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Update: Activision says the block of "Arc Raiders" in Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 beta test lobbies was the result of text filter error. How exactly a mistake of that very specific nature happened was not shared, but the company said the error will be fixed soon, and may well be by the time you read this. Original story follows.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is currently in an early access beta period, with the full release slated for 14 November. Activision's annualised treadmill is such a feature of the landscape now you forget it ever had serious competition, though this year EA's taking yet another crack at it with Battlefield 6.
The game that seems to worry Activision, though? Going by the chat function in Black Ops 7, it's Arc Raiders (due out on October 30).
The words "Arc Raiders" are censored in Black Ops 7 chat. PCG's Elie Gould tested it out, and when you try to type those words you just get a load of asterisks. Neither "Arc" nor "Raiders" is picked up like this, only the two words together.
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