CHARTS: Modern Warfare 3 beta helps COD return to No.2 on Steam

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Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 players are once stoking the flames of the classic ‘how much movement is too much’ following the end of Modern Warfare 3 beta testing.

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The former NPD Group (now named “Circana”) has released its full North American sales data for September, and it was a good month for the industry. Players spent $4.5 billion on games, additional content, and hardware in June, a 10 percent year-on-year increase. The PS5 continued its strong streak, being #1 in terms of both unit and dollar sales, and the Xbox Series X/S managed to come in at #2, driven by the game at the top of the software charts.

The second beta weekend for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (2023) has begun, and several large changes have been rolled out as part of a new update to add even more content and make a few tweaks to the game’s balance and appearance.

Call of Duty fans are waiting for that next major release to come out this November. We’re inching our way closer to the launch date for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III. However, you might be keen on at least trying this game out. Fortunately, there are beta weekends, which we just saw our first already come out. However, we’re now getting the second weekend for beta access, with the developers highlighting some changes made to the game. After all, these beta tests are a great way to check out the game while providing the development teams some insight into areas that require some slight tweaking before it’s ready for an official release. 

Activision has detailed the changes introduced for Modern Warfare 3’s second beta weekend.

Call of Duty is a known quantity in many ways at this point. The era, specific weapons, and flavor-of-the-year gimmicks might change, but as we round out two decades of annual iterations, it’s not hard to guess what the next one will bring. So it’s no surprise that after playing in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3’s multiplayer open beta on PlayStation 5 for a good chunk of the weekend, the feeling I came away with was largely, “oh yeah, this is just more Call of Duty.” That doesn’t mean I didn’t have fun, and I still have a whole lot more left to see in the final version, but so far it feels modern in name alone.

Welcome to the Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® III Beta!