The beta for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II will arrive next month, with PlayStation players getting access first, followed by those on Xbox and PC. Infinity Ward shared the news at the CDL Champs (Call of Duty League Championship) tournament.
As with its previous betas, the dates are separated by console and whether you pre-ordered the game or not.
The first early access beta kicks off on September 16 to 17th for PlayStation 4 and 5 players who pre-ordered the game. It is followed by the open beta for all PlayStation players, which begins on September 18 and ends on the 20th.
The cross-play beta for players who pre-ordered the game on PlayStation, Xbox, and PC will last from September 22 to 23rd, while the open cross-play beta for all platforms starts on September 24 and ends on the 26th. Each session begins at 1 PM ET.
At CDL Champs, Infinity Ward also teased a new multiplayer map, Grand Prix, set on a racetrack. The map will be available to play during the beta.
The Call of Duty Championship is an annual Call of Duty game held at the end of each competitive season to choose the year’s World Champion. To select qualification, teams must qualify through events before the World Championship. Additionally, players must be at least 18 years of age before the tournament begins to participate.
The inaugural tournament was first owned in 2013 on Call of Duty: Black Ops II for the Xbox 360 and was succeeded by Fariko Impact. In 2014, recreating Call of Duty: Ghosts, Complexity Gaming triumphed the $400,000 championship prize.
Denial eSports won the 2015 iteration of the event with a team consisting of James “Clayster” Eubanks, Chris “Replays” Crowder, Dillon “Attach” Price, and Jordan. “JKap” Kaplan.
The 2016 iteration ensued 2–4 September 2016, unlike previous ones in the spring, with a two million dollar prize pool. Additionally, it was announced on June 8, 2016, that the championship would take place along with Call of Duty XP, which will indicate the Infinite Warfare Multiplayer Trailer. Team EnvyUs beat the event with a line-up of JKap, Apathy, SlasheR, and John.
In 2020, Activision and Sony Mobile revealed the inaugural Call of Duty: Mobile Championship would begin on April 30. However, Activision canceled the Mobile Grand Finals in December due to the COVID-19 pandemic and distributed the $750,000 prize pool between the seven squads who qualified for the Finals.
The 2021 Call of Duty League season started on January 23, 2021. In April 2021, Activision declared the 2021 Call of Duty: Mobile Championship would commence on June 3.
If you haven’t pre-ordered the game, Infinity Ward says you’ll have the chance to receive a beta code that’ll give you early access. While it already gave some codes away during the tournament today, you’ll have more opportunities to snag one from various streamers and YouTubers leading up to the beta’s start date.
We got our first glimpse at Modern Warfare II in June, but Infinity Ward’s set to reveal a lot more about the upcoming game at its Call of Duty: Next event (including a full multiplayer reveal), which will take place on September 15. Modern Warfare II launches on PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X / S, and PC (via Battle.net and Steam) on October 28.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II is a forthcoming first-person shooter game devised by Infinity Ward and published by Activision. It is a direct series to the 2019 reboot and will act as the nineteenth installment in the overall Call of Duty series. It is planned to be released on October 28, 2022, for PlayStation 5, Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
Modern Warfare II fetches several massive shifts to the Call of Duty gameplay. Several changes have been touted, including an advanced AI system in the campaign and co-op modes, water physics and swimming mechanics, and an overhauled vehicle system. In addition, the Gunsmith system is also revamped, allowing players to fine-tune specific attachments to suit their playstyles.
Modern Warfare II multiplayer features many new game modes: Knockout, where two teams try to grab a package with restricted lives; and Prisoner Rescue, where the attacking team endeavors to pull a hostage while a defending team discourages them by fortifying defenses around the hostage. The cooperative Special Ops mode is also approved to return.
Modern Warfare II is a continuance of the 2019 reboot entry. It features several returning characters: Captain John Price, Sergeant Kyle “Gaz” Garrick, Lieutenant Simon “Ghost” Riley, Sergeant John “Soap” MacTavish, CIA Station Chief Kate Laswell, and Urzikstani rebel leader Farah Karim. In addition, new characters include Mexican Special Forces Colonel Alejandro Vargas and the CEO of the Shadow Company mercenary organization, Commander Phillip Graves.
The game brings in 2022, three years after Price forms the elite, global counter-terrorist unit Task Force 141 with Soap, Ghost, Gaz, and Farah; Vargas joins the team as its latest associate. After a missile strike from the US destroys a foreign general, 141 is called in to prevent the situation and prevent further escalation while combating the terrorist organization Al-Qatala and the drug cartel known as Las Alamas.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II is being developed by Infinity Ward alongside a new version of the battle royale title Call of Duty: Warzone called Warzone 2.0, with both games using a new version of the IW engine. The upgraded engine features a new hybrid tile-based streaming system, a physically based material system, world volumetric lighting, a new PBR decal rendering system, 4K HDR, and a new GPU geometry pipeline.
In February 2022, Activision confirmed that a sequel to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare would be released in 2022, alongside a new iteration of the free-to-play battle royale title Call of Duty: Warzone. The game’s title, Modern Warfare II, and logo were revealed on social media in April 2022. A month later, Activision sacked another teaser, which featured the critical parts of the game’s main characters, as agreeably as a release date of October 28, 2022.
Finally, on June 2, 2022, a live-action trailer was dismissed; on the same day, Steam reacted to a reply on Twitter from the Call of Duty Twitter official account, suggesting the game would be rejected on Microsoft Windows via the Steam platform in addition to Battle.net.
The first trailer for the play was released on June 8, showcasing gameplay from the campaign mode and confirming the game’s release on Steam, Battle.net, and the eighth and ninth-generation consoles. Modern Warfare II marks the first time since 2017’s Call of Duty: WWII that a Call of Duty title was released on the Steam platform.