Activision Confirms There Will Be NO MW2 MP Beta.

[JoMaMaz]

It appears Activision is once again assuming everyone will just bow down to the glory of their future franchise hit, MW2. There will be NO MP beta for CoD:MW2, and here is what Activision told CVG at Gamescom:

"Activision has told CVG at Gamescom that there'll be be no multiplayer beta for Modern Warfare 2. You may remember that the first MW game had a huge open beta test that you could say was a massive success in bringing people round to Call Of Duty's multiplayer options. But it looks like there's no need to do that this time round. The sequel will be big enough, thanks."

Another goof for MW2, or a smart move? On one hand, their once again assuming they do not need to serve their audience because they are now at a higher status. Or, maybe gamers would play an mp beta and realize that not a whole lot is different gameplay wise compared to CoD4? On the other hand, it can be seen that they probably don't need to try and bring in as many gamers for this game. However, think of all the bugs that are usually found in betas. I guess those can just be fixed after the game is released...

All of these points keep adding up to a game that is being sold on a lot of hype. If not, forgive me IW as they do not make all of the decisions, but Activision seriously needs to bend over, take a whiff, and realize that yes, there is a smell there even for them.

Thanks to garandx from our forums for the find!

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They must need a forklift each for their egos and balls to ride on. Jesus, I thought I couldn't despise them any more than I already do and they have to teabag their potential customers?
I really hope they just go out of business at this point.

[SFR-Tipp]

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Well there better be a demo at the least...

[Kylee!]

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Hmmm, I was just wondering about this. This answers my question...

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Well there better be a demo at the least...

Highly doubtful. There's no demo for World at War, there was just a short and putrid beta. They fully intend to sell this game based entirely on hype and the fact that sheep will flock to it because it's the cool new thing.

[Stev0esque]

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well personally I never have gotten beta's for anything other than battlefield heroes but maybe they are playing off the fact that either

• They already have the engine completed and stable
• they are worried they might almost kill the game like with waw's beta (afaih)

It could be a good thing, but i can See how it can also be a bad thing. Infinity ward have been good with demo's haven't they? I remember a thread when COD4 was at its peak where everyone was posting the old demo's of COD1 and 2 for nostalgia and COD4 had a demo as well. Lets just hope that they will do the same with this one.

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[*]They already have the engine completed and stable

Yeah...
So there are absolutely no problems at all with CoD4? None? No glitches, no problems with weapons like certain ones giving you Extreme Conditioning just from having the weapon, not selecting the perk? Or giving a certain weapon silenced range/damage stats when you're using a red dot? Nothing like that?

[Stev0esque]

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Yeah...
So there are absolutely no problems at all with CoD4? None? No glitches, no problems with weapons like certain ones giving you Extreme Conditioning just from having the weapon, not selecting the perk? Or giving a certain weapon silenced range/damage stats when you're using a red dot? Nothing like that?

Didn't say perfect, just passable. There will always be issues. Frankly I don't call a game buggy unless it crashes if you so much as move the mouse these days. Hey as long as its not "big rigs:over the road racing" level I'm perfectly happy.

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Eww. You just drop your standards until anything and everything becomes acceptable?

[Stev0esque]

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Not really. Its just I have to ignore some things to enjoy it. Sometimes you have to overlook some issues to get enjoyment out of it, and hey, thats what games are for, enjoyment (not bugs) I have had to deal with the stalker series. Really good story, Awesome gameplay, small company, bad beta testing. Hope the next one doesn't have that many problems.

Also, I'm not a whinger, if something truely bugs me and there is something I can do about it then I would say something. But in the case of games, what can a 15 y/o do to convince the dev to do something other than through a poll, right?

[Shellshock_1918]

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Looks like Activision is forgetting proverbs:

"Pride goeth before a fall."

I hope MW2 ends up being a complete and dismal failure. At this point I'd love to see it crash and burn and wind up in the sh*t house.

[CptainCrunch]

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I can understand the frustrations being posted, but CoD4 didnt have a public beta either. Yes, there were problems with the game, but as I have said many times, show me a game that came out the door perfect.

As long as there is a demo, Im fine with there not being a public beta. If there is no demo and no beta, then I will be sitting back and waiting.

Crunch

[Torchwood]

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As long as the main game is awesome, I dont really care if there isnt a BETA or even a DEMO.

You guys dont need to cry over it. I'm sure they have their reasons and dont deliberately do it to annoy anyone.

Why would you wanna play an unfinished game anyways? Just spoils it.

[CptainCrunch]

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As long as the main game is awesome, I dont really care if there isnt a BETA or even a DEMO.

You guys dont need to cry over it. I'm sure they have their reasons and dont deliberately do it to annoy anyone.

Why would you wanna play an unfinished game anyways? Just spoils it.

Thats why I always chose a game by its demo. Ask anyone that owns FFOW if they would have bought it if there was a demo. That game looked awesome and after all the patches and fixes, I hear it was. By then though everyone left it.

I speak for myself on the demo. Anyone else can do what they want, but if there is no demo or public beta, I smell something fishy and will wait.

Crunch

[garandx]

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402 has posted the reason as to why no MP beta.

"I wanted to clarify the supposed “news” coming out of GameCom this morning regarding no MW2 Beta.

First, nothing has technically changed by this news. As I’ve told you many times in the past, expect no Public Beta unless we announce otherwise. That is still the case. We would never say something as definitive as “No Beta Ever!” as that’s simply not how we work. We’ll do an internal beta, if we feel a public one is needed, we’ll explore that route as well.

It is true that we have not announced a Public Beta for MW2, and that remains true unless I announce otherwise.

However, while no Public Beta is currently announced we do plan on running an extensive Closed Beta among Infinity Ward, Activision, and possibly 1st party partners worldwide. The internal beta will allow us all the benefits of a public beta test without the impact it takes on the time required to prep, distribute, & manage a public beta during this crucial time in development.

Remember, Multiplayer has been in development since Day 1 of working on Modern Warfare 2, and this is the essential run up to launch when we’re playing everyday, hammering away on it to make sure it’s as polished as can be by launch. As always, our internal QA team has daily multiplayer tests in addition to company-wide nightly MP tests we hold from the moment MP is in a running state throughout development.

Once the internal beta is completed, if for any reason we feel we didn’t receive the feedback, address the issues, or have the result we expect. We would consider pushing forward with a public one, however at this point only an internal Closed Beta is planned.

That said, any fears that no Public Beta will result in any quality loss in the final multiplayer game is completely unfounded; Multiplayer has always been and will always remain a major focus for the team at Infinity Ward and we would never ship a product we didn’t feel lived up to the high standards we hold ourselves to.

While we love public betas for all the obvious reasons, an internal Closed Beta allows us the extra freedom and flexibility to give the entire multiplayer a chance to be widely beta tested without requiring excess development time simply to prep the game for public release instead of an internal beta test which is ran on dev kits / test kits. That fact alone, allows us to have a smoother and faster process of iteration when addressing issues and pushing fixes out to beta participants.

This decision allows us to deliver a more polished experience, which in the end, is what we all want."


Eat the Hype kids, EAT IT!