September 1, 2026
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Beta Extended by 12 Hours
Just as players prepared to pack up their digital gear, Activision granted a brief reprieve to help lock in those final beta rewards.
The short version
Activision has extended the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 open beta by 12 hours, pushing the end date to September 2, 2026, at 10:00 p.m. PT. The extension includes double XP to help players unlock pre-launch rewards.
By Chuy, Senior Staff Writer
Sep 1, 2026 · Reviewed by the Nexzy newsroom
TL;DR — what matters
• The open beta is extended by 12 hours to close on September 2, 2026.
• Double XP is active during the entire extension period.
Beta Window Extension — Extended by 12 hours, now closing Sept 2, 2026, at 10:00 p.m. PT.
Double XP Active — Enabled to assist with grinding final beta rewards.
What it means for the meta
Players get an extra half-day and double XP to lock in beta rewards before the servers shut down.
The fight for pre-launch unlocks is getting a brief overtime. Activision has extended the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 open beta by a full 12 hours, pushing the closing time into September 2, 2026. The original closing time was September 1, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. PT (1:00 p.m. ET). For anyone staring down a half-finished reward track, the publisher is also turning on double XP to make the final sprint a little lighter.
Activision announced the scheduling shift, which moves the beta's final whistle from its original September 1 end date to September 2, 2026, at 10:00 p.m. PT (September 3 at 1:00 a.m. ET).
A beta extension has become something of a modern gaming ritual—the digital equivalent of a teacher granting a grace period on a group project because half the class is still frantically typing. The extra half-day serves a dual purpose: keeping servers populated for critical matchmaking tests while giving players a final, double-speed window to secure cosmetics that carry over to the full release.
The details
- New closing time: September 2, 2026, at 10:00 p.m. PT (September 3 at 1:00 a.m. ET)
- Original closing time: September 1, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. PT (1:00 p.m. ET)
- Active bonus: Double XP enabled for the duration of the extension
For Activision, the extra hours mean more telemetry data on network loads before the servers are packed for real at launch. For players, it is one last evening of double-time grinding to ensure their profiles are properly decorated before the progress bars reset.
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