If you’re a Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 player on Xbox, you won’t want to miss out on all the freebies Microsoft is quietly offering at the moment—and you don’t need an active Game Pass subscription to avail them.
At the time of writing, the base Black Ops 2 for Xbox consoles can be purchased for $39.99 each, and you’d have to shell out another $29.99 to unlock additional multiplayer maps, DLC achievements, and Zombies mode with the Season Pass. If you’re sighing at your empty pockets right now, however, don’t just yet—especially if you already own the base game. Right after the PlayStation 5 and 4 ports for Black Ops went live earlier this month, 32 of the game’s DLC packs were listed as free on Xbox’s online store.
Here’s a list of every Black Ops 2 DLC you can grab for free on your Xbox:
- Africa Pack
- Asia-Pacific Pack
- Bacon Pack
- Beast Pack
- Benjamins Pack
- Breach Pack
- Comics Pack
- Afterlife Pack
- Aqua Pack
- Coyote Pack
- Cyborg Pack
- Octane Pack
- Pack-A-Punch Pack
- Paladin Pack
- Party Rock Pack
- Rogue Pack
- Dead Man’s Hand Pack
- Día de Muertos Pack
- Dragon Pack
- Europe Pack
- Extra Slots Pack
- Glam Pack
- Graffiti Pack
- Jungle Warfare Pack
- Kawaii Pack
- North America Pack
- South America Pack
- UK Punk Pack
- Viper Pack
- Weaponized 115 Pack
- Zombies Pack
These packs add a bunch of content to your Black Ops 2 experience, including special weapons, cosmetics, modes, maps, and more. Before this, they were priced at $2 each, so buying all of them would have cost $64—not a small amount at all. Not to forget: You’ll need to own the base game to add these DLCs to your library.
It’s worth noting that these packs are free for PlayStation owners too. The base games for Black Ops 1 and 2 are priced similarly on Sony’s consoles at $39.99 each, but you can get 50% off with an active PlayStation Plus subscription, bringing the price down to $19.99 each. The Season Pass is also available at a 67% discount with the subscription, bringing its price down to $9.89.
Black Ops 1 and 2 have always been playable on Xbox consoles through native Xbox 360 support and backward compatibility on Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S. PlayStation, on the other hand, recently welcomed dedicated ports for both these games on July 9, garnering an excellent reception. Needless to say, Xbox users aren’t happy about missing out on dedicated ports for their platform as well.
The Black Ops servers on Xbox have been riddled with hackers and performance hiccups for years. PlayStation users have reported enjoying better visuals and more stable servers so far. That said, the PlayStation versions were also attacked by hackers, prompting Activision to release a statement and disable certain playlists while it worked on a fix.
All that said, with these DLC packs now available at no extra cost, Xbox (and PlayStation) players have a rare opportunity to expand their Black Ops 2 library without spending extra money. Whether the listings remain free permanently or for a limited time remains unclear, so interested players may want to claim them while they can.
- Brand
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Microsoft
- Original Release Date
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November 15, 2001
- Original MSRP (USD)
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$299, £299, €479
- Operating System
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Proprietary, Windows NT-based
- Storage
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8-10 GB
- VR Support
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No