Two of the most beloved Call of Duty games ever made are about to get a second life on modern hardware. Treyarch confirmed on June 17 that the original Call of Duty: Black Ops (2010) and Black Ops 2 (2012) are being ported to PlayStation, with both titles arriving as native PS5 versions sometime in July. The studio is handing development duties to its partners at Iron Galaxy, the porting specialists behind a long list of console conversions.
Crucially, these are full packages — not stripped-down re-releases. Treyarch has confirmed that each game ships with its complete single-player campaign, its full multiplayer suite, and its Zombies mode. For a generation of players, that last detail is the headline: Black Ops and Black Ops 2 are home to some of the most iconic Zombies maps the series has ever produced, and getting them running natively on a PS5 is exactly the kind of preservation fans have been begging for.
It's worth being clear about what these are, though. These are ports, not remasters or remakes. Don't expect a fresh coat of paint, rebuilt assets, or modern engine tricks — the goal here is to take the versions that shipped on PS3 and make them run natively on current PlayStation consoles. In practice that should mean better performance and resolution than the aging originals, but the art and design are staying exactly as you remember them.
The PlayStation-exclusive nature of the announcement makes sense when you look at the bigger picture. Both games have long been playable on Xbox through backward compatibility, but PlayStation never carried PS3-era Call of Duty titles forward to PS4 or PS5. These ports finally close that gap, giving Sony players a way to revisit Treyarch's classics without dusting off old hardware.
For now, a few key details remain unconfirmed. Treyarch announced the ports in a notably low-key fashion via social media, and there's no exact release date, no pricing, and no official word on a PS4 version yet. Questions about multiplayer — server support, matchmaking, and how healthy the player base will be at launch — are also still open.
Even with those unknowns, this is a genuinely exciting move. Black Ops 2 in particular is regularly cited as a high-water mark for the franchise's multiplayer and Zombies design, and a native PS5 version arriving more than a decade later speaks to just how much affection these games still command. We'll be watching closely for the firm release date and price as July approaches.