Call of Duty: World at War doesn’t hit shops until November 14th, but you can try out the game’s multiplayer modes right now on Xbox Live. The beta was originally only open to those who had pre-ordered the game or had got a key from the giveaways on the official Call of Duty website and other websites. Thankfully that restriction is now lifted and anyone who downloads the 890MB file will be able to try out three levels and a bunch of modes from the multiplayer portion of WaW.

I’ve had the beta for a while now and it plays a lot like like Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, except with bolt action rifles and dogs instead of helicopters. I actually don’t know what to make of the dogs. They can be incredibly annoying but can also net you quite a few kills. The ‘War’ mode (a bit like Battlefield’s ‘Conquest’ mode, but only one point stays open while the rest stay locked. You effectively push each other back and forth across the battlefield)  is my favourite so far, and I managed to get a 35 kill streak just by jumping in a tank and protecting one of our flags.

If you haven’t already, give it a shot and tell me what you think.

(Via Joystiq)