COD players claim Activision is \u201cscared\u201d after announcing free access at same time as XDefiant beta Ubisoft & ActivisonCall of Duty players called out Activision for announcing a Modern Warfare 2 free access weekend right in the middle of XDefiant\u2019s open beta. A group of former COD devs and players helped develop XDefiant, inevitably leading to comparisons between the two traditional multiplayer offerings. Tensions rose as XDefiant made a strong first impression during its initial closed beta, surpassing Call of Duty in Twitch viewership. FaZe Jev went one step further, claiming that XDefiant\u2019s worst map is better than any COD map in years. Despite glowing reviews, some FPS community members remained skeptical of a new game actually standing a chance against the industry giant. Those same skeptics had a change of heart when Activision announced a free MW2 trial period during XDefiant\u2019s open beta. MW2 free access trial coincidently aligns with XDefiant open beta On June 20, Activision announced MW2 multiplayer free access starting on June 22. The trial gives players access to the COD 4 map remake of Showdown and a long list of other maps and game modes. It just so happens that XDefiant\u2019s open beta runs from June 21 to June 23. Ubisoft Executive Producer Mark Rubin previously addressed comparisons between XDefiant and COD. \u201cXDefiant is a love letter to the arcade arena shooter! Is it a CoD killer? Pfft\u2026I have no idea. We\u2019re just trying to make a game that people can love for a long time.\u201d Community members weren\u2019t as passive with their thoughts on a battle between the two games. One player claimed: \u201cRight after the XDefiant beta\u2026coincidence? I think not. You can tell how scared they are.\u201d A second user responded: \u201cThis is clearly a way to get people from playing XDefiant.\u201d Other players shared their interest in jumping ship and playing XDefiant instead. \u201cSame weekend as the XDefiant beta, which feels more like COD than COD. Nice try.\u201d If you are curious about XDefiant\u2019s open beta, make sure to check out our guide on how to sign up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
COD players claim Activision is \u201cscared\u201d after announcing free access at same time as XDefiant beta Ubisoft & ActivisonCall of Duty players called out Activision for announcing a Modern Warfare 2 free access weekend right in the middle of XDefiant\u2019s open beta. A group of former COD devs and players helped develop XDefiant, inevitably leading […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24960","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24960"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24960\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}