ActivisionTreyarch have confirmed that there are more remastered Black Ops 2 maps coming to Black Ops 7 after Raid, Express, and Hijacked.
Remaking and remastering fan-favorite maps is something that Call of Duty developers have been doing for a while. Modern Warfare 3 (2023) even went a step further and only launched with remastered maps from the original Modern Warfare 2 (2009).
The nostalgia hit of an older map is what some fans look forward to, especially when it is something that hasn’t been redone for a while. So, when it was announced that Raid, Express, and Hijacked would be coming to Black Ops 7, CoD fans were delighted.
Raid has, of course, been redone a few times, and we’ve seen Express return, but Hijacked hasn’t. However, there are other Black Ops 2 classics still to follow.
BO7 devs confirm more Black Ops 2 maps to come
During their September 9 developer update, Treyarch’s Matt Scronce and Brittany Pirello confirmed that more remastered maps are going to be added.
“We are going to get some more Black Ops 2 remasters. I don’t want to give away too many spoilers, but I have been reading the replies and some of you have guessed correctly,” Scronce teased.
Pirello then confirmed that there will be remastered maps in the Call of Duty League. “So, you’ve already seen Raid and Express, and we are expecting to have some more coming out post-launch,” she added.
Scronce continued that there have to be conversations with the CDL over what maps could be in the competitive pool, but noted that one map is returning for the first time since Black Ops 2.
“I will say that one of the ones that is coming back for the first time since Black Ops 2 was a competitive map in Black Ops 2. It was played in Search and Destroy, and I’ll leave you with that little teaser,” he said. This means Meltdown will most likely return, as it’s the only competitive BO2 S&D map that hasn’t been remastered.
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