Call of Duty Black Ops 6 is about to hold a free trial event for fans yet to try the latest entry in the popular series.

Activision is giving PlayStation, Xbox and PC users the ability to play Black Ops 6 Multiplayer and Zombies for free over the next week.

The Black Ops 6 free trial kicks off at 6pm GMT on December 13. It runs until the same time on December 20.

There are a few caveats, however, as developer Treyarch limits the maps and modes available as part of the event.

In multiplayer, fans will be able to check out the Racket, Hacienda, Nuketown Holiday, Extraction, Hideout and Heirloom maps.

Game modes include Team Deathmatch, Hardpoint, Domination, Kill Confirmed, Kill Order and Prop Hunt.

Zombies is also playable as part of the event, including Liberty Falls in Standard and Directed, as well as Terminus in Standard and Directed.

In addition to the free trial, fans will also earn double XP, as well as twice the Weapon XP, double Battle Pass XP and additional GobbleGums in Zombies.

The news was announced by Activison on X (formerly Twitter): "Let's kick off the holidays early.

"Starting Friday, we're turning on 2XP, 2X Weapon XP, 2X Battle Pass XP, and 2X GobbleGum Earn Rate, along with the start of our MP & Zombies Free Trial!"

To prepare for the event, Call of Duty developer Treyarch has released a new update. As you can see from the patch notes below, the update increases XP in certain modes, and also makes a bug fix or two.

• Ran-Snack and Infectious Holiday coming later today.

• Protocol, Extraction, Hideout and Hacienda added to 10v10 Playlists

• Increased XP and WXP in Domination, Headquarters, Kill Order, and Search & Destroy.

• Increased XP in Prop Hunt

• Released a fix where players could get stuck after being grabbed by an Amalgam in certain cases.