Will Black Ops 7 be available on Xbox Game Pass?

Yes, Black Ops 7 will be available on Xbox Game Pass. Right after Call of Duty concluded their surprise reveal at Xbox Games Showcase 2025, they followed up with a blog post detailing several aspects of the upcoming release. Therein, Activision confirmed that the complete game will indeed launch day one on Xbox Game Pass and will be accessible to all players who have an active subscription to the service.

Read on to learn more about which Xbox Game Pass tier you must buy to play the game on day one and the version that will be accessible.

Black Ops 7 on Xbox Game Pass: Everything that players need to know

Xbox Game Pass subscribers will get full access to the Standard version of Black Ops 7 and NOT the Vault Edition. The tier that one needs to subscribe to has also been discussed. According to the official Call of Duty blog, players must have an active subscription to the Xbox Game Pass Ultimate (console users) or the PC Game Pass (Windows PC users).

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This means if you are on Xbox One or Xbox Series X|S, you must subscribe to the $19.99/month plan for the Ultimate membership. The Core and Standard plans won't cut it. As for Windows PC users, they are in luck as the PC Game Pass costs only $11.99/month.

Activision hasn't announced the system requirements for PC yet. However, we do know that apart from being available on Xbox PC, players can also access it on Battle.net and Steam.

For console players, the game will support last-gen and current-gen consoles. Apart from these details, not much is known at the moment. Black Ops 7 will be the second Call of Duty title released directly on the Xbox Game Pass on day one and will arrive later this year.

That covers everything that to know about the upcoming Call of Duty title and whether it'll be available on the Game Pass.

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Rishabh is a gaming journalist at Sportskeeda who mainly covers Call of Duty and Valorant content. After completing his post-graduation in Finance, he went off the beaten track and decided to build a career in video game journalism. The opportunity to interview Valorant Pacific franchised teams back during VCT 2023: Pacific was a career highlight for Rishabh.

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