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

Well, it’s finally happened. After days of speculation over when exactly Infinity Ward will be making an announcement on the Call of Duty 4 beta, they do so today, only to have a repeat of the E3 Microsoft presser on their hands - 10 minutes after the information goes up, the Call of Duty 4 website gives up the ghost under the heavy influx of trigger happy Xbox 360 gamers.

Being the awesome guys that we are, we save you the trip to their website and having to wait an eternity for the page to load at a spellblindingly fast speed of 389 bps. Here, then, are all released details of the beta, straight from the horse’s mouth. For those not patient enough to go through the whole thing below, here’s the gist of how you get your ass into the beta. Hit the jump for a whole lotta details.

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UPDATE: If you are here looking for more information on the Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Multiplayer Beta on the Xbox 360, visit this page for the latest information, including information on signing up for the beta and other related details. 

Speaking to the masses at the Microsoft E3 Conference held some time back, Project Lead Jason West from Infinity Ward and Microsoft’s Peter Moore have confirmed over an extended demo that Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare will have an “exclusive multiplayer beta” for the Xbox 360 later this year.

The official website of the game, http://www.charlieoscardelta.com which was temporarily swamped as the news broke, is now open, but has scant information on the upcoming beta. And here I was thinking we’ll be able to pre-sign-up or something like that. Can’t wait for the beta to open up, as long it is not tied into the purchase of another game, a la Halo 3 and Crackdown. We will have more information as it becomes available. Until then, keep watching the HD trailer over and over again!

A public beta forum is up here for registered members of the site, along with a bunch of previously released videos. Hit the jump for the official word straight from the horse’s mouth.

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