Activision obviously has some crazy plans for the ending of Call of Duty: Black Ops 7.

This is allegedly related to their plan: integrating different modes of the game.Whether you play Story Battle, Zombie Mode, or Multiplayer Mode, you will get a unified progression.

That means you can upgrade weapons, characters, and even combat passes, no matter which part of the game you are playing.To push this integration deeper, the Story Campaign also allows you to play up to four-player co-op games.

It all climaxes on the large map of Avalon.Avalon was originally rumored to be the game's battle royale map.Avalon will be the 12th and final mission of the Battle of Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 story.Up to 32 players can play online.

Insider Gaming's source did not disclose how this would work.If Activision intentionally discloses information to the leaker as part of the game promotion, this strategy works.

We all see the huge momentum of Battlefield 6's success in recent times.Although most players will see the public beta version, the Battlefield Lab period also attracted the interest of some hardcore players.

Activision may not have created the game for Microsoft again.When they started developing Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, they were not yet acquired.Treyarch and Raven Software may have considered it even before Microsoft expressed interest.

But the idea here is indeed very synced with Microsoft's current positioning.The company has gone beyond selling Xbox consoles with Call of Duty.They are also still selling it on PlayStation 5 and Steam, as well as their PC platforms.These games can also be played on a variety of cloud gaming services including xCloud.

This new Call of Duty will rely on a huge and interconnected player base.Microsoft is now uniquely positioned to let all of these players from all platforms play together.

If Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is such a massive online collaborative adventure—it integrates multiple game modes so much—Activ and Microsoft may be creating the next evolution of online shooting games.Is this grand design powerful enough to really compete head-on with Fortnite, PUBG and so on? It certainly sounds like a powerful response to Battlefield’s grand return.