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According to CVG, someone from Activision gave them a bit of inside info that there will not be a multiplayer beta for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. Why, I hear you ask? Your guess is as good as mine. Perhaps they feel they don't need the extra testing. The fact is that with or without a beta, MW2 is going to sell like hotcakes made out of solid gold.

Director of Communications for Infinity Ward, Robert Bowling had this to say via his blog:

Nothing has technically changed by this news. As I’ve told you many times in the past, expect no Public Beta unless we announce otherwise. That is still the case. We would never say something as definitive as “No Beta Ever!” as that’s simply not how we work. We’ll do an internal beta, if we feel a public one is needed, we’ll explore that route as well.

However, while no Public Beta is currently announced we do plan on running an extensive Closed Beta among Infinity Ward, Activision, and possibly 1st party partners worldwide. The internal beta will allow us all the benefits of a public beta test without the impact it takes on the time required to prep, distribute, & manage a public beta during this crucial time in development.

So, at this point in time, unless you're part of the in-crowed over at Infinity Ward, it's unlikely that you'll get a chance to try out the multiplayer before release.