Remaster Call of Duty: Black Ops

Call of Duty is one of the biggest video game franchises the world has ever seen, and Black Ops is the bestselling installment in said franchise. The 2010 FPS released to massive acclaim from both critics and fans for its mind-bending campaign, innovative multiplayer, and memorable zombies. So why has it not been remastered when two other games in the franchise (2007’s Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare and 2009’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2) have been? Well, it’s hard to say.

The original Modern Warfare got the full remaster treatment, with the entire campaign and multiplayer modes being remastered and available to play, while Modern Warfare 2’s campaign was the only mode remastered. The cliffhanger ending of the MW2 campaign left many fans expecting a release of Modern Warfare 3 Campaign Remastered, but to this day, no announcement has been made, even if rumors still run rampant about such a decision from publisher Activision/Blizzard.

So why hasn’t Black Ops, the bestselling Call of Duty title, been remastered? Honestly, I don’t know. However, I intend to change that. I started a petition to remaster Black Ops a few days ago, which has surprisingly already garnered over fifty signatures. You can sign the petition here if you’re interested: https://chng.it/WDBsj6trmb. Don’t worry, I’m not expectant that fifty people are going to change the mind of a multi-billion dollar corporation like Activision/Blizzard, but I do believe a few hundred thousand people can. Granted, that’s a long ways off, but I’m a hopeful guy.

You see, Call of Duty always releases yearly, switching between either two or three developers, those being Infinity Ward, Treyarch, and Sledgehammer Games. However, after Modern Warfare II’s release in late 2022, the franchise, and therefore the developers, are taking a year to focus on the games already released and yet to be released, meaning they have an open slot in 2023 where a Call of Duty title would usually be released. Now, I don’t think Treyarch should take precious development time away from their 2024 title, but rather, I believe either Raven Software (who developed Modern Warfare Remastered) and/or Beenox (who developed Modern Warfare 2 Campaign Remastered) should work on Black Ops Remastered, as both studios did absolutely phenomenal jobs on their respective projects.

Raven Software also happens to be no stranger to Black Ops campaigns, as they actually are the ones that developed the Black Ops: Cold War campaign, as Treyarch were on a time crunch to develop that game and they are known for their expertly crafted zombies and multiplayer modes to boot. Wouldn’t you know it, that campaign happened to be essentially a reversal of the plot of the original Black Ops, which, if you know what I’m talking about, great, and if you don’t, just, uhm… Never mind.

Anyway, that would essentially be my plan if I were the CEO of Activision/Blizzard, and I would put it into action ASAP. However, I would also be satisfied with remasters of Modern Warfare 3, to cap off the trilogy of remasters, or even World at War, which happens to be my favorite WWII game out there (and also is the first game chronologically in the Black Ops timeline).

If you’re interested in signing my little petition and making this dude happy, you can do so here: https://chng.it/WDBsj6trmb.