Modern Warfare 4 DMZ free trial: dates, platforms and carry-over

In its November 6 post, the official @CallofDuty account wrote: “The DMZ Free Trial begins now” and told players to “Drop into Hajin and X01, take on new Orders, and fight to extract with your loot through November 11.” A later post repeats: “Play the DMZ Free Trial through November 11.” The posts establish November 6 as the start date and November 11 as the last advertised date, but give no clock time or time zone for either boundary. Do not assume a midnight cutoff.

The two trial posts do not list PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC (Steam or Battle.net), or Nintendo Switch 2, and do not say whether all platforms are eligible. The official Season 1 announcement says that season launches across platforms, but does not detail this trial’s store-by-store availability. Check the listing on your platform before downloading; Activision’s trial posts provide no separate store link or install steps.

Stevivor’s November 8, 2026 report says that anything earned during the trial carries over to the main game. Treat that as Stevivor’s reporting: the official @CallofDuty trial posts cited here do not explicitly promise that earned items or all progress transfer. Stevivor also lists the full game at US$69.99.

Activision’s post says to drop into Hajin and X01, but it does not explain how to download a free entry or whether a separate client is required. Once DMZ is available in Modern Warfare 4, Activision’s official onboarding guide says to open Deploy and choose Story Missions, Dynamic Operations, or Free Roam. The announcement does not provide a more specific store path, so availability should be confirmed in the relevant platform store.

DMZ is Modern Warfare 4’s extraction mode, set in Hajin. Players deploy solo or with a squad, take on missions, search the exclusion zone for loot, and try to extract with what they have collected. The official guide describes Story Missions, multi-step Dynamic Operations, and Free Roam; the free-trial post highlights Hajin, the X01 site, and new Orders.

The trial follows the Season 1 launch. Activision’s Season 1 full-intel post gives the launch as 21:00 PT on November 5 (00:00 ET on November 6), 2026; the @CallofDuty account marked Season 1 as live in a November 6 post. The new X01 site and Orders are part of that seasonal context.

If Modern Warfare 4 crashes at launch on Steam, see our November 7 update for the current file-verification guidance and the official reinstall workaround, including its cautions.