Overview

• Players discovered that typing "Arc Raiders" in Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 beta lobbies produced asterisks, a behavior verified by multiple outlets.
• Activision said the block was unintentional and traced to the word "Arc" being mapped as an alternate of a banned term that, when paired with "Raiders," triggered the filter.
• A patch has been deployed to adjust the filters, and reporters confirmed the phrase now appears normally in the beta chat.
• Embark Studios leaned into the moment with a jokey post censoring its own title and reiterated Arc Raiders’ October 30 release date.
• A similar glitch previously affected the EA App’s chat, and the attention grew as Arc Raiders and Black Ops 7 approach their October 30 and November 14 launches, respectively.