The official Call of Duty account on Twitter/X has provided insights on the matchmaking system for the upcoming Modern Warfare 4 beta which will open for all players from August 28 at 10:00 AM PT to September 1 at 10:00 AM PT while those who have pre-ordered the game will get to experience the beta a week early from August 21 at 11:00 AM PT to August 25 at 10:00 AM PT.
It seems the upcoming Modern Warfare 4 beta will be using a new system for matchmaking during the two weekends, as explained by the developers in a series of posts below:
“Two things we want to clear up:
• First, this is not a return to the tighter matchmaking of recent games. Connection remains a top priority.
• Second, every Call of Duty has had matchmaking that considers skill, including BO1 & BO2.
But matchmaking has never been one switch. Location, time of day, playlist, party composition, platform, cross-play settings and player population all affect how lobbies are built. The new system is finding a better balance across all of these for the best experience.
So what happens next? The MW4 Beta will use the new system. We’ll also have Open Matchmaking available so we can keep learning from both. We’ll keep looking at the data, listening to what players are telling us, and improving. Call of Duty is about having fun and matchmaking exists to support that. Our goal is simple: make every match a good match.”
The devs have also wrote on the issue of lobbies getting disbanded during open matchmaking:
“What about disbanding lobbies? About 50% of players leave after the first match, and by game three, almost none of the original lobby remains. Backfilling takes longer. Starting fresh gets players into a match faster and lets us better prioritize ping.”
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 is set to launch on October 23 for PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S and the Nintendo Switch 2.
