Black Ops 7 returns to Call of Duty's three-lane map design, and that's a good thing

The Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 beta kicked off this week, and as part of the pre-beta fanfare, Brittany Pirello, senior producer on Black Ops 7, explained that the maps in this game have the "classic three-lane design style" during the Call of Duty NEXT 2025 livestream. If you're a newer face to the series, that may not mean much, though. The three-lane map design philosophy in Call of Dutyharks back to a bygone era, when the game was much simpler at its core, and you can find out just how accurate that claim is if you know how to play the Black Ops 7 beta.