Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare zal een beta krijgen en Activision heeft vandaag de eerste details bekendgemaakt. De beta zal starten op vrijdag 14 oktober om 19.00 uur ’s avonds en duurt tot maandag 17 oktober 19.00 uur. Het weekend erop zal er nog een beta plaatsvinden met dezelfde start- en eindtijd.
Nu de beta dichterbij komt, heeft Activision de details bekendgemaakt over wat er allemaal in de beta aanwezig is. Het is een vrij grote beta, want de beschikbare content is niet mis. Hierdoor krijg je de mogelijkheid om de multiplayer eens goed uit te proberen.
Combat Rigs
Er zijn in totaal zes Combat Rigs, in de beta krijg je de beschikking over drie van deze soldaten.
Warfighter
- Payloads:
- Claw Powerful spread-shot weapon. Fires bullets that can ricochet around corners.
- Combat Focus Allows you to get double points for a limited time, getting you to that scorestreak even faster.
- Overdrive Gives you a speed boost.
- Traits
- Ping Kills and assists send a ping that highlights nearby enemies.
- Persistence Scorestreak counts don’t reset after death, but cost more.
- Resupply Lethals and tacticals can be resupplied by scavenging supplies from downed foes.
MERC
- Payloads:
- Steel Dragon Heavy beam weapon that can target multiple enemies.
- Bull Charge Armored riot shield that destroys enemies as you charge.
- Reactive Armor Electromagnetically charged armor that shields you from enemy fire.
- Traits
- Infusion When triggered, regenerates health quickly after taking damage.
- Man-At-Arms Heavy weapons won’t slow you down, and you start with maximum ammo.
- Shock Wave Slam yourself into the ground and enemies with this devastating jump.
SYNAPTIC
- Payloads:
- Equalizer Dual under-arm machine guns with built-in suppressors for close quarters combat.
- Rewind Rewinds your position and replenishes health and ammo.
- Reaper Switches you into four-legged, rapid melee combat mode.
- Traits
- Combat Burst After each kill, gain a boost of movement speed.
- Propulsion Jump pack that recharges quickly and allows you to damage enemies underneath you with the blast from the jump pack.
- Rushdown Allows you to dash in any horizontal direction.
De aangegeven payloads en traits, die zul je niet direct kunnen gebruiken. Door progressie te boeken in de game of in dit geval de beta, krijg je steeds meer opties.
Mission Teams
Mission Teams bring a metagame to Multiplayer in Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare. By completing missions while enlisted in a team, you will earn a team rank. Complete those missions with honors, and you will earn extra experience towards your rank.
Each team has a unique commander who will deliver missions to you, and comment on your success or failure. Ranking up will give you rewards from that team, including calling cards, camos, emblems, unique Rig cosmetics, as well as specific prototype weapons that are only available from that team.
In the Beta, players will get to experience two of the four Mission Teams, and will be able to enlist in the JTF Wolverines when they start the game. Their motto is “First in the Fight,” and this team and their commander favor aggressive combat. Also available as players progress will be the Orion Initiative, who go by the creed “Vigilance to Victory,” and bring their organized strategy to objective based missions.
Maps
Er zijn in totaal drie maps aanwezig in de beta, dit zijn Frontier, Frost en Throwback. Hieronder per map een korte toelichting.
- Frontier – Frontier is a small section of a giant space station that is in orbit around the planet Neptune. The action is funneled down a long, central corridor with side paths offering an element of strategy and a constricted lower lane for players craving chaos.
- Frost – A research facility set atop the icy surface of Jupiter’s moon Europa. Ample opportunities for vertical combat and rapid encounters around sleek modular elements highlight this frozen battleground.
- Throwback – This throwback 1950’s ‘Main Street USA’ locale sits on a giant, rotating, torus-shaped space station. A large circular lane rings the perimeter, while a large center square with multiple avenues of approach and two opposing windows offers a wide range of engagement opportunities.
Als laatste hebben we nog de verschillende modi, in de beta kan je Team Deathmatch, Domination, Kill Confirmed en Defender spelen. De eerste drie zijn bekende modi, Defender is nieuw. Je team moet hierin een drone te pakken zien te krijgen en deze verdedigen. Door het verdedigen verdien je punten en zodra je het benodigde puntenaantal bereikt hebt, win je de ronde. Het andere team moet dit natuurlijk zien te voorkomen door de drone zelf te bemachtigen en verdedigen.
Om toegang tot de beta te krijgen dien je een pre-order te plaatsen voor Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare. Mocht je dat doen en gelijk afrekenen, dan krijg je direct toegang tot de singleplayer campagne van Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, mits je de Legacy of Digital Deluxe Edition reserveert.