On Monday, Activision announced plans to offer a free preview of the Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold Warvarious zombie modes. Starting on Thursday, January 14th, players can download an independent version of Cold WarZombies’ menu from Battle.net, Xbox Live and PlayStation Network. Players can then play Zombies modes for free until January 21, when they will need to buy Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War in order to continue their hunting of the undead.
Free access includes several types of Zombie games, depending on the platform. All Zombies players can experience the game’s launch map, Die Maschine, which expands the first Call of Duty Zombies map of World at war. Players can also test Cranked, which adds a timer to Zombies, forcing players to kill monsters within the time limit or risk exploding.
Onslaught mode is also available during the free access period. However, Onslaught is currently a PlayStation exclusive, so only players on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 can check it out. Onslaught is a two-player zombie mode that forces players to kill enemies in a specific area of the map before proceeding.
Players with free access can play online with strangers or friends until the end of the access period.