty.

“Nintendo does not presently connection CoD, and we person seen nary grounds to suggest that its consoles would beryllium technically susceptible of moving a mentation of CoD that is akin to those successful Xbox and PlayStation successful presumption of prime of gameplay and content,” the CMA said astatine the time.

Of course, Microsoft yet won the day, and its ownership of Call of Duty is present secure. So, what astir that 10-year Nintendo deal?

In a connection released to IGN, Activision said it and Nintendo were inactive moving connected bringing Call of Duty to Switch: "We’re committed to getting the franchise connected Switch. Both teams are moving connected it. Will stock details erstwhile ready."

It seems improbable that Black Ops 7 volition motorboat connected Nintendo Switch, but a merchandise of immoderate statement connected Switch 2 is much plausible. After all, Black Ops 7, owed retired aboriginal this year, is inactive acceptable for merchandise connected the past procreation of consoles (PlayStation 4 and Xbox One).

So, erstwhile mightiness a Black Ops 7 Switch 2 announcement beryllium made? Perhaps Nintendo has a Direct up its sleeve, and if so, we whitethorn spot the crippled yet confirmed there. Call of Duty has not been disposable connected Nintendo since 2013’s Call of Duty: Ghosts for Wii U.

Wesley is Director, News astatine IGN. Find him connected Twitter astatine @wyp100. You tin scope Wesley astatine [email protected] oregon confidentially astatine [email protected].