Call of Duty: World at War beta now open to all on XBL
by Randy Nelson 
{ Nov 4th 2008 at 5:06PM }
We're downloading it at this very moment to see if it's identical to the updated beta release rolled out on Oct. 20. It weighs in at just under 890MB, so, if you've got the space, download it and cast a "NO" vote on Nazis ... with a flame thrower.
[Thanks, Austin]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
noooooo @ Nov 4th 2008 5:13PM
now i gotta play with more 10 year olds???
Haggard @ Nov 4th 2008 6:39PM
So that's 3.5 million potential customers they're not working for. They don't have to pick one over the other, you know.
Haggard @ Nov 4th 2008 6:40PM
uh.. I totally didn't click reply to this one.
Obie @ Nov 4th 2008 5:14PM
YOINKS!
DiL @ Nov 4th 2008 5:15PM
damn it, no PS3... POOOORRRRQQQQUUUUEEEEEE?!
jinn35 @ Nov 4th 2008 5:21PM
Porque Activision es muy loco.
sk8monroe81 @ Nov 4th 2008 6:14PM
maybe because activision sold TWICE as many copies of cod4 on the 360 than the ps3. 6.5 million on 360 and 3.5 million on ps3. and they know they will sell more copies of cod5 on the 360 also.
duh...
Emophia @ Nov 5th 2008 2:38AM
3.5 million of one game is no small number.
Keroro @ Nov 4th 2008 5:18PM
YES! I got thanked by joystiq. I'm Surprised no one caught that before I did.
Your welcome Joystiq.
jinn35 @ Nov 4th 2008 5:21PM
Porque Activision es muy loco.
Obie @ Nov 4th 2008 6:20PM
El systema de reply is MAS loco!
jinn35 @ Nov 4th 2008 5:22PM
ignore this
Rhamsey @ Nov 4th 2008 5:23PM
crap, just turned off my 360, guess i have to walk back upstairs..
Bloo @ Nov 4th 2008 5:25PM
Tough to find time to waste with a beta when there are so many solid full releases out and on the way soon...
Syn @ Nov 4th 2008 5:29PM
Call of Duty: World at War is just like McCain. More of the same.
Mrblonde @ Nov 4th 2008 6:18PM
Haha I like what you did there, but I enjoy playing World At War more then the previous games.
lotrfish @ Nov 4th 2008 7:40PM
And that sameness happens to be great, in both cases.
run n gun 26 @ Nov 4th 2008 10:38PM
It's TOO much of the same! Honestly, none of the challenges in multiplayer have even been changed. The menus, the upgrades, the look, its all the same as COD 4. It took Treyarch 2 years to make this? Seriously?
BananaBoat @ Nov 4th 2008 11:20PM
I turned off the election results after Ohio. I'm probably the only person smart enough to add California/Oregon/Washington to the total before being told to do so by CNN. The race was over before 9 eastern, the networks just didn't want to admit it since they knew you'd stop watching if they did. Poor Wolf Blitzer was probably having a fit trying to keep himself from screaming "BARACK WINNNNNNNNNNSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!" at 9:00 PM Eastern.
Orionsaint @ Nov 4th 2008 5:30PM
But I have a legal version of the NXE. Do I get it too? I probably do as It updates everyday like the XBL.
Mrblonde @ Nov 4th 2008 6:19PM
Grrr i envy you
Jeremy @ Nov 4th 2008 5:36PM
Nice, we break this story a while ago over at Aeropause, send it in to your tips mailbox, and dont even get linked. Real nice.
Titanium_Orchid @ Nov 4th 2008 6:56PM
news flash:
people other than you send in tips
Jeremy @ Nov 4th 2008 7:38PM
I realize that... its just we wrote the story this morning, quite a bit of time before this one went up.
Its hard to be a part of a blog that isnt called Joystiq or Kotaku. We get a decent amount of traffic, but when we do manage to get a story before they can we want as much attention to it as possible. I shouldn't be mad because its possible they just didn't see my email.
Sora @ Nov 4th 2008 5:40PM
Argh...I'm trying to download this, but it says my console doesn't have permission to download content with that rating, even though it does...
Jeremy @ Nov 4th 2008 5:43PM
I would probably say you need to turn off the parental controls. I would bet this BETA did not receive an independent rating from the ESRB, and therefore would be treated like an "RP" or "Rating Pending" game on the software side, which is actually a higher content rating than that of "M". So, if you are allowed to play "M" and below, you will be unable to play this content.
Sora @ Nov 4th 2008 5:45PM
It says its rated "M", my console's set to allow all ratings, and it's let me download "M" rated stuff like Halo 3 DLC just fine, so I don't know what's wrong...=\
Jeremy @ Nov 4th 2008 7:35PM
It is possible that you are what Xbox calls a "Child Account". This restricts your Xbox Live activity beyond the built-in console controls. This happens when you identify yourself as being younger than a certain age (I think it may be 17 or 18) when signing up for Xbox Live. I had this problem because when Xbox Live launched on the original Xbox, I beleive I was 16, so I had to use my mom's credit card to sign up (back then Live required a credit card). Well, I still have the same account but my account was forever marred with "child account" even up until I was 21 and had moved the account over to Xbox 360. I called Xbox support and they said there was no fix, but one was in the works. Sometime earlier this year I got an email telling me that I could "upgrade" my account to a full-privileged account (now 22 years old lol) and told me to go to my account settings, which finally fixed the problem for me. Perhaps look into this?
Haggard @ Nov 5th 2008 2:46AM
The moral of the story - always lie about your age!
