Xbox is making an attempt one thing new with the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 beta, as the corporate has introduced this month’s pre-release checks will embrace a single-player marketing campaign mission for the primary time.
Activision’s best-selling first-person shooter franchise isn’t any stranger to beta checks. The collection has lengthy relied on related testing strategies to get early suggestions (and push pre-orders) forward of launch, however whereas each installment up to now has centered on multiplayer choices, this yr’s Name of Responsibility: Fashionable Warfare 4 beta is altering issues up with early entry to a single-player marketing campaign mission known as “Entrenched.”
Xbox CEO introduced the transfer herself with an X/Twitter put up, confirming that, along with a number of multiplayer modes and maps – together with a brand new Zodiac Warzone Resurgence map – Entrenched will probably be out there beginning subsequent week. She took issues one step additional by publishing a gameplay teaser for the Name of Responsibility: Fashionable Warfare 4 story mission, which you’ll be able to see beneath.
New unique single participant marketing campaign mission for COD MW4 Beta drops subsequent week. Weekend 2 brings Zodiac, a brand new warzone resurgence map. Let’s go pic.twitter.com/rYif62bFw4
— ASHA (@asha_shar) August 14, 2026
The place this sudden change in pre-release technique is coming from stays to be seen. For many who like to stay to multiplayer, although, the beta will nonetheless have lots to supply.
The Name of Responsibility: Fashionable Warfare 4 early entry beta, which follows Name of Responsibility Subsequent, will run from August 21 – 25. Its multiplayer maps embrace Rooftops, Silkworm, Transit 213, Cachette, Lotus, and Kill Block, with quite a lot of modes supported, too. This primary weekend of play will probably be out there for pre-order purchasers who locked of their copy on PC, PlayStation 5, or Xbox Collection X | S.
The open beta will then observe from August 28 – September 1. Whereas the Entrenched single-player mission will probably be out there throughout each durations, the maps and modes will change between the 2. The Lotus map, for instance, will probably be dropped in favor of the Lithium map in the course of the open beta weekend.
The open beta weekend will even characteristic the debut of that new Zodiac Warzone Resurgence map. Nintendo Swap 2 customers will even be capable to check out Name of Responsibility: Fashionable Warfare 4 in the course of the open beta as effectively. You possibly can see the total breakdown, in addition to a primary screenshot from the brand new Warzone map, beneath.
CONFIRMED. Playable within the Fashionable Warfare 4 Beta:
✅ Unique Marketing campaign Mission
✅ New Name of Responsibility: Warzone Resurgence Map: Zodiac (Weekend 2) pic.twitter.com/WOXNGoUMw5— Name of Responsibility (@CallofDuty) August 14, 2026
Name of Responsibility: Fashionable Warfare 4 launches for PC, PS5, and Xbox Collection X | S October 23, 2026. You possibly can learn extra in regards to the beta check here. You may as well see how Xbox is reminding Game Pass subscribers about how to play day one.
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