Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare and Call of Duty: World at War both had public multiplayer betas to allow players to scope out their online gameplay. The same courtesy will not be extended for Modern Warfare 2, unfortunately.

Activision told CVG at GamesCom that MW2 will not have an MP beta. No reason was offered for the decision. Damn shame, considering how fun the multiplayer looks.

Still, now that Modern Warfare 2 is officially a Call of Duty game again, I doubt the lack of a beta will hurt their sales any. MW2 will be released for the Xbox 360, PS3, and PC on November 10th.