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Weekend one of the Modern Warfare 4 beta ends at 6pm BST on Tuesday 25 August: level 20 is the ceiling and only cosmetic rewards carry over. Weekend two opens on Friday 28 August, free for everyone, including Switch 2.
Modern Warfare 4's Early Access beta runs 21-25 August for pre-orders on PS5, Xbox and PC. The open beta is 28 August to 1 September, including Switch 2, with no pre-order required.
Microsoft is actively pushing Game Pass subscribers toward a $70 purchase for Modern Warfare 4, which won't join the service until Holiday 2027.
Campaign early access quietly disappeared from Call of Duty after Modern Warfare 3's single-player scored a 4/10. Now MW4 is betting it can revive the perk.
Campaign early access is back for Call of Duty after a two-year gap. Digital pre-orders unlock MW4's story mode on October 16, a full week before launch.
Campaign early access returns for the first time since Modern Warfare 3, which scored a 4/10 from IGN. Activision is clearly betting MW4's Korea-set story can erase that memory.
Infinity Ward's co-studio heads break down Modern Warfare 4's movement philosophy, showing off mantling into slides, car parkour, and chained transitions that feel like a direct response to MW2's restrictive controls.
Infinity Ward co-studio head Mark Grigsby has directly acknowledged that Modern Warfare 2's movement stripped away player freedom, and says MW4 is designed to correct course.
Infinity Ward's community team has gone amusingly specific in promising no goofy crossover skins in Modern Warfare 4. What they haven't addressed is the AI-generated art that's been quietly plaguing the series for years.