How to play Black Ops 7 early

If you can't wait to play Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 during its official release on November 14th, and then just head to New Zealand.

Airfares are, as always, quite high, but if you have a PC or console, you can tweak some settings to play the game as early as 5am Central Time on November 13th (or midnight New Zealand time when the game first becomes available).

Here's how to make it famous New Zealand trick worth playing Black Opera 7 early.

Black Ops 7 New Zealand trick

If you use the New Zealand trick you can play BO7 once this countdown ends at midnight NZ time on November 14th, no matter where you are:

Things may change, but these methods have worked in previous years. Stay tuned on November 13 to find out if these methods work or if Activision has tightened its measures against New Zealand travelers.

PC

1. Log in to your Activision account at Aktivizhn official website.
2. Click the PROFILE button in the top right.
3. Click BASIC INFORMATION.
4. Click “EDIT” next to your address.
5. Add a New Zealand address to your account.
6. Click “SAVE”.
7. On your PC, open System Preferences.
8. Click Time & Language.
9. Select “Language and Region”.
10. Click the Region drop-down menu and select New Zealand.
11. Restart your computer to save the changes.
12. Play the game on the Xbox PC app by purchasing it or with an active Game Pass membership.

This method on PC is only available through the Xbox app on PC.

PS5

The PS5 method is unreliable and does not work for BO6but you can try changing your Activision profile address to New Zealand and also creating a New Zealand PSN profile.

1. Log in to your Activision account at Aktivizhn official website.
2. Click the PROFILE button in the top right.
3. Click BASIC INFORMATION.
4. Click “EDIT” next to your address.
5. Add a New Zealand address to your account.
6. Click “SAVE”.
7. To play, use a PSN account located in New Zealand. CoD and hope for the best.
   • If this doesn't work, you'll probably have to buy Black Opera 7 again for the New Zealand account.

Xbox

1. Log in to your Activision account at Aktivizhn official website.
2. Click the PROFILE button in the top right.
3. Click BASIC INFORMATION.
4. Click “EDIT” next to your address.
5. Add a New Zealand address to your account.
6. Click “SAVE”.
7. On Xbox, open Settings.
8. Select System.
9. Select “Language & Location”.
10. Select Location and then New Zealand.
11. Restart your console to save your changes.

If none of these methods work for you or you don't feel like using them, don't worry. You still have only a few hours left before the game BO7 in your region. The game will be available worldwide on November 14th.