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Black Ops 7 & Warzone Season 5 Drops 23 July — Japan Map, Four New Weapons and the Zombies Finale

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Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 and Warzone are getting their biggest update of the year on 23 July, when Season 5 goes live at 9AM Pacific across PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC. Four new maps, four new weapons, the conclusion to the Black Ops 7 Zombies storyline, and a Japan-set festival arena are all hitting at once — here is everything Singapore CoD players need to know before the season drops.

Call of Duty Black Ops 7 Warzone Season 5 launch trailer
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Season 05 Launch Trailer — via Call of Duty on YouTube

Jubilee: A Japanese Festival Town Where Combat Erupts

The standout new addition is Jubilee, a medium 6v6 map set in a rural Japanese town where a street festival has turned chaotic. The layout spans the front courtyard of a palace museum, pop-up stalls serving local cuisine, a pachinko room, garden paths, and a main street — giving you close-quarters brawls inside the festival stalls and longer sightlines down the road. It is one of the most atmospheric maps Black Ops 7 has added all year, and a rare CoD arena that leans hard into a Japanese setting. According to the official Season 5 announcement on callofduty.com, two fan-favourite maps also return remastered at launch: Frequency (from Hunan mountains-set Black Ops 4) and Dig (the compact archaeological site from Black Ops 2). Mid-season adds Turbo Tilt — set inside a giant Nuketown pinball machine — and the parkour-focused Freerun: Descent obstacle course.

Call of Duty Black Ops 7 Season 5 operator key art
Image courtesy of Activision

Four New Weapons — Two at Launch, Two Mid-Season

Season 5 ships with two Battle Pass weapons on day one: the FG42 assault rifle (37 unlock levels, 30-round magazine) and the dual-wield-capable Gremlin SMG (47 levels, 26 rounds per mag). Mid-season adds the Mammoth LMG, earnable through the Machine of War event with a generous 50-round mag, and the Mace melee weapon for players who like getting up close. All four are earnable without spending beyond the 1,100 COD Points Battle Pass. The premium BlackCell bundle adds the Sturmwolf 45 SMG Mastercraft and Riddlefang melee blueprint for those who want the cosmetic upgrade on top.

The Zombies Story Gets Its Ending

Black Ops 7 Zombies has been building to a conclusion all year, and Season 5 delivers it in two waves. At launch, Eidskallen Lighthouse arrives as a new Survival map — a confined coastal area around a lighthouse and beacon island within the Totenreich locale. Mid-season brings Rex Infernus, the final round-based Zombies map, with the Warden boss encounter closing out the Black Ops 7 Zombies narrative for good. Directed Mode (Kowakujō) gets a Starting Room option and a 15-round cap for guided play, Widow’s Wine returns as a Perk, and three-tier Rogue Run playlists (Casual, Normal, Hardcore) offer a roguelike Zombies mode for those who want something different.

Warzone: Drone Labs and Resurgence Ranked Play

Verdansk picks up a brand-new Drone Labs point of interest, a research facility east of the TV Station with admin offices, R&D buildings, ziplines, and a drone obstacle course. Resurgence Ranked Play launches with Season 5, joining the new HKDs killstreak and Supply Drones in both Resurgence and Battle Royale. Limited-time modes Lockdown Casual and Heavy Metal Heroes add variety at launch.

When Season 5 Goes Live in Singapore

Season 5 drops on 23 July at 9AM Pacific Time, which lands at midnight SGT into Friday 24 July. If you want to play the Jubilee map the moment it unlocks, set your alarm for 00:00 SGT on Friday. Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is available on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Battle.net and Steam; Warzone remains free to play. Browse more game updates and news here.

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Call of Duty: Black Ops and Black Ops II Are Finally Coming to PS5 This July

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Two of the most iconic Call of Duty entries in history are finally making their way to PlayStation. Treyarch has officially confirmed that Call of Duty: Black Ops (2010) and Call of Duty: Black Ops II (2012) are being ported to PS4 and PS5, with both games launching in July 2026.

The Games PlayStation Players Have Been Locked Out Of

This is genuinely a big deal for the PlayStation community. Black Ops and Black Ops II have been playable on modern Xbox hardware through Xbox’s backwards compatibility for years, and they’ve been available on PC via Steam. But PlayStation players — on PS4 and PS5 — have had no way to access either game on current hardware. Today that changes.

Treyarch made the announcement via their official X account, with the studio confirming that “the original Black Ops and Black Ops 2 are being ported to PlayStation in July, courtesy of our partners at Iron Galaxy,” as relayed in reporting by GamesRadar.

Call of Duty: Black Ops classic multiplayer
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Campaign, Multiplayer, and Zombies — All Included

Both ports include the full package. No modes cut, no “campaign-only” release like we’ve seen elsewhere.

  • Call of Duty: Black Ops — the Cold War-era campaign that shocked players with its narrative twists, plus the multiplayer that defined a generation, and the Kino der Toten and Five zombie maps that launched the Zombies phenomenon.
  • Call of Duty: Black Ops II — a futuristic campaign with branching story choices, the best competitive multiplayer Black Ops ever delivered, and a Zombies mode that built on Origins and Tranzit to create the most expansive undead experience of the series.

File sizes have been confirmed: Black Ops at 22.7GB and Black Ops II at 30.3GB. Plan your storage accordingly.

What to Expect — and What Not to Expect

Treyarch and Iron Galaxy are delivering direct ports, not remasters. There will be no dramatic texture reworks or modern quality-of-life overhauls. These games will look and feel like you remember them, running natively on modern hardware. That’s a fair trade for titles that are 14–16 years old and still hold up remarkably well — especially in multiplayer and Zombies.

Iron Galaxy knows what they’re doing here. The studio has previously handled console ports of Diablo III, Overwatch, and Fallout 76, so technical execution should be solid. A specific date in July has not yet been announced, and pricing information has not been confirmed either.

Last Words

Singapore is a PlayStation-heavy market, and COD has a loyal following here that stretches back to the Black Ops era. If you’ve never had a chance to experience these two on PlayStation hardware — or want to revisit Zombies with your crew on PS5 — July is looking like a good month. Watch the official Call of Duty channels for the exact launch date, and check back on GameTrader.SG’s game news when it drops.