Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 will have a 7-day free trial starting next week

Activision has announced that it will give the few remaining Call of Duty fans who haven’t yet purchased this year’s Black Ops 6 or played it through game Pass the chance to get stuck in for free next week, as part of a seven-week program. days. rehearsal.

The Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 free trial begins next Friday, December 13 on Xbox, PlayStation and PC. It will continue during the following week and will end on Friday, December 20.

According to the infographic shared as part of Activision’s announcement, participating players can get stuck into Team Deathmatch, Hardpoint, Domination, Kill Confirmed, Kill Order, and Prop Hunt modes as part of the free trial, with Black Ops 6’s Racket, Hacienda, Nuketown Extraction, Hideout, Relic, and Vacation maps included.

There’s also good news for anyone craving an undead slaughter; The Black Ops 6 free trial will offer a taste of Zombies mode, with standard and targeted versions of Liberty Falls and Terminus present according to that infographic. What’s unclear, however, is whether XP progress will carry over to the full game, should players be enthralled enough to make a purchase, but hopefully Activision will share more details before that arrives. next Friday.

Eurogamer’s Chris Tapsell was admittedly lukewarm on Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 when he reviewed it back in October. “I had a good time and then left much earlier than expected,” he wrote, “with few real reasons to return.” Hence its three-star rating.

Still, Microsoft seemed pleased with the commercial response to the launch of Black Ops 6. The company called its arrival “the biggest Call of Duty launch ever,” saying it had set a record for “game Pass subscriber additions on launch day.”