{"id":508698,"date":"2026-03-07T06:17:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T06:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/508698\/"},"modified":"2026-03-07T06:17:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T06:17:08","slug":"xbox-drops-2-aaa-free-games-no-game-pass-required-to-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/508698\/","title":{"rendered":"Xbox Drops 2 AAA Free Games, No Game Pass Required To Play"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yet another edition of Xbox\u2019s Free Play Days has arrived.<\/p>\n

This time around, the line-up consists of four AAA bangers – two of which you don\u2019t need an Xbox Game Pass<\/a> subscription for.<\/p>\n

To bring you up to speed, Free Play Days takes place every weekend on Xbox<\/a>, granting users limited-time access to a number of games for free.<\/p>\n

Oftentimes, you need a Game Pass subscription to access the games featured in the event which somewhat defeats the purpose if you ask me, but that\u2019s not always the case.<\/p>\n

This week\u2019s edition is a great example as, like I said, two of the offerings can be enjoyed by all.<\/p>\n

Those are Call of Duty<\/a>: Black Ops 7 and FBC Firebreak, both of which landed last year.<\/p>\n

Access to Black Ops 7 is available from now until Monday 9 March at 10am PT \/ 6pm GMT, while FBC Firebreak will remain playable until the end of Sunday 8 March.<\/p>\n

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is, of course, the latest entry in the long-running FPS franchise, so it hardly needs an introduction.<\/p>\n

\"CallActivision<\/p>\n

It didn\u2019t exactly impress upon release. In fact, it did quite the opposite, but if that put you off purchasing this entry, perhaps now is the perfect time to try it for free.<\/p>\n

FBC Firebreak is a co-op FPS set within Remedy\u2019s Control universe. This also fared rather averagely with critics, landing a score of 64 on MetaCritic.<\/p>\n

Game Pass Subscribers Gain Access to Two Additional Free Games<\/p>\n

If you do have a Game Pass subscription to any tier, you can also enjoy Black Desert Online and Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds until the end of the weekend.<\/p>\n

Black Desert Online is the popular MMORPG from Pearl Abyss, perfect to get a feel for what the developer is capable of ahead of the upcoming release of Crimson Desert.<\/p>\n

Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds is, as I\u2019m sure you\u2019re aware, a 2025 racing entry featuring everybody\u2019s favourite blue hedgehog.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a tad tougher to get to grips with I\u2019d say that something like Mario Kart World, but it\u2019s very fun with some great character crossovers.<\/p>\n

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 and FBC Firebreak are also running limited-time discounts to coincide with Free Play Days.<\/p>\n

You\u2019ll need to purchase the full release if you want to keep playing after Free Play Days ends.<\/p>\n

FBC Firebreak can be bought for $31.99 instead of $39.99, while Black Ops 7 will currently set you back $55.99 instead of $69.99. Pricing varies by region.<\/p>\n

All in all, I\u2019d say this is one of the strongest Free Play Days line-ups we\u2019ve seen in a while so if you\u2019re looking for something to enjoy this weekend, perhaps something here is it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Yet another edition of Xbox\u2019s Free Play Days has arrived. This time around, the line-up consists of four…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":508699,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[36260,10107,1281,37634,74,1298,11916,11917],"class_list":{"0":"post-508698","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-call-of-duty","9":"tag-control","10":"tag-microsoft","11":"tag-sonic","12":"tag-technology","13":"tag-xbox","14":"tag-xbox-series-s","15":"tag-xbox-series-x"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508698","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=508698"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508698\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/508699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=508698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=508698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=508698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}