Black Ops 7 Players Trolled by Fake Logan Paul Operator Skin Leak

The Call of Duty community just got trolled hard. A Twitter user called VelixGaming posted what they claimed were datamined files showing Logan Paul coming to Black Ops 7 as a playable operator. The post went absolutely viral, racking up hundreds of thousands of views—despite being complete bollocks.

"Looks like Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 might be getting a Logan Paul operator bundle, according to new datamined files discovered this week," the post claimed, complete with a mock-up image of a Logan-themed skin.

Here's the thing: VelixGaming has zero credibility in the COD leaking scene. No track record, no proven leaks, nothing. But because Logan's brother Jake Paul was involved in some of the game's promo material, and because Activision has a long history of questionable celebrity crossovers, people actually believed it.

Trusted Leakers Shut It Down Immediately

Fortunately, actual reliable data miners stepped in pretty quickly. RealityUK — who's accurately leaked COD content for years—simply called it "bait." HeyImAlaix, another trusted source, just replied with "no" when asked if it was real.

CoDWarfareForum was a bit more detailed: "Where's this come from? I've not found a single thing that points to this?" Translation: there's absolutely nothing in the game files to support this claim.

So yeah, Logan Paul isn't coming to Black Ops 7. Sorry (or you're welcome, depending on how you feel about it).

Why This Actually Makes Sense

The fake leak was always dodgy because Treyarch explicitly said they're scaling back on big celebrity collabs this year. Senior Director of Production Yale Miller told CharlieIntel they'd rejected several "big brand" partnerships to focus on stuff that actually fits Black Ops 7's aesthetic.

This came after Black Ops 6 got absolutely slated for ridiculous skins like Beavis and Butt-Head and American Dad characters. Players were sick of it, Battlefield 6 literally took the piss out of COD's Fortnite-style cosmetics in their marketing, and Treyarch apparently listened.

The Actual Celebrity Skin You're Getting

Ironically, whilst Logan Paul isn't happening, you are getting a celebrity skin on 4th December when Season 1 drops. Everyone who owns Black Ops 7 gets The Replacer for free—the character from those live-action Black Ops adverts played by Peter Stormare.

The difference? The Replacer has been part of Black Ops marketing since Black Ops 2. He's actually connected to the franchise rather than being a random influencer shoehorned in for clout. He was a paid operator in Black Ops 6, so getting him free this time is actually a decent bonus.

Why People Fell for It

[VIDEO HERE: Embed showing previous absurd COD celebrity crossovers or community reactions]

The fake leak worked because Activision's history made it believable. They've done operator bundles with Snoop Dogg, Nicki Minaj, 21 Savage, Seth Rogen, and loads of others. After years of increasingly mad collabs, players are primed to believe Activision would partner with literally anyone.

Jake Paul already being involved in promo material didn't help. It made Logan's inclusion seem plausible even though it contradicted what Treyarch had literally just said about avoiding these exact types of partnerships.

The lesson here is pretty simple: if a leak comes from some random account with no credibility, and trusted data miners immediately call it rubbish, it's probably rubbish. Check who's actually reporting stuff before you believe it.

Black Ops 7 has enough real problems—lowest Metacritic user scores in franchise history, UK sales down 61% compared to Black Ops 6, getting outsold by Battlefield 6—without people making up fake controversies about Logan Paul skins that were never happening anyway.