Activision has released a teaser trailer for the upcoming Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 first beta weekend, and it looks pretty great. The trailer shows off some of the content in the beta, and that includes, for the first time in the franchise’s history, a slice of the game’s single-player campaign.
The first beta runs April 21-25, and it’s available for those who preorder the game on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC. The beta allows players to try the campaign mission, Entrenched, along with the modular map Kill Block (among others).
Kill Block, the most ambitious Call of Duty multiplayer map ever, mashes up several fan-favorite Call of Duty maps in a unique way that should keep players on their toes. Modern Warfare 4’s Kill Block is set at the fictional West Bridge Advanced Military Training Facility, where modular battlegrounds reconfigure before every match, creating hundreds of potential map combinations.
MW4 is coming to Nintendo Switch 2, but the first beta weekend won’t be available on that platform because preorders don’t begin until August 26 on Nintendo’s console, for reasons Activision has not disclosed.
The MW4 beta will open to everyone August 28-31, with no preorder requirement. This second period includes the same single-player campaign mission, along with different multiplayer maps, access to the big Ground War mode, and a first opportunity to try Warzone’s new Resurgence Zodiac map.
MW4 launches on October 23, which is about a month before GTA 6 arrives on November 19. The game is coming to PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC, and Switch 2. It’s the first Call of Duty game on a Nintendo platform since 2013’s Call of Duty: Ghosts. It’s also the first Call of Duty game since Ghosts to skip PS4 and Xbox One.
MW4 is also notable because, unlike Black Ops 7 and Black Ops 6 before it, the game will not launch directly into Xbox Game Pass as part of Microsoft’s shifting multiplatform release strategy.