Infinty Ward: "expect no public beta"

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Infinity Ward has responded to yesterday's news that Modern Warfare 2 won't be receiving a public beta, telling fans not to expect a test "unless we announce otherwise".

"Nothing has technically changed by this news," community man Robert Bowling said on his blog. "As I've told you many times in the past, expect no Public Beta unless we announce otherwise. That is still the case.

"We would never say something as definitive as 'No Beta Ever!'," he added, "as that's simply not how we work." Yesterday a rep for the game told CVG there would be no public beta.

"However, while no Public Beta is currently announced we do plan on running an extensive Closed Beta among Infinity Ward, Activision, and possibly 1st party partners worldwide," he added. "The internal beta will allow us all the benefits of a public beta test without the impact it takes on the time required to prep, distribute, & manage a public beta during this crucial time in development.

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"Once the internal beta is completed, if for any reason we feel we didn't receive the feedback, address the issues, or have the result we expect. We would consider pushing forward with a public one, however at this point only an internal Closed Beta is planned.

"That said, any fears that no Public Beta will result in any quality loss in the final multiplayer game is completely unfounded; Multiplayer has always been and will always remain a major focus for the team at Infinity Ward and we would never ship a product we didn't feel lived up to the high standards we hold ourselves to."

The IW man said that an internal closed beta allows the developer "extra freedom and flexibility to give the entire multiplayer a chance to be widely beta tested without requiring excess development time simply to prep the game for public release.

"This decision allows us to deliver a more polished experience, which in the end, is what we all want," Bowling said.

CVG Staff