

When I play Deathmatch it always seems to devolve into a nightmarish murder carousel, but more scripted modes offer a sense of focus that keeps me from being lost. It doesn't sound too dissimilar from other more narrative multiplayer we've seen in other games, most notably Star Wars Battlefront's Walker Assault, which I'm a huge fan of. War is a new multi-stage, narrative-driven multiplayer mode that has players completing a series of objectives while the other team tries to stop them.

More interesting, however, will be the chance to test out the new "War" mode, developed in collaboration with Raven Software. Players in the private beta will have access to the usual suite of Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch and Hardpoint across three maps: Pointe du Hoc, Ardennes, and Gibraltar.
