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After the incredible conclusion to the Call of Duty: League™ 2022 Season at Championship Sunday, an equally impressive information drop at Champs during the show announced the dates where you can learn more about Call of Duty’s future, as well as the dates for the Modern Warfare® II Open Beta.
Critical intel to follow:

Announcing Call of Duty: Next

The announcement at Champs revealed the forthcoming Call of Duty: Next. What’s Next? This is an era-defining franchise event showcasing the immediate future of Call of Duty, broadcast on September 15, 2022. Presented by Infinity Ward, and featuring robust information drops detailing innovations, live gameplay, and a whole lot more, expect to learn the following:

• What the imminent future of Call of Duty will look like, including many more details regarding Modern Warfare II, information on the next Call of Duty®: Warzone™, and more on the mobile version of Call of Duty: Warzone (also known as Project Aurora).
• A full Modern Warfare II Multiplayer reveal.
• A multitude of your favorite streamers at the event, playing the games in real time.
• [[REDACTED]] information and surprises!

Note: If you missed the opportunity to obtain a code during Champs, make sure to keep an eye open for more opportunities to receive Early Access Beta Code drops!

Detailed Modern Warfare II Beta Dates(1)

Ready to experience the future of Call of Duty Multiplayer combat before the launch of Modern Warfare II on October 28? Then prepare yourself for the Open Beta. The Modern Warfare II Open Beta will be free across all platforms, with players who preordered digitally, at retail, or received Beta codes gaining early access.
Note that Beta codes are tied to your Activision account, and are platform agnostic, meaning you can access the Beta on your hardware of choice.
The Modern Warfare II Beta is split into two playable Weekends, and early access is available for those with either digital or retail pre-orders:
Time to Play: Weekend One: First on PlayStation®(1)
The first Beta weekend is available on PlayStation® 4 and PlayStation®5, and is scheduled to run from Friday, September 16 at 10 AM PT to Tuesday September 20. This weekend is for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 players only. You are able to access the Beta without requiring the PlayStation Plus subscription service.(2,3)
PlayStation Early Access: Those who pre-ordered the game on PlayStation 4 or PlayStation 5, or received a Beta code, can begin playing the Beta on Friday September 16 at 10AM PT.
PlayStation Open Beta: The rest of the weekend, from Sunday, September 18 at 10AM PT to Tuesday, September 20, is accessible to all PlayStation players regardless of pre-order status. PlayStation players can now experience the impressive amount of Beta content available in Modern Warfare II, and unlock rewards available in-game at launch.
Time to Play: Weekend Two: All Platforms (Crossplay)(1)
The second Beta weekend is available on all console platforms and PC, and is scheduled to run from Thursday, September 22 at 10AM PT to Monday, September 26. Crossplay will be active allowing you to party up with friends and the greater community, no matter what hardware they play on.
PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5: No matter whether you pre-ordered the game or not, Weekend 2 is a free Open Beta for all PlayStation 4 and 5 owners.
Xbox and PC Early Access: Those who pre-ordered the game for Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, or pre-purchased for PC via Blizzard Battle.net or Steam, can begin playing the Beta on Thursday, September 22 at 10AM PT. Xbox Live Gold is required for Xbox players, and PC players are required to have a Battle.net or Steam account.
Xbox and PC Open Beta: The rest of the weekend, from Saturday, September 24 at 10AM PT to Monday, September 26, is accessible to Xbox and PC players regardless of pre-order status. The entire community can now experience the impressive amount of Beta content available in Modern Warfare II, unlock rewards available in-game at launch, and play together.

 

[Knightime_X]

I have this paid in full for SX.
Let's go!

 

[OverHeat]

Steam master race preordered lets go!

 

[TheKratos]

Steam master race preordered lets go!

Master race is where there are no cheaters!

 

[clarky]

IN.

Really looking forward to this one MW2019 was great.

 

[The_Mike]

Is it "open beta" as in open beta, or "pre order the game and get access to open beta" open beta?

 

[OverHeat]

Master race is where there are no cheaters!

It’s cross platform so… enjoy your low res 120 fps mode or 60 fps

 

[Antwix]

got my beta code notification. looking forward to checking it out.

 

[TGO]

Time to Play: Weekend One: First on PlayStation®(1)

Shit I need to hook up my PSX for this beta?!

 

[rodrigolfp]

Master race is where there are no cheaters!

So nowhere as the semi aim-bot is present in consoles cheating for all players making they think they are good at aiming.

 

[ManaByte]

Master race is where there are no cheaters!

 

[Uiki]

Master race is where there are no cheaters!

Then I have bad new for you..

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

And these places like WalMart and Gamestop sell these devices right next to the controllers and people I know that use them or variations of them say they wouldn't be legal to use if they these places didn't sell them

 

[Dry_Kill_Logic_87]

It’s cross platform so… enjoy your low res 120 fps mode or 60 fps

1. you know you can disable crossplay ?
2. I paid 500$ for my ps5. you paid for your pc how much ?
3. this looks low res to you ?

