When Treyarch and Activision showed off just how different their upcoming Black Ops 4 would be for the Call of Duty franchise, many were curious to see even more about the steampunk Titanic zombies, battle royale, and the series' return to boots on ground philosophy. There's a lot of "new" coming to the long-standing installment from Treyarch, so it's understandable that the beta release date would be on our minds. Luckily, we might just have found out when the beta will be taking place!

Thanks to an oopsie from GameStop's German website, it looks like the Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 beta will be taking place in August, with an open beta in the works for Battle.net members. What makes that news awesome is that the Battle.net access means that PC players won't have to do anything special in order to try out the game early - makes things a bit easier!

According to the site Charlie INTEL, beta codes will be sent out prior to the testing period, making it very likely (and not unusual) that pre-ordering the game would be a prerequisite to getting to play before the launch date:

“Anticipated launch of Private Beta is in August. The BETA access codes will be sent shortly before the beta starts. Minimum duration of the beta: 3 days. Internet connection required. Also in August the Open Beta for the PC version takes place! For the PC version, no codes are sent because no code is needed for playing.”

Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 drops on October 12th for Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC!

Posted: May 31, 2018 10:39 am
Related Forum: Call of Duty Forum

Source: http://comicbook.com/gaming/2018/05/30/call-of-duty-black-ops-4-beta-date-leaked/