Xbox Confirms Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Beta Will Feature Single-Player Campaign Mission for the First Time

Xbox is trying thing caller with the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 beta, arsenic the institution has announced this month's pre-release tests volition see a single-player run ngo for the archetypal time.

Activision's best-selling first-person shooter franchise is nary alien to beta tests. The bid has agelong relied connected akin investigating methods to get aboriginal feedback (and propulsion pre-orders) up of launch, but portion each installment frankincense acold has focused connected multiplayer offerings, this year's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 beta is changing things up with aboriginal entree to a single-player run ngo called "Entrenched."

Xbox CEO announced the determination herself with an X/Twitter post, confirming that, successful summation to a big of multiplayer modes and maps – including a caller Zodiac Warzone Resurgence representation – Entrenched volition beryllium disposable starting adjacent week. She took things 1 measurement further by publishing a gameplay teaser for the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 communicative mission, which you tin spot below.

New exclusive azygous subordinate run ngo for COD MW4 Beta drops adjacent week. Weekend 2 brings Zodiac, a caller warzone resurgence map. Let's spell pic.twitter.com/rYif62bFw4

Where this abrupt alteration successful pre-release strategy is coming from remains to beryllium seen. For those who similar to instrumentality to multiplayer, though, the beta volition inactive person plentifulness to offer.

The Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 aboriginal entree beta, which follows Call of Duty Next, volition tally from August 21 – 25. Its multiplayer maps see Rooftops, Silkworm, Transit 213, Cachette, Lotus, and Kill Block, with a assortment of modes supported, too. This archetypal play of play volition beryllium disposable for pre-order purchasers who locked successful their transcript connected PC, PlayStation 5, oregon Xbox Series X | S.

The unfastened beta volition past travel from August 28 – September 1. While the Entrenched single-player ngo volition beryllium disposable crossed some periods, the maps and modes volition alteration betwixt the two. The Lotus map, for example, volition beryllium dropped successful favour of the Lithium representation during the unfastened beta weekend.

The unfastened beta play volition besides diagnostic the debut of that caller Zodiac Warzone Resurgence map. Nintendo Switch 2 users volition besides beryllium capable to effort retired Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 during the unfastened beta arsenic well. You tin spot the afloat breakdown, arsenic good arsenic a archetypal screenshot from the caller Warzone map, below.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 launches for PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X | S October 23, 2026. You tin work much astir the beta trial here. You tin besides spot however Xbox is reminding Game Pass subscribers astir however to play time one.

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