The Call of Duty 2024 rumor mill, which most expected to be Black Ops 7 or Black Ops: Gulf War, has brought a major surprise: the Campaign and Zombies modes may be releasing a week earlier than the main multiplayer launch. Such a change, assuming it is true, implies a significant change in the release strategy of Activision and it may fundamentally alter the way players prepare their CoD BO7 Bot Lobby configurations and early progression boosting strategies ahead of the main multiplayer rush.
Activision and Treyarch seem to be adapting the staggered release strategy, a strategy that has worked in the past to influence the flow of the narrative as well as deal with early server overload. Putting out the Campaign and Zombies first, the development team leaves critics and those who are interested in playing the story with an opportunity to enjoy the Gulf War plot without interruptions. It makes sure that the narrative reviews are released in a clean way and not mixed up with the unavoidable technical snags and lobbying level that take center stage during the first days of the multiplayer boosting releases.
The supposedly presumptive backdrop, the Gulf War of the early 1990s, is purportedly offering a turn back to the political espionage, and murky moral options that characterized the first Black Ops titles. The first publication is an indicator of the quality in the story. Single-player time with the game allows players to enjoy being in the cinematic view without having to be pressurized to get into the grind of the multiplayer world. This emphasis is an obvious reference to the fans who thought the campaign experience was usually rushed or crowded in recent staggered releases.
Moreover, an early Zombies release directly appeals to one of the most devoted subgroups of CoD fans. And a throwback to the old round-based survival formula or the adaptation of the open-world Outbreak mode, the early access will make sure that the PvE audience will be able to unearth the Easter eggs, learn the new maps, and start their development without being distracted by the rest of the multiplayer base. In this segregation, a close community experience that is unique to the co-op mode develops.
Players are not purchasing access, but time. This is a jump that is worth completionism and the hardcore gamer. The completion of certain Campaign missions or Zombies milestones might unlock certain exclusive emblems, calling cards, and, most significantly, essential XP granting rewards that will give a considerable head start as far as the boosting leveling of power is concerned when the day of the launch of a gigantic multiplayer CoD BO7 Bot Lobbies will finally come.