Those who pre-order Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, or have an active Xbox Game Pass subscription, can take part in an early beta session from 6pm on October 2nd. Everyone else will be able to join 72 hours later on October 5th — no purchase of the game required — and that beta period ends on October 8th at 6pm, UK time.

Black Ops 7 will be the next entry in Activision's military shooter series, which typically comes out in October every year, making it one of the last big game releases before Black Friday. A leak suggests that the new CoD might come out a little later than usual,