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Call of Duty: World at War Multiplayer Beta Launches
by Chris Faylor, Oct 13, 2008 4:19pm PDTPublisher Activision has announced that select Xbox 360 owners can now access the multiplayer beta for Treyarch's Call of Duty: World at War, with the PC beta said to be coming "soon."
Those that pre-order the first person shooter from retailer GameStop will receive a key to download the beta, which will run for "a few weeks." Codes are also available by registering at CallofDuty.com.
The beta packs four playable factions--U.S. Marines, German Wehrmacht, Japanese Imperial Army, Russian Red Army factions--along with four game types--Team Death Match, Free-For-All, Capture the Flag, War--and the following maps:
- Castle: The Imperial Japanese Army faces off against the Marine Raiders in a daytime battle, located on the grounds of an ancient, Japanese castle.
- Makin: The U.S. Marine Raiders square off against the Imperial Japanese Army in a nighttime fight, set in an outpost on the Makin Atoll in the Pacific.
- Roundhouse: The Wehrmact will fight the Red Army to the bitter end in a daytime struggle that features tank and infantry combat, set in a desolate, war-torn European train depot.
A PlayStation 3 beta will not be released, as the game's official site claims that "the Xbox 360 and PC environments will provide the feedback that we need to make any back-end technical modifications to the co-op and multiplayer features, which means an optimized experience for everyone, independent of the console they own."
The full version of Treyarch's Call of Duty: World at War hits PC, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Wii on November 11. The n-Space-developed Nintendo DS edition arrives the same day.
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it literally is COD4 in a WWII setting. Movement, controls, everything is identical. So if you played cod4, the game will be very easy to pick up.
most of the perks from cod4 have returned... sadly, this includes juggernaut. The tweak to the last stand perk is interesting... it's called second chance now, you go into last stand as usual but if someone else on your team has second chance, you can heal them and bring them back. It's cool if you actually have... you know, other players on your team you can trust... i cant see much of a use in a public game. Hell not even that many people even use last stand in COD4 anymore.
also, there is a 4th perk that deals with JUST vehicles. Very cool. So far looks like you can only have 'greased bearings' and another one that that wont heat up the machine gun turret quickly. Take the greased bearings so your main tank gun turns faster.
speaking of the tanks. I like what they did with them. They move MUCH MUCH slower compared to call of duty 3. But there is a locked perk called "leadfoot' or something which will make the tanks drive faster. Tanks are more tactical now instead of an all out sprint like COD3 tanks were. Also, they take a fucking beating. Shoot them from the side or behind for more damage.
I havent used that many guns yet.... all i know is that the Thompson kicks ass, i dont have the 100 round drum for it.. but i did pick up one from the ground and it's absolutely deadly with more ammo. The springfield w/ sniper scope is really damn good as well. As for the rifles, i skipped straight ahead to the german semi auto rifle... aka the gun that EVERYONE is bitching about over at callofduty.com's forums. People bitch because you can fire the gun really fast and everyone thinks that you have a modded controller because of it. No dumb kiddies.. you can really twitch fire this gun fast, just like the g3 in COD4. In fact, that's a damn good comparison with this gun. It's like the g3, but it's not as easy to kill at long range. I havent tried any other guns yet, ill have to give the machine guns and the trenchgun a go later on.
as for the 3 maps, i like them. I dont think they suck. Roundhouse is pretty badass.
and the dogs... damn, they are kinda funny.
the new grenades kick ass... tear gas!! and there's a gas mask perk as well to counter it. Molitov cocktails are hilarious as well.
as for the challenges, they seem to be a straight rip from COD4... so nothing really new with them.
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also I'm holding a screwdriver to the neck of my "_____" wife/dog/cat/loved one/child/etc
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