For the achievement, see Achievements/Call of Duty: Black Ops III.
For its Battle Royale counterpart, see Squad Gun Game.
Black Ops 7 playlist icon.
"Each player starts with the same basic pistol. Every time you kill an enemy with your gun, you're upgraded to the next weapon. Anyone killed with a melee attack is demoted to the previous weapon, so watch your flank. Suicides also set you back to the previous tier, most often occurring when using explosive weapons. The match ends when someone cycles through all twenty weapons. Success in Gun Game requires aggressive tactics and familiarity with each weapon in the rotation. Don't worry about dying - just go for a lot of successive kills. "
— Call of Duty ELITE description.
Gun Game, also known as All The Guns as an April Fool's day joke[1], is a game mode featured in Call of Duty: Black Ops, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3: Defiance, Call of Duty: Black Ops II, Call of Duty: Ghosts, Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, Call of Duty: Black Ops III, Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered, Call of Duty: WWII, Call of Duty Online, Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, Call of Duty: Mobile, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War, Call of Duty: Vanguard, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4.
1 Overview
2 Call of Duty: Black Ops
3 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
4 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3: Defiance
5 Call of Duty: Black Ops II
6 Call of Duty: Ghosts
7 Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
8 Call of Duty: Black Ops III
9 Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare
10 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered
11 Call of Duty: WWII
12 Call of Duty Online
13 Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
14 Call of Duty: Mobile
15 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
16 Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
17 Call of Duty: Vanguard
18 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II
19 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III
20 Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
21 Call of Duty: Black Ops 7
22 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4
23 Gallery
24 Videos
25 Trivia
25.1 General
25.2 Call of Duty: Black Ops
25.3 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
25.4 Call of Duty: Ghosts
25.5 Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
25.6 Call of Duty: Black Ops III
25.7 Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare
25.8 Call of Duty: WWII
25.9 Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
25.10 Call of Duty: Vanguard
26 References
Overview[]
The game consists of six players competing in a free-for-all-style game. As players get more kills, the player will receive different weapons. However, melee kills do not advance the killer to a new weapon, but demote players to their previous weapon tier instead (The exception to this rule being Vanguard's Blueprint Gun Game which advances players normally on melee kills). The first person to achieve a kill with all twenty (or 18 in MW3, Ghosts, IW and WWII; 24 in Advanced Warfare) weapon tiers wins. However, if the match ends without anyone getting a kill with all the weapons, the player on the highest weapon tier wins the match. Due to the fact that only 20, 24 or 18 kills are needed to win, and the game is a Free For All, games are usually fairly short.
Direct suicides with a weapon will result in a demotion, except in Call of Duty: Mobile. By definition, this means being caught in the blast of an explosive weapon's splash damage. Suicides by car bombs or red barrels will also demote the player, but suicide by fall damage will not except in Black Ops II.
Also, getting double kills will not advanced the player by two weapon tiers; only one (except in Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare).
In Call of Duty: WWII, the Minimap will always scan for players similar to a Recon Aircraft. Melee attacks are also an instant kill regardless of the direction hit. In Call of Duty: Mobile the Minimap scans for players but not constantly like the UAV, but instead at intervals.
Call of Duty: Black Ops[]
Gun Game was introduced as a Wager Match game mode in Call of Duty: Black Ops as well as a private match custom game mode.
Python Speed Reloader
Makarov Dual Wield (formerly ASP Dual Wield)
SPAS-12
Stakeout
MP5K
Skorpion Dual Wield
AK74u
M14
M16
Famas
AUG
HK21
M60
L96A1
WA2000
Grim Reaper (formerly RPG)
M72 LAW
China Lake
Crossbow
Ballistic Knife
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3[]
Gun Game returned in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 as part of FFA Gunplay.
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Private Matches
M4A1 Red Dot Sight
ACR 6.8 Red Dot Sight
PP90M1 Red Dot Sight
Type 95 Red Dot Sight
MK46 Foregrip
UMP45 Red Dot Sight
MP7 Red Dot Sight
Source: https://callofduty.fandom.com/wiki/Gun_Game. This is an independent Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 reference page.