 

[OverHeat]

1. you know you can disable crossplay ?
2. I paid 500$ for my ps5. you paid for your pc how much ?
3. this looks low res to you ?

What money as to do with the quality your playing at? Not my fault if you cannot afford the best.

 

[Sub_Level]

Not interested in playing the beta. Its already an automatic Day 1 for me and I’ll be playin this shit all winter.

 

[TheKratos]

So nowhere as the semi aim-bot is present in consoles cheating for all players making they think they are good at aiming.

Rather have aimbot that being wallhacked abd soft-aimed, the cheating on PC is much more rampant and advanced it's ridiculous. I've seen flying cars beaming people from the sky ffs!

It’s cross platform so… enjoy your low res 120 fps mode or 60 fps

Don't worry, I have my crossplay off. I could easily enjoy high res and high frams on my beast PC but I rather have low ress 120 fps than cheaters every fucking day.

 

[EverydayBeast]

The cod landscape allows all consoles today so many people play cod all day long in the worst way possible and that’s disturbing through betas we’ll learn about the game and the experiences.

 

[rodrigolfp]

Rather have aimbot that being wallhacked abd soft-aimed, the cheating on PC is much more rampant and advanced it's ridiculous. I've seen flying cars beaming people from the sky ffs!

I rarely see anyone. MW 2019 I don't remember seeing one. Typical people that never touch the games on PC coming here and "OH MY GOD, FULL OF CHEATERS! UNPLAYABLE!!!"

 

[ManaByte]

I rarely see anyone. MW 2019 I don't remember seeing one.

Cheating on console is starting to get worse than on PC. On PC it's mostly streamers cheating in Warzone and getting caught doing so.

Ricochet really helped the PC cheater situation, but since Activision can't ban people using the Chronos scripts and devices (anyone banned files a complaint saying they need it for accessibility and Activision bends over backwards to apologize) and Ricochet can't do anything about them, there are actually MORE cheaters on consoles now than PC.

 

[Slicker than your average]

I hope they add crossplay only console where it sticks ps gamers Vs Xbox gamers. The real console war begins.

 

[jorgejjvr]

Looking forward to the demo

 

[Shifty]

The cod landscape allows all consoles today so many people play cod all day long in the worst way possible and that’s disturbing through betas we’ll learn about the game and the experiences.

I love the way this segues from the breakdown of our society to a curious optimism for the upcoming content.
Thematically rich post, highly recommended.

 

[adamsapple]

The X in the event logo is literally using the Series X design.

A hint of something maybe ?

 

[MikeM]

What money as to do with the quality your playing at? Not my fault if you cannot afford the best.

Plenty of people can afford Porsches and drive Mazdas. Gaming is no different.

 

[ManaByte]

The X in the event logo is literally using the Series X design.

A hint of something maybe ?

 

[3liteDragon]

The X in the event logo is literally using the Series X design.

A hint of something maybe ?

That's not exactly how the X logo looks like, just MWII branding. Look at the trademark notice below, no mention of it. On the other hand, why tf would you announce this now for Sept 15th like anyone's gonna remember?

I thought we were gonna get gameplay today to get people hyped for the beta release which is still a month away.

 

[remember_spinal]

The X in the event logo is literally using the Series X design.

A hint of something maybe ?

A hint that it has timed beta on playstation?

 

[adamsapple]

A hint that it has timed beta on playstation?

The announcement at Champs revealed the forthcoming Call of Duty: Next. What’s Next? This is an era-defining franchise event showcasing the immediate future of Call of Duty,


The event is about the future of the franchise. The timed exclusive marketing deal has been announced and known for a long while now.

 

[remember_spinal]

The announcement at Champs revealed the forthcoming Call of Duty: Next. What’s Next? This is an era-defining franchise event showcasing the immediate future of Call of Duty,


The event is about the future of the franchise. The timed exclusive marketing deal has been announced and known for a long while now.

They cant really mention anything that would be effected by the acquisition/buy out so im not really sure what you expect

 

[ManaByte]

They cant really mention anything that would be effected by the acquisition/buy out so im not really sure what you expect

Unless the deal is closing before then.

 

[adamsapple]

They cant really mention anything that would be effected by the acquisition/buy out so im not really sure what you expect

I'm not expecting anything in particular, just pointing the oddity that they chose to use a logo almost 1 : 1 to a brand that's in the middle of acquiring them.

Like Mana said above, if the deal closes before, we could probably get something like Phil being in the presentation to lay out the future roadmap.

Too early to speculate though.

 

[Justin9mm]

Got my Pre Oder early access code for PS5.. MW2019 is still the best current COD.