Jakka @ Nov 4th 2008 5:55PM
Fuck. I download the leaked version of NXE and this gets announced four days later. Karma is a bitch!
MowDownJoe @ Nov 4th 2008 7:26PM
*in Nelson's nasally voice*
HA-HA!
Sackolantern PSN ID: johnnynumber5 @ Nov 4th 2008 6:08PM
I've been in the beta for a few weeks and I think the MP portion of the game sucks. I just can't stand how in COD if you get shot two or three times your dead. If people loved to play Modern Warfare online then they will probably like this one as well. It's essentially the same frame rate and engine with a different set of weapons and subject matter. I was pretty disappointed in the game. I would rather just play Gears, Resistance 2 & Far Cry 2. Heck, I'd rather play Mirrors Edge or the new Tomb Raider instead of this one. I will wait for the next iteration from Infinity Ward - which will be something new and fresh like Modern Warfare was.
sk8monroe81 @ Nov 4th 2008 6:18PM
johnny what do u have against a realistic shooter game?
you are supposed to die if you get shot a few times or 1 time in the head.
thats part of the fun of it. "no running and gunning"
what part of call of duty 4 or 5 and world war 2 did you not understand??
u understand that world war 2 was a real war and that call of duty is trying to recreate that in game form.??
yeah your right though cod6 might be crazy. sci fi shooter could be great from infinity ward. but it will probably still be realistic.
Mrblonde @ Nov 4th 2008 6:20PM
Yeah that's how Battlefield is too.
Jakka @ Nov 4th 2008 7:19PM
Yes, but thanks to the so called "realism" the entire outcome of the fight relies on who saw the other guy first.
That's why I prefer HP-based shooters as you last much longer which resuts in much more interesting 1-on-1's and longer/better skirmishes.Being able to eat a bit a damage on games like TF2 or Halo 3 gives you another tactical angle and brings a completely new dimension to the game.Hell, even the much more "fragile" system on Q/UT is still balanced and fun.
Besides, if I was to rant about CoD4, one-shot-one-kill would be one of the less important flaws anyway...
sk8monroe81 @ Nov 4th 2008 7:28PM
or any and ALL realistic shooter games.
only somebody that sucks at shooters would ever complain about being killed after a few shots.
why would somebody want to turn a realistic shooter into a sci fi shooter? just keep playing those games... lol.
hows socom btw? if you dont die after a few shots the game is lame...
sk8monroe81 @ Nov 4th 2008 7:30PM
jakka- it defeats the running and gunning mentality.
somebody can have 25 kills out of 50 on halo 3 and not do good on cod4...
its hard to compare a realistic and sci fi shooters.
why even compare the 2?
just take both for what they are and play the ones you like more...
geez gamers will complain about anything these days...
Sackolantern PSN ID: johnnynumber5 @ Nov 5th 2008 1:13AM
Sk8
I didn't say a shot in the head. Different strokes for different folks I suppose. I would prefer to play Gears 2 online than any COD game. The COD MW single player campaign was epic but I'm just not a fan of the multiplayer. Not much more to it than that.
DBoyFlex @ Nov 4th 2008 6:23PM
How is this compared to CoD 4? I liked it but not CoD 3.
RobLink (Alex Kidd incarnate) @ Nov 4th 2008 6:42PM
Literally exactly the same, but with older weapons, and dogs. And that's a good thing - I enjoyed it a lot.
run n gun 26 @ Nov 4th 2008 10:41PM
It's Treyarch Call of Duty 4. It has vehicles and older weapons, and thats all thats changed. None of the menus, anything.
Russ Hall @ Nov 5th 2008 10:04AM
People were complaining last night that it's too similar to COD4. I tend to think that the familiarity made it easier to pick up and play. Try it out and see what you think, but I bet you'll like it. Some of the things they did differently are improvements and I can't really see a glaring shortcoming yet, as far as the environments, weapons, general gameplay.
Mrblonde @ Nov 4th 2008 6:23PM
Gahh why did they have to do this? Its called a beta for a reason.
Nadril @ Nov 4th 2008 6:55PM
I've played the Open Beta on PC and I really dislike this. It's a lot like CoD 4, but it just feels so god damn generic.
PeteL @ Nov 4th 2008 7:01PM
Very much like COD4, except not as good. I'm passing on this one for now. Instead I'll be busy playing Gears of War 2 and Banjo Nuts and Bolts.
Brucie B @ Nov 4th 2008 8:30PM
WOW....
I'm VERY Surprised how good this game is.. I could of sworn it was going to Suck, like cod3. (Sorry fans)
Not to Shabby!
David @ Nov 4th 2008 11:11PM
First off allot of people here seem to dislike COD3, I personally loved it. I've been playing COD since 2 and that was my favorite. Since then, I believe, the COD series has been getting worse and although this was almost the same game as COD 4 I think it was a very small improvement on that.
@Sora, my account had this problem to. When i called Microsoft they told me there was no way to fix it but that i could make a new silver account with an adults email on it that would allow me to download everything, all things i have downloaded with it have been accessible by all the accounts. The only negative is switching accounts when i cant download something
Oh and why is every one freaking out that Sackolantern/Johnnynumber5 and Jakka dislike realistic shooters.I am Inferring if thats not true just say so, don't freak out.
Po Panda @ Nov 5th 2008 1:10AM
I'm downloading it now. Can't wait to check it out! I can't believe I'm saying this about a Treyarch game!
Po Panda @ Nov 5th 2008 1:14AM
I hope that they will turn to a new direction in the series. I like all of them (minus CoD3) so far, I would just like them to do something different next time.
Darth Pedo @ Nov 5th 2008 1:20AM
Game's free, I'm playin' it!