Call of Duty Online

Activision and Tencent have debuted the first trailer for Call of Duty Online, a new game set to launch in Asia. The free-to-play title hasn’t been confirmed for North America just yet.

The game, which has been in production for approximately two years, is the product of a strategic partnership between Call of Duty publisher and Chinese investment company Tencent. The firm has been granted the "exclusive license" to operate Call of Duty Online in mainland China.

This is the first time we've seen footage of the free-to-play micro-transaction game, which was confirmed as being in development by Eric Hirshberg - Activision's publishing boss - in a financial call back in February 2011.

“We are very excited about our relationship with Tencent and the opportunities for gaming in China,” said Bobby Kotick, CEO of Activision Blizzard. “We think China is one of the most exciting places in the world for us to grow our business and to develop innovative new games.

“Tencent is an ideal partner for Activision to bring Call of Duty Online to China. Tencent has a terrific track record of customer-focused innovation and deep market knowledge that will be invaluable to Activision as we build great games for China. We have worked closely with Tencent to create a game with broad appeal for the Chinese market. We look forward to laying the foundation for a long-standing relationship with Tencent and to launching a new and unique experience for fans.”

Call of Duty online will feature familiar modes from the popular franchise, as well as adding some new modes of its own specifically for Chinese market.

COD Online is a free-to-play game for the Chinese market that borrows familiar modes from the Call of Duty series, while adding a fresh mode all of its own.

At this points it's unclear as to whether this game will ever seen a Western release.

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This story originally stated that the Chinese Call of Duty went into "beta." Activision actually considers the game to be in an alpha-testing phase. The difference is that the game is not being monetized by it (users can't pay for stuff in the game). The game is not available for just anyone in the public to play yet, according to the company. Activision wouldn't consider the game "launched" as we originally said in the headline. So, yes, people are play-testing it, but the full, real, now-you-can-play-it-and-pay-money-in-it status hasn't kicked in yet. We'll let you know when the game reaches that stage and when it's officially out in China. Apologies for any confusion.