Activision officially started Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2's Multiplayer Open Beta by opening access to PlayStation pre-orderers. 2022's highly anticipated Call of Duty release is quickly approaching its late-October launch. Activision is sticking with tradition and hosting several betas for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 leading up to launch, with its Multiplayer beta starting things off. It's just a matter of navigating Activision's complex design for which Call of Duty fans have access to the beta and when.
Open beta for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 will offer an introductory look at what will be available in the full game. The hard cap for the two-week beta's progression will be Rank 30, though Rank 15 will be the cap for the first weekend. Content featured in the open beta includes multiple game modes, maps, weapons, and more, but gameplay will be focused on the core 6v6 Multiplayer experienceCall of Duty is known for.
This first Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 beta is being broken into four different phases, with each phase adding more players to the ongoing beta. The first phase of the open beta starts today, September 16, and is open to PlayStation players who have pre-ordered Modern Warfare 2. The next phase starts September 18 and ends September 20 and is open to everyone on PlayStation platforms. Reopening September 22, the beta will welcome Modern Warfare 2 pre-orderers on PC and Xbox consoles. Finally, on September 24 the beta is open to everyone until it ends on September 26.
Today's Multiplayer beta launch shouldn't be confused with early access to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2's campaign. That will have to wait until a week before Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2's launch. Those that pre-order the game digitally will be able to access the game's single-player campaign a full week early, allowing them to focus entirely on Multiplayer when full launch arrives.
Call of Duty fans anxious to try out the next game's Multiplayer experience really have no excuse not to jump into the beta, whether they do so this weekend or next. Those who only want to do so for the progression may want to wait, though. That's because progression in the Modern Warfare 2 beta will not carry over to launch. Players will be restarting their rank grind at the end of October, though general Modern Warfare 2 beta rewards for playing will carry over.
Call of Duty betas are always an exciting time. It's a brief glimpse of a Multiplayer experience that's fresh and new with players across the world rushing to try things out before any possibility of jadedness sets in. The early PlayStation exclusivity is always frustrating to deal with, but it's also something Call of Duty players are used to by now. Here's to a fun beta and a Call of Duty Multiplayer experience everyone can enjoy.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 releases October 28 on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
