The franchise's annual release of yesteryear, Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, is free-to-play for all Xbox users right now, but only for a limited time. While the upcoming CoD is part of a separate subseries, now is your chance to catch up before Modern Warfare 4 comes out at no cost. You don't even need an Xbox Game Pass subscription, which is often a requirement for these promotions.
If you haven't been keeping up with Call of Duty, I might suggest keeping expectations reasonable. Black Ops 7 was fairly derided on release, as is often the case when two games from the same lineage release back-to-back – 2023's Modern Warfare 3 was equally panned when it followed 2022's Modern Warfare 2. But hey, free is hard to turn down, and CoD is eternally popular for a reason.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is free for all Xbox players from Thursday, July 2 to Tuesday, July 7, as part of Xbox's regular Free Play Days initiative. These often require an Xbox Game Pass subscription to participate, but that's not the case with Black Ops 7's Free Play Days stint. Black Ops 7 is "free...
