https://www.polygon.com/2018/9/10/17843440/call-of-duty-blackout-battle-royale-mode-preview-review

When Activision announced that Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 would have a battle royale mode, I was supremely skeptical. At best, it sounded like an attempt to jump on the bandwagon of an already popular genre; at worst, a last-minute attempt to flesh out a game without a traditional single-player campaign. But, after just a few rounds of play, it’s clear that the team is on to something special. This new take on the battle royale genre, called Blackout, is exceptional.

The private beta for Blackout kicked off today, with access available to anyone who has pre-ordered the game on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One and anyone with a Battle.net account on Windows PC. It uses the same client as the previous multiplayer betas, which ran twice in August. It includes the ability to join in 80-player skirmishes either in solo mode, as a duo, or in four-player fireteams.