How Dead Ops Arcade 4 evolved from Easter egg to full game in Black Ops 7 | interview

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The surprises in Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 range from machetes falling from the sky to a gigantic version of a foul-mouthed soldier.

But one of the surprises that adds to the value of the overall Black Ops 7 is Dead Ops Arcade 4: Papaback in Black, a twin-stick shooter game inspired by Robotron 2084 from the days of arcades in 1982.

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