Call of Duty 4 beta entries 'exclusive' to GAME in UK

by Justin McElroy { Sep 5th 2007 at 9:25AM }

North American gamers may remember the Call of Duty 4 beta invite fiasco last week, a clusterbleep that had a happy ending, with everyone who registered getting into the multiplayer sample. Gamers in the UK will apparently have to jump through a few more hoops though, with retailer GAME doling out entries to those who pre-order the title.

We don't know if there are other ways to get beta entry in the UK, the retailer just refers to themselves as the "exclusive retail partner in the UK and Ireland." We've emailed Activision for clarification, we'll let you know what we hear back. If you're worried about getting in though, you may want to act fast: According to the GAME email, the UK enters the fray on Sept. 7.

[Thanks CVD]

Tags: activision, beta, callofduty4, cod4, infinityward

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Lewis @ Sep 5th 2007 9:44AM

Beta = Hot Sex.

WiNG @ Sep 5th 2007 10:09AM

Faceless MegaCorps +1
Average Consumer -1

modified @ Sep 5th 2007 10:40AM

There were lots of people from the UK playing yesterday around noon.

Snukadaman @ Sep 5th 2007 2:10PM

lol yaa theres allready people from the uk,germany, france playing...so whats the big deal?

Lewis @ Sep 5th 2007 10:48AM

Everytime I play now, it's with brits...I dunno how

Derrick @ Sep 5th 2007 11:03AM

A lot of the Brits and other non-US people I've played with (French and German so far) have been pretty vocal about how they've managed to get into the beta. On the one hand I don't really care but on the other it really pisses me off.

adium @ Sep 5th 2007 11:07AM

i went to the website, signed up, recieved beta code. that was on monday, and i live in wet wet scotland

richard hawkins @ Sep 5th 2007 12:07PM

same with me. being playing ever since. set to be a great game

ScreamingSkull @ Sep 5th 2007 11:50AM

I got my code on monday too, but I only just downloaded the beta this morning. And now I have to wait until work's done.

mark donovan @ Sep 5th 2007 12:35PM

link to website for beta code plz

mark donovan @ Sep 5th 2007 12:48PM

never mind - got it, now going through annoying sign-up process

mike @ Sep 5th 2007 2:11PM

Errrrr Nope http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=82776 here aswell

Arturo @ Sep 5th 2007 3:29PM

beta is sweeeeet.

BananaBoat @ Sep 5th 2007 5:22PM

The invite process was truly a cluster...beep, but sadly it doesn't stop there. Every day for the past week, we've been getting a show stopping error (Downloading Game Settings) that they supposedly fixed days ago. I'd love to play me some beta goodness, but with the bug, it's too much of a hassle.