Call of Duty: Black Ops III’s Beta Drops Next Month on PS4

<p>Call of Duty&&num;8217&semi;s <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;call-of-duty-paints-us-a-picture-of-black-ops-iiis-gunplay&sol;">back in black<&sol;a> this year and it&&num;8217&semi;s suiting up first on Playstation 4&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;e3-2015-call-of-duty-black-ops-iii-showcased-at-playstation-conference&sol;">Call of Duty&colon; Black Ops III<&sol;a><&sol;em> developer Treyarch&&num;8217&semi;s officially announced that the game&&num;8217&semi;s multiplayer beta will hit this August for PS4 players&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Sony and Activision announced this past E3 that PlayStation systems will be getting first shot at any and all DLC and multiplayer betas for the franchise&&num;8217&semi;s foreseeable future – including<em> Black Ops III<&sol;em>&period; This stands in contrast to Microsoft&&num;8217&semi;s generational long deal with Activision&comma; in which the same happened for Xbox 360 and Xbox One&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote class&equals;"twitter-tweet" data-width&equals;"500" data-dnt&equals;"true">&NewLine;<p lang&equals;"en" dir&equals;"ltr">We&&num;39&semi;re excited to announce that the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;hashtag&sol;BlackOps3&quest;src&equals;hash&amp&semi;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">&num;BlackOps3<&sol;a> Multiplayer Beta will begin on 8&sol;19 starting on PS4&period; More information coming soon&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&mdash&semi; Treyarch Studios &lpar;&commat;Treyarch&rpar; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;Treyarch&sol;status&sol;618841670335901696&quest;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">July 8&comma; 2015<&sol;a><&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;platform&period;twitter&period;com&sol;widgets&period;js" charset&equals;"utf-8"><&sol;script><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>There&&num;8217&semi;s no indication as to when the Beta may hit other systems according to the tweet above&comma; but at least it hasn&&num;8217&semi;t ruled it out&period; Prior to this new deal&comma; the time difference between Playstation and Xbox&&num;8217&semi;s betas was roughly a month&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>Call of Duty&colon; Black Ops III <&sol;em>launches <strong>Nov&period; 6th<&sol;strong> for PlayStation 4&comma; PC&comma; Xbox One&comma; and despite speculation to the contrary&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;call-of-duty-black-ops-iiis-coming-to-last-gen-after-all&sol;">Playstation 3 and Xbox 360<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Via<&sol;strong> <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;Treyarch">&commat;Treyarch<&sol;a> on Twitter<&sol;p>&NewLine;