OK, looks like a lot of crap has gone down in the last 24 hours since we posted that the countdown timer for the Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare beta will be going up this week. After details surfaced at the CoD4 website about registrations being “sorta” open for the beta at 5 PM, the Internet just exploded and the website, predictably, went down 60 seconds later. After putting up a maintenance page up and redirecting people to Activision.com, the traffic, unsurprisingly, blew up Activision web servers as well, and every news site that picked this up also obligingly went down with the whole crazy internet descending upon them like starving zombies.

With the official announcement going out that the beta registrations at the COD.com website would be delayed a bit longer, thanks to “logistical issues”, Microsoft certifications, the token handling systems, etc., IW’s very own fourzerotwo, (who you’ve seen in all the beta videos released so far) ran the first wave lotto of the beta invitations on his blog.

The idea, of course, was pretty simple. Simply fill out an email with all the required details, including the answers to the trivia questions and then send them back, hoping and praying that you get a token. The first batch of tokens have now started going out to people, and don’t worry, if you don’t get in now, there’s going to be a bunch of other ways to get in, including the big tickets at the official website later.

The beta is going to roll out in waves. Rather than just putting a million people in the beta and hope nothing goes wrong, we will ramp up the playercount over time.

As fourzerotwo mentioned, right now some friends/family are testing. The press will be joining in the next couple days — including those of you who make it into the first wave.

No worries if you aren’t in the very first wave (most won’t be), we should have a new wave of players every day or so as we ramp up.

And, oh, the answers to the CoD4 beta trivia questions that were asked in the first wave?
What is the current level cap for the beta: Currently it is at 11, but if you entered 20, it’s OK, considering that was the level cap that was previously announced.
What button do you press to activate your streak rewards (radar, airstrike, etc): Right on the d-pad
What button do you press to use your weapon attachments or explosives (m203, c4, etc): Left on the d-pad

Keep checking back here to get more news on the beta as and when it breaks. Toodle-oo!

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• the ANGRY pixel » Call of Duty 4 Beta Details Says:
  August 22nd, 2007 at 1:28 pm

  [...] UPDATE: Call of Duty 4 Beta - First Wave Lotto Launched  [...]

• SCOTTLE513 Says:
  August 27th, 2007 at 1:06 pm

  The following is from a COD4:forum thru gamespot.com :::
  it’s opposite of what’s above so which is correct???
  Left - RPG / C4 / Grenade Launcher
  Right - UAV / Airstrike / Heli
  Up - Nightvision
  Down - Nothing
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  Xbox Live Gamertag: HaloMaster24
  “I don’t care if it’s God’s anti son of a ***** machine or a giant hula hoop” - Sarge

  Source: http://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/action/callofduty4modernwarfare/show_msgs.php?topic_id=m-1-37777882&pid=939212

  Please send me e-mail to: wronguy@gmail.com with response?

• Krishnan Rajagopal Says:
  August 27th, 2007 at 6:05 pm

  Yup, you’re right. Mea culpa. I’ve corrected them now, considering I got thrown off track by the fact that they asked about the special abilities before the weapon extras.