Developers share insights from Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare beta

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
October 29, 2016
Updated June 20, 2025
1 min

Activision’s Infinity Ward studio posted the insights that it learned from the Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare beta and how it is changing the game as a result.

The beta ran for the last two weekends, with players from all over the world participating. Infinite Warfare is the newest entry in the Call of Duty series that has generated more than $15 billion over the last 13 years. But this title is very different, as it represents Call of Duty’s first foray into space and sci-fi weaponry.

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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.