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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III multiplayer impressions — Giving players what they want

I had a chance to play the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III multiplayer beta on the PlayStation 5 this week. A bug prevented me from getting early access, but I was able to join the general PS beta on Sunday and get some rounds in.

I enjoyed playing the rotations of 6v6 maps like Skid Row, Estate, Rust and Favela. But the ground war map crashed on me a couple of times during the play and so I stayed away from that with my limited time.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.