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Activision has revealed how the Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War Open Beta will work, following the game's multiplayer reveal.
According to an Activision blog post, the open beta will take place across two "weekends," October 8-12 and October 15-19, and each beta will begin at 10 AM on Thursday morning (precise global timings are yet to be revealed.)
Weekend 1 starts with the PS4 early access beta, which will run from October 8-9. The PS4 open beta will follow, starting on October 10 and ending on October 12.
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Weekend 2 of the beta includes crossplay and kicks off with the Xbox and PC early access beta, and another PS4 open beta, both of which will run from October 15-16. To round things off we have an "Open All Platforms" beta which everyone can access, which starts on October 17 and ends on October 19.
The rest of the blog posts details a series of "Deniable Operations" maps, taking players around the world, from Angola to Uzbekistan, Moscow and Miami. We caught a glimpse of a VIP Escort match that takes place on the Miami map recently after the Multiplayer Alpha was leaked on Twitch. You can read more about what to expect from the Open Beta here, based on what we found in the footage.
Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War launches on November 13 for PC, PS4, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S.
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