Call of Duty: Elite beta invitations have been sent. Did you get the Call of Duty?
The headline may have irked the reader somewhat, but at Bettor.com we will do what we can to get the reader’s attention. Now that we have it we would like to ask you, the reader, if you have been invited to one of the most exclusive opening parties in recent
history, as the Call of Duty: Elite beta is set open and invites have been sent to a select number of people.
While the beta may not be the Academy Awards or the President of the United States’ birthday party or even the reader’s next door neighbour’s party, in terms of exclusivity, for Call of Duty fans it is even bigger.
Following the example set by Guerrilla Games’ Killzone.com and to some extent, Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit's Autolog, Activision have set up their own statistics tracking service, with both free and paid subscriptions.
However, what sets Call of Duty: Elite apart is that it combines elements of social networking as well and was likened to the Facebook for Call of Duty fans.
Call of Duty: Elite is set to launch simultaneously with Activision’s latest instalment in the Call of Duty series, Modern Warfare 3 on the 8th of November later this year. However, that did not stop Activision from launching the beta to, for
the time being, a limited number of selected users.
Players and fans of the series should keep a regular check on their email accounts to see if they have received an email from Activision with the beta key inside as the selection was rumoured to be at random.
When asked how the beta would expand the representative from Activision explained that it would be done in waves and would depend on how the system would cope, “It's hard to give specific numbers for these questions, since both of these depend on the system
itself.”
He also explained that the beta would undergo numerous changes during the period as Activision looked to iron out all the kinks and issues.
The developer went on to explain, “Remember, this is a live beta with an evolving system - it's like entering the Indy 500 while the car is still being built. As long as the system can remain stable, more people will be invited as frequently as possible
- as many and as often as the system can accommodate.”
So if the reader has not received an email to the Elite beta yet, he or she need not be disheartened as the beta seems to be following the example of another recently launched social networking site, Google+.
Besides it would probably be best not to get one’s hopes up, seeing how over two million people applied and Activision is looking to keep the number of participants, initially, very small.
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