Don’t expect console multiplayer to feel quite as forgiving this year: based on beta feedback, Treyarch is reworking aim assist. Alongside louder footsteps, toned-down slide speed/distance, and faster mantling, the studio’s headline change targets rotational aim assist and overall AA strength across all ranges.

Design director Matt Scronce says the data shows controller players edge more wins up close while mouse–keyboard players fare better at long range. The plan is to close that gap by retuning aim-assist strength at every distance and tightening how rotational aim assist engages.

First move: rotational aim assist now only kicks in when the right stick is already moving the camera toward the target, reducing “free” target tracking and making close-quarters fights less auto-sticky.

Treyarch reiterated the other multiplayer tweaks from the beta pass (footsteps, sliding, mantling), but aim assist remains the centerpiece. Raven Software has also signaled parallel changes for Warzone Season 01 so that input balance stays consistent across titles.

Aim assist, like SBMM, is a perennial flashpoint. Studios have to land on a tolerable midpoint between inputs while hardening the system against edge-case exploits (console + KBM adapters, PC “controller emulation,” and so on).

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is slated for November 14 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One.

Source: PC Gamer, Raven Software (X)