# Call of Duty Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 and Warzone - Season 3 - Live Now - Product: Call of Duty (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/call-of-duty) - Vendor: Treyarch - Date: 2026-04-02 - Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1938090/view/506232053082096257 - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/call-of-duty/releases/2026-04-02-call-of-duty-black-ops-7-and-warzone-season-3-liv What's New is an index, not a publisher: every entry below links to the vendor's own release notes, which are the authoritative source. Entries are labelled where they are hand-curated sample data, pre-releases, or drawn from a secondary source such as a developer blog. Reuse: the summaries, labels and curation here are © What's New. Quote freely with attribution and a link back; wholesale republication of the corpus is not permitted — terms: https://whatsnew.fyi/terms. The vendors' own release notes remain their publishers'. --- - **added** — Endgame goes free to play for a limited time accessible from the main Call of Duty menu and within Warzone and Black Ops 7 - **added** — Operations deploy to Avalon starting with Operation Poison Pill to provide tactical frameworks for gameplay - **added** — New Warband Skill Track with attack drones and ability to turn enemies into allies - **added** — Aether Blade Ability that hurls a ricocheting projectile - **added** — Thermal Spike Ability available as a Weekly Challenge reward later in the season - **added** — Nine new and returning Multiplayer Maps across Black Ops 7 and Warzone - **added** — New Zombies content at launch and new Round-Based Zombies map at mid-season - **added** — Massive new Verdansk Point of Interest in Call of Duty Warzone - **added** — Six new weapons in Season 03 - **changed** — Endgame Loadouts are now individually assigned to each Operator with separate Weapons, Field Acquisitions, and Equipment - **changed** — Operators who exfil with a Scorestreak or Self Revive will save those items for the next deployment - **changed** — Players can now find and equip a unique Exotic Weapon for every Operator - **changed** — Loss rules updated to cap total Combat Rating lost from Skills and Power Upgrades at 15 CR per wipe - **added** — Players may optionally reset an Operator's Combat Rating to 0 to start fresh with a new build - **added** — Players can reset a Skill Track after fully progressing an Operator's Combat Rating to choose new Skill Tracks for greater build flexibility Declassified, Unleashed: Black Ops Season 03 is Here! ##### The Story So Far In their next move against The Guild, Karma sends in Cole “Javelin” Donovan. Dropping from international airspace toward a Guild facility over the Arctic Circle, Javelin expertly neutralizes the enemy threats… until Victoria Atwood enters the fray, flanked by her autonomous Rhinos. Little does she know, Javelin has already completed his objective with the help of Karma, hacking into The Guild’s system using the C-Link to take their lethal technology into his own hands. ##### Season 03 Roadmap The Season 03 Roadmap showcases another stacked season of content across _Black Ops 7_ and _Call of Duty_®: _Warzone_™, with nine new and returning Multiplayer Maps, new Zombies content on day one and a new Round-Based Zombies map at mid-season, a lengthy new Operation across Endgame (now free-to-play for a limited time), a massive new Verdansk Point of Interest in _Call of Duty: Warzone_, six new weapons, and much more! Season 03 is lifting off. Don’t miss out on this massive update packed with free and premium content arriving when _Call of Duty: Black Ops 7_ Season 03 goes live on Thursday, April 2 at 9AM PT. ##### Endgame Content [table equalcells="1" colwidth=""] FREE TO PLAY: ENDGAME CONTENT SUMMARY **Endgame Goes Free to Play:** With Season 03, Endgame goes Free to Play for everyone for a limited time! Invite your squad to join the action, with free players starting as one of the four JSOC Operators from Specter One. Also expect adjustments to Loadouts and loss rules that better fit the evolving dynamics in Endgame Avalon. **Introducing Operations:** Time to go to work. Operations are deploying to Avalon to give your violence a tactical framework, starting with Operation Poison Pill. **New Skill Track, Two Abilities: **At launch, summon attack drones and turn enemies into allies with the new Warband Skill Track and hurl a ricocheting projectile with the Aether Blade Ability. Later in the season, unlock the Thermal Spike Ability as a Weekly Challenge reward. ##### Endgame Goes Free to Play (Launch) ** ** Calling all Operators! Season 03 marks the beginning of Endgame as a free to play game mode for a limited time, accessible from the main _Call of Duty_ menu and within _Call of Duty: Warzone_ and _Black Ops 7_. Invite your squad and recruit other players into the action. As a co-operative PvE mode, Endgame is the perfect entry for newcomers and returning _Black Ops _veterans alike. ** ** **[[BO7-SEASON-03-ANNOUNCEMENT-001]]** Bringing Avalon to _Call of Duty: Warzone_ through Black Ops Royale, players were introduced a new way to engage with the Black Ops universe. Now, for a limited time, Endgame is also coming to _Call of Duty: Warzone_! For newcomers, Endgame is a co-op PvE experience focused on squad-based runs, boss encounters, and repeatable challenges. Players push through combat spaces together, taking on increasingly difficult encounters across each run. Progression systems like Exotic weapons and Nightmare skills unlock through gameplay and expand your options over time, adding depth as you continue playing. Players can earn XP, complete challenges, and unlock rewards tied to ongoing seasonal updates. For a limited time, the full Endgame experience (not including the Co-Op Campaign) is available directly within _Call of Duty: Warzone_. ##### Endgame Season 03 Content Overview As Season 03 adds further challenges and rewards across Avalon, including the introduction of Operation Poison Pill, now’s the time to grow the ranks and push the attack. Players will continue to progress and earn XP as normal while playing Endgame, tied into the same leveling journey across all four modes. By default, players who do not own _Black Ops _7 will begin their Endgame journey with four Operators to choose from: Mason, Anderson, 50/50, and Samuels. ##### Loadout Updates Starting in Season 03, Endgame Loadouts will be individually assigned t _[Truncated at 4000 characters — full notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1938090/view/506232053082096257]_