Activision’s partnership with Sony will continue this year the PlayStation 4 players getting their hands on the Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War beta at least five days before it goes live on any platform. However, according the PlayStation blog only those who pre-order the digital edition of the game will be getting in the beta.
In addition, digital pre-orders receive early access to the open beta, first on PS4.
Beta’s for games are usually included in pre-orders for physical editions as well, order the game from a retailer like Amazon and they will send you a code but that does not seem to be the case for Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War. At present it seems the only way you will get in to the Cold War beta is buying purchasing the digital edition of the game, the FAQ posted by Activision has no mention of a beta if you are buying the game on disc.
Another familiar product, the ‘Day One Edition’, is also missing from the line up which means you only get pre-order goodies by going digital.
Physical pre-orders are not entitled to any bonus content (Early Access Open Beta, Woods Operator Pack, and Confrontation Weapons Pack) that comes with digital pre-orders.
It seems Activision are doing everything they can to make consumers buy the digital editions, PlayStation 4 owners who buy the game on disc will be able to purchase an next gen upgrade, Xbox One owners will not.
PlayStation 4 version will have an option to upgrade to PlayStation 5 through the PlayStation Store. Please note: The PlayStation 4 disc must be inserted into the PlayStation 5 to access the
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PlayStation 4 version will have an option to upgrade to PlayStation 5 through the PlayStation Store. Please note: The PlayStation 4 disc must be inserted into the PlayStation 5 to access the digitally upgraded PS5 version of the game.
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Xbox One version cannot be upgraded to Xbox Series X.
You can read more about Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War here.
Starman
Oh fuck off Activision.