Black Ops Cold War multiplayer and Zombies Outbreak are currently free to play

Activision has launched a Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War free access trial.

Players can download Black Ops Cold War from their chosen platform’s digital store and access the free trial until June 1.

It features various multiplayer maps and modes, including Rambo’s Gun Game and Die Hardpoint, which were recently added as part of Cold War’s ‘80s action heroes event.

Zombies experience Outbreak, which “takes place across massive play spaces throughout the Ural Mountains, packed with new enemies, team objectives, player rewards, and intel to discover on foot, in vehicles, or by jump pads”, is also available with the free trial.

Black Ops Cold War Season 3 added a new Outbreak region called Duga, a Cargo Truck and a high-speed Fast Attack Vehicle, and the Toxic Growth Field Upgrade, which deals damage to and slows entangled enemies.

A Black Ops Cold War double XP weekend is launching on Friday at 10am PT / 1pm ET / 6pm BST and will also run until June 1.

Patch notes for the games latest update, which was released on Thursday, have been republished in full below.

Black Ops Cold War May 27 patch notes

GLOBAL

Multiplayer + Outbreak Free Access

• Free Access available for download, featuring Multiplayer and Zombies modes through June 1^st.

Progression

• Addressed an issue where some players’ Season Levels were capped at Level 182 in the After Action Report and in-game scoreboard.

MULTIPLAYER

Modes

• Rambo’s Gun Game [NEW]
  • New ‘80s Action Heroes Multiplayer mode available in Featured Playlists.
• 3v3 Gunfight [NEW]
  • New 3v3 variant of Gunfight mode available in Featured Playlists.
• Multi-Team
  • Elimination
    • Increased XP values.
    • Enabled map voting in the playlist.
    • Increased the opacity of pings for better visibility. Pings will also be less visible while aiming down sights.
    • Map loading stats that show your performance in Elimination on each map should now properly display the correct stats.
  • UI
    • Enemy pings will now follow the pinged player for 5 seconds. To ping an enemy player, with an enemy player in your field of view, double-tap the left d-Pad button on controller or press the Z key twice on your keyboard.
    • Addressed an issue where the player would sometimes receive a UI error when being downed or killed by the Ballistic Knife.

Medals

• The “Have a Blast” Medal can now be earned with explosive Scorestreaks.

UI

• Increased the size of Weapon Mastery badges displayed during Best Play.

Featured Playlists

• Rambo’s Gun Game [NEW]
• Die Hardpoint
• Standoff 24/7 (also available in Hardcore via Quick Play)
• Multi-Team Elimination
• Nuketown 24/7 (also available in Hardcore via Quick Play)
• 12v12 Moshpit (also available in Hardcore via Quick Play)
• Party Games
• 3v3 Gunfight [NEW]
• Multi-Team Moshpit

LEAGUE PLAY

Maps

• Removed Checkmate from rotation in CDL Search & Destroy.

ZOMBIES

Weapons

• Wonder Weapons
  • Addressed an issue where players could apply an Ammo Mod to the D.I.E. Wonder Weapons.

Ammo Mods

• Addressed an issue where the Cryofreeze Ammo Mod visual FX could display on screen when walking backwards.

• Stability
  • Added stability fixes for Fishing.

Featured Playlists

• Outbreak
• Firebase Z
• Die Maschine
• Cranked 2: No Time to Crank
• Dead Ops Arcade: First Person
• Dead Ops Arcade
• Onslaught (PlayStation)
• Onslaught Mystery Munitions (PlayStation)
• Onslaught Standoff (PlayStation)