Just ran across this video preview from IGN’s PC editor Jason Ocampo. He highlights a few interesting tidbits you may not have heard before. Release is only a handful of months away, it’s almost time for my yearly Call of Duty hype machine. You ready???

If you are a player of the call of Duty World at War BETA on Xbox 360 you are probably well aware right now that something is very wrong with the bolt action rifles. It had been previously rumored that it wasn’t a problem and that instead the point was to give you better guns later on. With the raising of the level cap to 24 yesterday we were given access to one more bolt action. The Mosin-Nagant. It’s power, accuracy, and range stats trump most of the other guns. I was sure to get my first one shot upper torso kill!

Excited, I immediately created a class for the rifle upon unlocking it. Jumped into a quick team deathmatch game while my girlfriend was yelling at me to quit so we could start Iron Man (Starring Robert Downey Jr.) and quickly realized all hope was lost. Ten to fifteen digital feet away from my foe. I get off a good shot to his chest, no go. After dropping him with the second shot I moved on to find another enemy. Same deal. Two shots. Back to the M1 Garand…. way to ruin bolt actions Treyarch.

I took it upon myself to update the gun specs page. To make sure no one in their right mind chooses a gun that’s useful only as a holder for a bayonet. Here they are:

As you can see, the guns are still accurate. The range is still great, I can hit a guy from anywhere between 1 foot and 300 yards distance…But it will NEVER kill him if it’s not between the eyes. GAME OVER

I have become obsessed with this game and it’s not even out yet. I scour the forums and check COD fan websites (one in particular) for more information too many times a day, probably more than a dozen. All I want to know is when I am going to get to play that beta. I’ve watched the video’s, two or three times each. I’ve read about the perks and new (or old i guess) weapon attachments. All there is left to do is play. There are posts all over linking to different gamertags that are playing either the game or the beta. I believe in the World at War beta…. Do you?

Of course you do

The world is waiting Treyarch, let me in damnit.

And here is where you can watch all the new world at war beta videos