Infinity Ward COD's are the only good COD's as far as MP gunplay and feel.

 

[//DEVIL//]

Didn't preorder yet because I wanted to buy it on steam. But if I still need battle net to access the game on steam, it means I am just doing extra work for nothing by going to steam first then it will open battle net.. which is horrible .

However if the game starts on steam and all I need is just user name and password of my Activision account inside the game without the need of battle net then I am going to buy it on steam no question asked as I hate battle net.

Just waiting for actual confirmation on this as no one knows how this will actually work

 

[Chronicle]

 

[kikkis]

Marina bay map preview

 

[The_Mike]

Master race is where there are no cheaters!

If that's the case, then I am better than the average cheater cus I am often in top 3, being number 1 most of the matches.

I'd say the auto aiming is so aggressive with a controller that I consider it aimbot.

I never cheated on pc, but I play with a Xim keyboard and mouse and totally dominates controller play 9 out of 10 times.
I just cant play fps with a controller.

 

[Lucifers Beard]

If that's the case, then I am better than the average cheater cus I am often in top 3, being number 1 most of the matches.

I'd say the auto aiming is so aggressive with a controller that I consider it aimbot.

I never cheated on pc, but I play with a Xim keyboard and mouse and totally dominates controller play 9 out of 10 times.
I just cant play fps with a controller.

You don’t need XIM as the game supports mouse and keyboard out of the box. Using XIM in this case is very much a grey area for me.

 

[clampzyn]

You don’t need XIM as the game supports mouse and keyboard out of the box. Using XIM in this case is very much a grey area for me.

Correct me if I'm wrong, if you use a converter like XIM on a FPS game with aim assist support for controllers, you will be having a mouse aim + aim assist. I think you can disable aim assist but most players that use converters usually enable this to take advantage of their aim.

 

[Black_Stride]

You don’t need XIM as the game supports mouse and keyboard out of the box. Using XIM in this case is very much a grey area for me.

If you use a mouse and keyboard aimbot aim assist is switched off, if you use XIM you get the accuracy of M/KB with the snap of Aim assist, you are basically unstoppable.

 

[The_Mike]

You don’t need XIM as the game supports mouse and keyboard out of the box. Using XIM in this case is very much a grey area for me.

Theres still a lot of games that doesn't support keyboard and mouse though, but true. I bought it 4 years ago where almost no game supported keyboard and mouse.

 

[Aure]

Steam master race preordered lets go!

Same here.
Hopefully we won't have to deal with Battle net, but i highly doubt it.

Sill playing MW2019 to this day, it was the best and the last good COD. Only IW can make good COD games.

 

[clarky]

Same here.
Hopefully we won't have to deal with Battle net, but i highly doubt it.

Sill playing MW2019 to this day, it was the best and the last good COD. Only IW can make good COD games.

Agreed on MW2019 being great but the last BLOPS was also good, if a step back due to being on the old engine.

 

[Rocco Schiavone]

How do you get early access? By preordering or what?? Amazon hasn't advertised anything.

 

[Kiya's Guard]

Master race is where there are no cheaters!

There are cheaters in all platforms lol, consoles even having hardware cheats (and the aim assist too)

 

[Rbk_3]

And these places like WalMart and Gamestop sell these devices right next to the controllers and people I know that use them or variations of them say they wouldn't be legal to use if they these places didn't sell them

Pretty certain you cannot buy a Cronus at Walmart or Gamestop.....

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

Pretty certain you cannot buy a Cronus at Walmart or Gamestop.....

100% guarantee my local Gamestop in Indiana has the Cronus Zen hanging next to the controllers along with the Strike Pack a device that can also be purchased at WalMart

 

[Piggoro]

Marina bay map preview

I'm pretty disappointed by the visuals here. Maybe it's my rose-tinted glasses of nostalgia but MW2019 maps looked better, more realistic. Here everything is weirdly plasticky, shadow LOD pops up, etc.

 

[Rbk_3]

100% guarantee my local Gamestop in Indiana has the Cronus Zen hanging next to the controllers along with the Strike Pack a device that can also be purchased at WalMart

Ok I am wrong, apparently you can buy this everywhere now.

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

Ok I am wrong, apparently you can buy this everywhere now.

What makes me hate these devices even more is the fact I have had more than one talk about them while gaming with Mike Ybarra while he was still with Xbox and he said Xbox could 100% see that people were using these devices and cheating but Xbox management would never take a stand against them and wanted to leave them up to each game developers to decide what they wanted to do against them on a per game basis

Pretty frustrating Xbox knows (I would assume Sony does as well) that people were cheating in MP games but wouldn't do anything about it

I have shared that here a few times along with watching my nephews using the Strike Pack and using the paid mods on their PS4 along with their other cheating friends

Things like using single shot DMRs in full auto mode with no recoil or full auto shotguns with no recoil