{"id":702692,"date":"2026-07-21T03:18:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T03:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/702692\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T03:18:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T03:18:11","slug":"call-of-duty-modern-warfare-4-beta-dates-confirmed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/702692\/","title":{"rendered":"Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Beta Dates Confirmed"},"content":{"rendered":"

Activision and Infinity Ward have confirmed dates for the upcoming Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4<\/a> beta tests across PC, Nintendo, PlayStation, and Xbox devices.<\/p>\n

The team behind this year’s first-person shooter installment revealed its playtest plans with a blog post on their website<\/a>. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 players who pre-ordered on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X | S can dive in first when beta early access runs from August 21 \u2013 25, with Nintendo Switch 2 joining the mix when the open beta takes place between August 28 \u2013 September 1.<\/p>\n

It’s all set to truly kick off immediately after the Call of Duty Next presentation comes to an end August 21. A brief description for this year’s event promises “live gameplay, an in-depth briefing on the lineup of content coming to Modern Warfare 4’s Multiplayer, developer insights, and new reveals ahead of the beta.”<\/p>\n

\"null\"<\/a>Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Beta Details. Image courtesy of Activision.<\/p>\n

Exactly which weapons, Operators, maps, and modes will be featured in the beta have yet to be revealed, but Activision and Infinity Ward did give players a taste of what’s to come. Of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4’s launch content, the post promises 19 different weapons, 3v3 skirmishes, tanks, Kill Block, and more.<\/p>\n

“Get ready to drop into multiple Multiplayer maps and modes,” the post said, “choosing from a wide selection of brand-new Operators, including all the Vault Edition Operators for players who pre-order the Vault Edition, and unlocking as many as 19 different weapons before deploying into everything from small-scale 3v3 skirmishes to massive tactical battles featuring tanks and more. Test your mettle across new and returning modes, from Search & Destroy to the brand-new Kill Block, plus the Training Mobility Course.”<\/p>\n

The post added that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 beta players will be able to build loadouts with the new Gunny system<\/a>. More information on the upcoming tests will be revealed “soon.”<\/p>\n

Elsewhere in the post is confirmation for what the Vault Edition unlocks during the beta, with pre-order purchasers able to use Operators Price, Valeria, Ghost, and Blix, for example. Meanwhile, Switch 2 users can now officially look forward to locking in their pre-order starting August 26 as Call of Duty returns to Nintendo platforms for the first time in years.<\/p>\n

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 launches for PC, Switch 2, PS5, and Xbox Series X | S October 23, 2026. For more, you can check out IGN’s first look at the new tactical SUV designed by Aston Martin and developed by Infinity Ward<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Michael Cripe is a freelance writer with IGN. He’s best known for his work at sites like The Pitch, The Escapist, and OnlySP. Be sure to give him a follow on Bluesky (@mikecripe.bsky.social) and Twitter (@MikeCripe).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Activision and Infinity Ward have confirmed dates for the upcoming Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 beta tests…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":702693,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[59,86,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-702692","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-gb","tag-technology","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/702692","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=702692"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/702692\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/702693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=702692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=702692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=702692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}