Reports indicate that the beta will run from October 6th to 10th for PS4 and PS5 and October 12th to 16th for Xbox and PC.
Recent confusion has been cleared up, with Activision confirming that the upcoming first person shooter will indeed be fully cross-gen.
The first person shooter's Xbox Store listing only mentions Xbox Series X/S as its target platform, indicating that it might not be coming to Xbox One.
The Steam page lists Infinity Ward, Sledgehammer Games, Beenox, Raven Software, High Moon Studios, Demonware and Treyarch.
Activision has stated that equipment for which the skins are being carried forward between the two games has to exist in the new game.
Activision has released a new trailer for the recently-announced shooter. Though primarily live action, it also showcases brief snippets of in-game footage.
Launch platforms haven't been announced, but Captains Price and MacTavish return, with the former teasing a major new threat.
After joking about key art, the official Call of Duty Twitter said, "We’ll share our artistic abilities and even more next week."
The publisher revealed that it still has the source codes for the games as a response to reports indicating that the games couldn't come to modern platforms because of the lack of source codes.
The appeal against the authority's denial of the deal was set for July 28th but was delayed by two months for further negotiation.
Season 5 of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and Warzone 2 hopes to celebrate 50 years of hip hop by bringing two influential stars from the genre to the game.
A recent update made to Sledgehammer's Twitter profile seems to align with the leaked logo for this year's Call of Duty.
The allegedly leaked promotional image of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 features Captain Price next to cans of Monster Energy.
"I think it's good news that the transaction can go through because it really shows the power of IPs, and where the industry is going," Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot says.
The action RPG also sold more units at launch than any other Blizzard Entertainment game to date.
"We're optimistic about getting this done, and excited about bringing more games to more players everywhere," says Xbox boss Phil Spencer.
The UK's Competition Appeal Tribunal was originally set to begin proceedings around Microsoft's appeal later this month.
Reports have previously claimed that the game, which is being developed primarily by Sledgehammer, was originally supposed to be paid DLC for Modern Warfare 2.
In recently submitted court documents, Microsoft stated that Nintendo has "a contractual right to obtain Activision content post-merger, including Call of Duty."
Other Activision franchises like Overwatch, Diablo, Crash Bandicoot, and more aren't guaranteed to release for PlayStation in the future.