Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 – Beta Explained | All Maps, Dates, And How to Access the Beta

Today’s Xbox showcase debuted new footage and releases for games headed to Game Pass and Series X|S devices, including Ark, Like A Dragon, Alan Wake 2, and more.

Amnesia: The Bunker is one of the most terrifying survival horror games out there. As if to poke fun at what scared players earlier this year, developer Frictional Games has now added to the horror.

Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3’s release is fast approaching, and soon, players will be able to dive into the newest entry to the storied shooter franchise and all its new features, story, and content. If they can afford it because, well, games are pretty expensive nowadays.

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The Old School RuneScape community has successfully helped one player navigate a somewhat relatable, somewhat worrying family feud over an item allegedly stolen in the MMO, all thanks to tactful advice like "ruin his life." 

The gaming industry was once famously ridiculed as “just a passing fad” by Michael Moon, an official representative of the board game maker Milton Bradley in 1977. However, that history is proof that is far from the case, with the videogame industry now worth a staggering $200 billion in 2022. Video games have become the ultimate form of entertainment not just for kids, but for adults too, enabling them to fulfill all their fantasies in the virtual world which would be impossible otherwise. Be it Spider-Man and save New York City against the Sinister Six? No problem. Want to be part of the Italian Mob and take on rival gangs in 1930s Chicago? Of course. Video games allow you to be just about anything imaginable. It is due to this that the virtual world of gaming has been highly successful so far, with video games raking in millions of dollars. However, some of them stand above the rest.

In the span of just four films (along with a few graphic novels and an underrated Netflix cartoon about King Kong), the “Monsterverse” has evolved quite a bit. What began as a pseudo-Spielbergian attempt at finally making a competent American Godzilla film quickly morphed into a more studio-driven extended universe. As such, the 2014 Godzilla stands in stark contrast against all that came after it; its atmospheric restraint was quickly replaced by a “dumping all the action figures out of the toy box” approach in later sequels.

The Golden Joysticks Awards, previously known as the People's Gaming Awards, is one of the most prestigious awards ceremonies in the world of gaming.

Action tends to fall between two extremes, tactical and arcade.  In tactical action you bide your time waiting for the right moment to make your move, assessing the enemy’s movements for an opening and then exploiting it for all it’s worth, while in arcade games you do the same thing but really fast.  Go Mecha Ball falls squarely into the latter camp of game design, with a kitty-mech stomping through battle arenas and shooting down all the rogue glitch-bots in its path.  Which is a fairly pedestrian thing for a kitty-mech to do, so it also rolls up into a ball to smash, bounce, crash, and beat on any bot that’s unlucky enough to get in the way.

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When Call of Duty: Modern Warfare comes up, many players’ minds immediately jump to 00’s memories of lobbying up with close friends. For Modern Warfare III, developers Sledgehammer, Treyarch, Infinity Ward, and Raven Software come together to deliver an updated FPS experience with all the illustrious nostalgic magic we remember, but with enough innovative features to make it feel new.

The third install of Call of Duty’s Modern Warfare reboot, Modern Warfare 3, will have a series of open beta tests before the game officially launches on November 10, 2023. These will occur throughout the month of October, giving you several opportunities to check out the game before preordering it yourself to check out the many changes.