Call of Duty Online beta round coming in June, development taken over by Raven
At Tencent’s annual press event earlier today, the company finally announced some news about Call of Duty Online, which has been languishing in closed beta for nearly a year now. That news? More closed beta ahead. The game will offer the next round of closed beta testing “around June” of this year, according to the announcement.
But this summer’s beta will feature “surprising” new content and a better-optimized version of the game. That includes a “new” story mission (pictured above), but Tencent’s description of it makes it clear that this is pretty much exactly the same as the ship infiltration mission that kicks off Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. The updated game also features a revamped zombie mode, now apparently with robot zombies, and a “backpack” system that allows players to bring their favorite weapons into every game mode.
In other news, development of the game is now being headed by the US-based Raven Software. The company does have some background in the Call of Duty series, having been responsible for DLC and the UI in MW3 and Black Ops, as well as the multiplayer in Ghosts.
(See: Call of Duty Ghosts review: a huge disappointment)
It’s not clear exactly why the development lead in the joint Tencent/Activision project has shifted, but if Raven can get the game out faster, I’m all for it.
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