You can play Call of Duty Cold War for FREE all weekend from today

GRAB your guns because a Call of Duty Cold War beta weekend has finally started.

You can try out the game for free, even if you haven’t pre-ordered – though early buyers will get better access.

Call of Duty Cold War beta – start time and platforms

The beta kicked off on Thursday, October 15.

It began at 10am LA time, 1pm New York time, and 6pm London time.

Any PS4 player can join in the beta, even without a pre-order.

And Xbox One and PC players can also play the beta, but they’ll need to have pre-ordered the game first.

This changes on October 17, when the beta will open up to everyone regardless of whether you’ve got a pre-order.

And it will come to a close on October 19.

You can pre-load the beta right now, so you’ll be ready to play as soon as the game is available.

You’ll be able to play traditional 6v6 game modes, as well as the 12v12 Combined Arms modes.

The new 40-player Fireteams: Dirty Bomb mode is also available for the first time.

You’ll be able to progress and rank up through the beta levelling system, unlocking load out items, scorestreaks and more.

If you reach level 10 in the beta, you’ll unlock an SMG Weapon Blueprint when the game actually launches.

Some of the maps available in the beta include Cartel, Miami, Moscow and Satellite.

These are the minimum specs…

These are the recommended specs…

OS: Windows 10 64 Bit (latest Service Pack)
CPU: Intel Core i7 4770k or AMD equivalent
Video: Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 4GB / GTX 1660 Super 6GB or AMD Radeon R9 390 / AMD RX 580
RAM: 16GB RAM
HDD: 45GB HD space
Network: Broadband Internet connection
Sound Card: DirectX Compatible
Requires DirectX 12 compatible system