{"id":85317,"date":"2026-07-02T11:49:29","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T15:49:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=85317"},"modified":"2026-07-02T12:38:01","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T16:38:01","slug":"call-of-duty-black-ops-7-diablo-4-and-more-games-are-free-on-xbox-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=85317","title":{"rendered":"Call Of Duty: Black Ops 7, Diablo 4, And More Games Are Free On Xbox This Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you have some downtime over the 4th of July weekend and are looking for a game to play, Microsoft is bringing back its Free Play Days promotion, offering up some top titles to play for the low, low price of $0. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Call of Duty: Black Ops 7&#8217;s multiplayer and Zombies modes are free now through July 6, while Diablo IV is free through July 7. Demonschool and The Stone Madness have free two-hour trials now through July 5. None of these games require an Xbox Game Pass subscription during the free period. <\/p>\n<figure data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-ref-id=\"1807652\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.core.image.showLightbox\" style=\"cursor: zoom-in\" height=\"576\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/freeplaydays.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1807652\" \/>Free is a nice price. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ikonei Island: An Earthlock Adventure is part of the Free Play Days promotion through July 5, but you&#8217;ll need Game Pass Ultimate, Premium, or Essential. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This Free Play Days event comes at a tumultuous time for Xbox, as the company is expected to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/this-week-in-games-was-bad-but-next-week-may-be-worse\/\" id=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/this-week-in-games-was-bad-but-next-week-may-be-worse\/\">begin mass layoffs on July 6<\/a>. Microsoft <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/microsoft-could-cancel-marvels-blade-and-close-its-developer\/\" id=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/microsoft-could-cancel-marvels-blade-and-close-its-developer\/\">may close at least five studios as well<\/a>, though it&#8217;s possible other arrangements could be made that does not result in studio closures or game cancellations. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you have some downtime over the 4th of July weekend and are looking for a game to play, Microsoft is bringing back its Free Play Days promotion, offering up some top titles to play for the low, low price of $0. Call of Duty: Black Ops 7&#8217;s multiplayer and Zombies modes are free now&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":85319,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-85317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-external"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85317"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=85317"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85317\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85320,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85317\/revisions\/85320"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/85319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=85317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=85317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=85317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}