Black Ops 3 Xbox One & PC Closed Beta Now Live, Open Beta Starts August 28

Check your emails. Check your Xbox One download lists. Check your Steam Library. Download tokens for the Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 Multiplayer Beta are now being sent to anyone who pre-ordered the game. Of course, if you pre-ordered digitally, no download token is required.

Similar to the PlayStation 4 Beta, the Xbox One and PC Beta will follow a schedule that periodically raises the level cap and unlocks new Specialists characters. For example, during the first few days of the PlayStation 4 Beta, players were capped at Level 28, but were later able to rank up to Level 49 by the second last day. Additional game modes and one new multiplayer map will also be added at later dates.

Also like the PlayStation 4 Beta, the Xbox One Beta will open up to all Xbox Live Gold members by August 28 at 4:00PM Pacific Time, according to Major Nelson. We assume this will be the case for users on Steam as well, meaning you’ll be able to access the Beta whether you pre-ordered the game or not. Interestingly enough, Steam users who own Call of Duty: Black Ops 2, Call of Duty: Ghosts, or Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare will also be rewarded open access to the Black Ops 3 Beta, so have a look at that Steam Library.

Speaking of Steam, anyone playing the Black Ops 3 Beta on PC will want to refer to these notes from Activision, stating that “final optimizations and final Advanced Graphics features are not included in the PC Beta; however, you can expect that these will be in the final game.” Graphics features, optimizations, and optimized drivers from hardware partners will come at a later date, says Activision.

“Also, Paintshop is not included in the PC Beta, but it will definitely be in the final game in November. The PC team works on a separate schedule from the console crew with its own distinct development schedule. While it’s not in the Beta, you can plan for the full version to be in the final game.”

Unless Activision and Treyarch decide to extend the Beta by a day, it’s scheduled to end this Monday, August 30 at 10:00PM Pacific Time.

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IF you can get your code to work.
spartanelite

Its not even working right now :l
Johhny

Over 50% of the Xbox Codes are not working.
Mine does not work but i have a friend whos code worked.
Guest

You have to redeem the code in brazilian on the xbox live site, worked for me at least
mechcell

If you own one of the latest 3 CoD games for the PC (on steam), you also got access to this closed beta… fyi
TurchPick6

Hey look…a $60 AW map pack called Black Ops 3. The hopping and jumping needs to go away. Thanks for the free beta. I’ll keep the $60.
- Patrick Matthew Barahona
  
  It’s not even that big of a problem compared to AW. I would know because I absolutely hated AW with all my guts, but I love BO3.
- Pahom
  
  Two completely different games with completely different game mechanics. Your comparison is irrelevant.
- spartanelite
  
  That jumping hardly dose anything, Your comparison is trash
- Deciver95
  
  It’s not a map pack tho
Enochrewt

I’ve only played about an hour so far, and it’s miles better than the last 4 CoDs, but still doesn’t quite hook me. It feels more like aggression and shenanigans win games rather than good aim, decision making and fundamentals.
ccv83b

i’m so glad that sometime ago i switched from pc gaming to console. i still have i5 3570k 4,5oc and rather slow but better than console gtx670 and… bo3 on pc is unplayable for me… the fps for FHD resolution is about 35-45. i know that it’s still in beta but….man that feeling on ps4 when you simply start and it’s silky smooth….
- lukazo
  
  there is your problem. trying to play FHD resolution on a gtx 670………..
- DanDustEmOff
  
  I have a 780 and I am finding it terrible as well even though I am getting 75fps minimum. Even though I am hitting high frames the game constantly turns into a slide show. The networking is far worse than AW and Ghosts on the PC even though I am connecting to dedicated servers. As for the graphics, this game is a step backwards, again Ghosts and AW are both much better looking games.
  - Kevin1Smid
    
    I have a 780 aswell and i get 115fps with everything maxed out?! I have everything on high and anti aliasing on filmic 2x.
    - DanDustEmOff
      
      Yeah I am getting about the same maxed out, but with drops down to 75fps at times. Are you experiencing similar issues with the networking and stuttering?
      - Kevin1Smid
        
        im not having any network issues, just a hitchup every 5/6 games i play where i freeze 10seconds (i have optic fiber internet so that might help)
        
        DanDustEmOff
        
        I do too, I played for a bit yesterday and it seemed much better. I think they might have just been experiencing server issues over the first couple of days.

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