Modern Warfare 4 Beta Doesn’t Need Call of Duty HQ Hub

The Modern Warfare 4 Beta is the first public chance for gamers to try out MW4 and its associated content, but one of the more inconvenient aspects of recent CoD games has been addressed, at least in the MW4 beta.

I remember the time before inconvenient Call of Duty UIs and all games being lumbered into the Call of Duty app. Activision‘s HQ for newer CoD games has been a staple of the unintuitiveness of the latest sequels, but the Modern Warfare 4 beta is not doing it this time around.

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‘The Beta is a Separate Install From The Main Call of Duty Experience’

Insider Gaming was sent special notes on the MW4 beta and its configuration, including a detailed section on the install for the MW4 beta, and how it’s changing compared to recent years:

“MW4: Changes to the Install and Launch Experience for Beta

QUICK INTEL: For Modern Warfare 4, we’re changing how you install and launch the Beta. The Beta is a separate install from the main Call of Duty experience, allowing you to download and launch it directly from your platform.

This year, for Modern Warfare 4, we’re delivering the Beta outside of the main Call of Duty install.

With this change, players can now access and launch the MW4 Beta directly without needing to cross-launch through the main Call of Duty experience.

Since the Modern Warfare 4 Beta is a separate install, it won’t download automatically as part of a regular Call of Duty update. You’ll need to find the Beta on your platform and initiate the download separately.

Preloading the game begins August 20, so be sure to download ahead of time and be ready when the Beta opens. Exact times are listed later in this blog.

Launcher: What Happens at the Modern Warfare 4 Launch?

When Modern Warfare 4 launches later this year, the full game will remain part of the connected Call of Duty experience, alongside Call of Duty®: Warzone™. Keeping the latest premium title and Call of Duty: Warzone™ connected allows the games to share content where possible, helping reduce overall file sizes. It also means that when Call of Duty: Warzone™ is updated with Season 1, you can easily switch between titles in the same session.

We’re continuing to look for ways to make the overall Call of Duty experience simpler and easier to navigate. Before Campaign Early Access begins, we’ll introduce an updated UI and UX for the Call of Duty install, including the work-in-progress look shown below.”

Tl;DR, here’s the main line you need to know: ‘Players can now access and launch the MW4 Beta directly without needing to cross-launch through the main Call of Duty experience.’

No Call of Duty app, no CoD HQ, none of those extra hoops you normally need to jump through.

Simply download the MW4 beta, install it, and when you want to play, launch the beta directly from the MW4 beta application.

Fingers crossed this carries over into the full game and all future Call of Duty releases!

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