Welcome to episode #244 of The COD Casuals, where we discuss all things Call of Duty, casual and professional!

In this episode, we start off discussing some big changes that are coming to Black Ops 7 that will have a big impact on the casual experience of the game. With the beta in the rear view and eyes on the full release, Treyarch announced the return of open matchmaking to the full game, as the main way to matchmake in public games. This was one of the biggest changes they made during the beta, and now having confirmation that it is going to be the standard in the full game, we couldn’t be more excited. This comes at a perfect time too, now that Battlefield 6 has launched with high praise. Activision and Treyarch have a tough year ahead of them regardless, and we share our thoughts on this, as well as some other quality of life changes coming at launch. Finally, we close with some CDL news, as now the bottom teams have nearly solidified their rosters. We share our thoughts on these moves, and who we think are the sleeper teams for the upcoming season.

What do you think about the classic matchmaking returning? Do you fear that developers in future titles will revert back to the heavy SBMM? Will COD be able to compete with Battlefield this year? What do they need to do to have it be a successful year? Please let us know as we discuss this and much more! Hope you all enjoy the episode and we'll see you next week. 

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