Today Activision confirmed a release date for the beta of their new Call of Duty social service, Elite. To date 1-million people have signed up for the Elite beta, which will launch alongside Modern Warfare 3 – an all-inclusive version of MW3 that includes Elite premium, along with all future MW3 downloadable content will also be available – on November 8th.

The date for the beta, though, is not so far away: July 14, 2011. You can sign yourself up for access to the Elite beta here. Any questions about the upcoming free service with subscription-based elements? A detailed FAQ can be found here.

When players buy Modern Warfare 3, they’ll have the option to buy an all-inclusive version that includes Elite premium, along with all MW3 downloadable content.

Activision also announced today that you’ll be able to learn more about Elite – and Modern Warfare 3 – at E3, 2011, which kicks off today. Keep an eye on iModernWarfare3 for all the latest Elite and Modern Warfare 3 news



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Activision will be hosting a Free Weekend for Call of Duty®: Black Ops! Pre-load the game now and be ready to play when the free weekend starts on Thursday, June 2nd at 10am Pacific Time.

Click here to start pre-loading, or visit www.steamgames.com/about to install Steam.

The Free Weekend of Call of Duty®: Black Ops will let you play the entire multiplayer portion of the base game.

Call of Duty : Black Ops - Multiplayer&Coop[MY] groups welcoming you to play private match this saturday at 8.00pm..there is some details at event notice board for ur info.

Play some Call of Duty: Black Ops multiplayer this weekend you’ll level up twice as fast. The first Call of Duty: Black Ops bonanza weekend starts this Friday, which means you take home twice as much experience for every kill.

A note on Twitter from Treyarch Community Manager Josh Olin confirmed that this weekend will be a big one for Call of Duty: Black Ops players, saying “The first ever #CODBlackOps Double-XP Weekend will be Feb. 4th – 6th on all platforms.”

The weekend celebrates the release of the First Strike map pack. There’s still no news as to whether or not the DLC will be coming to PC, but we can still reap the benefits of the free weekend.

In other Black Ops news, Treyarch recently promised an incoming fix for the theatre mode problems that many players have experienced after the latest patch. A UK consumer group have reported Activision to the Office of Fair Trading for releasing Call of Duty: Black Ops in a buggy state.

Tired of shooting men in the face in the same old Call of Duty: Black Ops maps? Then rejoice. For you shall soon be able to partake in said make believe face-shooting on new maps, when the game’s first DLC is released on February 1st. t'll be released first on Xbox 360. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 map packs released under the same arrangement took around a month to make it PC and PlayStation 3.

The five maps are:

Multiplayer

- Berlin Wall: set around the Checkpoint Charlie crossing in divided Berlin.
- Discovery: German research base in Antarctica, abandoned since World War 2.
- Kowloon: on the rainy rooftops of Kowloon City in China, drawing inspiration from the single-player.
- Stadium: a hockey rink in the North-Eastern USA.

Zombie
- Ascension: still classified information, apparently.

priced at 1,200 Microsoft Points ($15).