Treyarch finishes Black Ops 7 and wants to make something new
In brief
- Treyarch design director Kevin Drew says the studio is ready for a new project after two Black Ops years.
- Design director Kevin Drew says Treyarch wants to make “something new” after Black Ops 6 and Black Ops 7.
- According to Drew, the studio wants to build something that players “nobody’s ever experienced before”.
What happened
In the video "Dev Talk - Season 06 Update | Call of Duty: Black Ops 7" on the Treyarch channel, the studio says it is finishing its work on Black Ops 7 and then moving on to its next project. The video description explicitly says Treyarch is in the process of wrapping up Black Ops 7.
Kevin Drew, design director at Treyarch, ties that transition to the past two Call of Duty years. According to the provided sources, the studio spent that period trying a lot of things and learning a lot with Black Ops 6 in 2024 and Black Ops 7 in 2025.
Drew says Treyarch is ready to make “something new.” In the same context, he also says the studio wants to create something that “nobody’s ever experienced before.” The sources do not give a title, setting, or genre for that next project.
Timeline
2010 — Black Ops debuts as a sub-series within Call of Duty and becomes a core Treyarch pillar.
2024 — Treyarch leads Black Ops 6, one of the two recent Black Ops releases the studio is reflecting on.
2025 — Treyarch leads Black Ops 7, the second consecutive Black Ops release in this period.
Season 06 of Black Ops 7 — Treyarch publishes the Dev Talk video "Dev Talk - Season 06 Update | Call of Duty: Black Ops 7" on its YouTube channel.
In the same Dev Talk — Kevin Drew says Treyarch has learned a lot from Black Ops 6 and Black Ops 7 and now wants to make something new.
After Black Ops 7 is finished — According to the video description, Treyarch then shifts to its next project.
Background
Treyarch has long been closely associated with the Black Ops series within Call of Duty. In the provided sources, the studio is identified as the team behind Black Ops 6 and Black Ops 7, giving it two consecutive Black Ops years.
Kevin Drew is identified in the sources as Treyarch’s design director. His comments come from a Dev Talk tied to Season 06 of Black Ops 7. The available information only confirms that Treyarch is looking toward a future project after this Black Ops stretch; there is no official announcement of what that project will be.