Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Beta Dates Confirmed

Activision and Infinity Ward person confirmed dates for the upcoming Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 beta tests crossed PC, Nintendo, PlayStation, and Xbox devices.

The squad down this year's first-person shooter installment revealed its playtest plans with a blog station connected their website. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 players who pre-ordered connected PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X | S tin dive successful archetypal erstwhile beta aboriginal entree runs from August 21 – 25, with Nintendo Switch 2 joining the premix erstwhile the unfastened beta takes spot betwixt August 28 – September 1.

It's each acceptable to genuinely footwear disconnected instantly aft the Call of Duty Next presumption comes to an extremity August 21. A little statement for this year's lawsuit promises "live gameplay, an in-depth briefing connected the lineup of contented coming to Modern Warfare 4's Multiplayer, developer insights, and caller reveals up of the beta."

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Beta Details. Image courtesy of Activision.

Exactly which weapons, Operators, maps, and modes volition beryllium featured successful the beta person yet to beryllium revealed, but Activision and Infinity Ward did springiness players a sensation of what's to come. Of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4's motorboat content, the station promises 19 antithetic weapons, 3v3 skirmishes, tanks, Kill Block, and more.

"Get acceptable to driblet into aggregate Multiplayer maps and modes," the station said, "choosing from a wide enactment of brand-new Operators, including each the Vault Edition Operators for players who pre-order the Vault Edition, and unlocking arsenic galore arsenic 19 antithetic weapons earlier deploying into everything from small-scale 3v3 skirmishes to monolithic tactical battles featuring tanks and more. Test your mettle crossed caller and returning modes, from Search & Destroy to the brand-new Kill Block, positive the Training Mobility Course."

The station added that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 beta players volition beryllium capable to physique loadouts with the caller Gunny system. More accusation connected the upcoming tests volition beryllium revealed "soon."

Elsewhere successful the station is confirmation for what the Vault Edition unlocks during the beta, with pre-order purchasers capable to usage Operators Price, Valeria, Ghost, and Blix, for example. Meanwhile, Switch 2 users tin present officially look guardant to locking successful their pre-order starting August 26 arsenic Call of Duty returns to Nintendo platforms for the archetypal clip successful years.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 launches for PC, Switch 2, PS5, and Xbox Series X | S October 23, 2026. For more, you tin cheque retired IGN's archetypal look astatine the caller tactical SUV designed by Aston Martin and developed by Infinity Ward.

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