2012’s Black Ops 2 was the furthest in the future Call of Duty had ever gone,??????? ???????? ???? taking players all the way forward to… 2025. That’s right, Black Ops 2 is no longer set in the future.
Black Ops 2’s final mission, Judgement Day, took place on June 19, 2025. That means that we’ve not only caught up with the year the futuristic game was set in, but we’ve actually gone past it.
If you’re old enough to remember Black Ops 2’s release, this probably stopped you in your tracks. 2025 felt so far in the future it wasn’t even worth thinking about (have you thought about 2038 at all?), but now that date’s here and I can’t help but wonder where the time has gone.
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The final mission of the #BlackOps2 campaign was set… today.
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While major technological advancements like X-ray vision sniper scopes and remote-controlled tanks that walked on four legs didn’t feel too far-fetched for the near future, things haven’t advanced quite as much as Treyarch predicted back in the early 2010s. There was even some backlash for it being too futuristic.
Article continues after adThe world was quite a different place in their version of 2025, too, with NATO in a cold war with China, America voting in its first female president, and the USS Barack Obama in use (the latest have been named after Ford and JFK).
Article continues after ad13 years and two console generations later, Call of Duty is also a very different game with tons of in-game cosmetics, crossplay, and a free-to-play battle royale.
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Of course, 2025 also means a new Call of Duty game, and the latest entry is Black Ops 7, which is a direct sequel to Black Ops 2.
It’s set in the near future once again, this time taking us to 2035 with BO2’s David Mason returning as the protagonist. It’s rumored to feature classic Black Ops maps and bridge the gap between BO6‘s Omnimovement and the jetpack era by bringing wall jumps.
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Article continues after adDespite time marching on so fast that it’s no longer set in the future, Black Ops 2 is still regarded as one of the best Call of Duty games of all time and the pinnacle of multiplayer map design.
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