While the older Call of Duty games have remained on Xbox through the console generations, PlayStation owners haven’t seen the first two Black Ops games available on their hardware since the PlayStation 3 era. That’s going to change this summer as Call of Duty: Black Ops and Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 make their modern debut on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5.
The Black Ops ports were rumored earlier this month, but they’ve now been confirmed by developer Treyarch for a July release via social media. Per the announcement, the ports were handled by Iron Galaxy. However, these are not remasters of the original games. In other words, don’t expect dramatic visual upgrades.
Black Ops 1 was released in 2010 and it was followed by Black Ops 2 in 2012. Since then, Black Ops has been one of the most popular mini-franchises within the Call of Duty brand. There were even two games–Black Ops 6 and Black Ops 7–released back to back in 2024 and 2025.
For this year’s Call of Duty title, the Black Ops franchise is taking a break in favor of a new installment in the Modern Warfare games. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 is slated to hit Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5, Switch 2, and PC on October 23. However, there is an early-access option for preorders and pre-purchases for the MW4 standard digital edition or the Vault edition. Modern Warfare 4 is also adding a GTA-like wanted system to its DMZ.
