{"id":1231,"date":"2026-03-03T05:17:33","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T21:17:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/03\/call-of-duty-will-add-black-ops-royale-a-new-free-game-mode-coming-march-13\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T05:17:33","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T21:17:33","slug":"call-of-duty-will-add-black-ops-royale-a-new-free-game-mode-coming-march-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/03\/call-of-duty-will-add-black-ops-royale-a-new-free-game-mode-coming-march-13\/","title":{"rendered":"Call of Duty will add Black Ops Royale, a new free game mode coming March 13"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Call of Duty is getting a new battle royale mode later this month. The popular first-person shooter will <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.callofduty.com\/blog\/2026\/03\/black-ops-7-black-ops-royale-battle-royale-deep-dive\" data-i13n=\"cpos:1;pos:1\">introduce<\/a> Black Ops Royale as a free game mode on March 13.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Black Ops Royale pays homage to Blackout, the series&#8217; first foray into a battle royale game mode back in <em>CoD: Black Ops 4<\/em>. Matches will have 100 players dropping in as four-person teams. The mode takes place on the massive Avalon map, but there will be no familiar Warzone features like loadouts, the gulag, or buy stations. Instead, it&#8217;s all about the scavenging the weapons from the recent <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/gaming\/call-of-duty-black-ops-7-arrives-on-november-14-180834596.html\" data-i13n=\"cpos:2;pos:1\"><em>Black Ops 7<\/em><\/a> game and upgrading them.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to the team&#8217;s announcement, there will be other familiar features from the Blackout days such as the weapon handling and bullet drop that have been reimagined for modern-day Warzone players. You&#8217;ll also be able to further customize your play style with an open-ended perks system, another nod to the original <em>Call of Duty <\/em>BR perk mechanic. <\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Engadget at https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/gaming\/call-of-duty-will-add-black-ops-royale-a-new-free-game-mode-coming-march-13-211733205.html?src=rss<\/p><p>Please credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/obagg.com\">OBA Blog<\/a> &raquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/03\/call-of-duty-will-add-black-ops-royale-a-new-free-game-mode-coming-march-13\/\">Call of Duty will add Black Ops Royale, a new free game mode coming March 13<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Call of Duty is getting a new battle royale mode later this month. The popular first-person shooter will introduce Black Ops Royale as a free game mode on March 13.\u00a0 Black Ops Royale pays homage to Blackout, the series&#8217; first foray into a battle royale game mode back in CoD: Black Ops 4. Matches will have 100 players dropping in as four-person teams. The mode takes place on the massive Avalon map, but there will be no familiar Warzone features like loadouts, the gulag, or buy stations. Instead, it&#8217;s all about the scavenging the weapons from the recent Black Ops 7 game and upgrading them.\u00a0 According to the team&#8217;s announcement, there will be other familiar features from the Blackout days such as the weapon handling [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-share"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1231"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1231\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}