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Didn't Receive a Vanguard Beta Code? Amazon Says You're Out of Luck


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Call of Duty: Vanguard's Early Access PlayStation Beta ran from September 10th through September 13th, 2021. Players who pre-ordered Sledgehammer's upcoming Call of Duty on PS4 or PS5 were entitled to a beta code to access to beta early before it goes live for all platforms September 17th through September 20th, 2021.

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If you pre-ordered the game on Amazon, though, you may not have received a code, and Amazon won't be offering anything for the trouble of missing out on the advertised beta. In this article, we'll explain the situation and what you can expect from a Vanguard pre-order at Amazon.

Across the internet, Call of Duty: Vanguard has been advertised alongside its various alpha and beta versions. The Champion Hill Alpha was free to all PlayStation owners; the early access beta was available for PS4 and PS5 gamers who pre-ordered Vanguard; and the upcoming open beta will be available for all gamers on all platforms for free.

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On Amazon, the Vanguard situation was the same as everywhere else: pre-ordering the game on PS4 or PS5 earned you early access to the game's beta. The product description of Vanguard on Amazon confirmed this: Pre-order and receive early access to the Open Beta first on PS4 and PS5.

The problem is that many who pre-ordered Vanguard off Amazon did not receive a beta code or received a beta code after the beta had already ended. The questions asked about Vanguard on its Amazon listing echo this with many wondering when they could expect their beta code to arrive and many noting that they heard from Amazon that there were problems with Vanguard beta codes going out.

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Before the beta ended, an Amazon Customer Support representative confirmed there were backend problems with the beta codes and that the team was working on delivering a fix ASAP. Unfortunately, the representative could not give any kind of timeframe, and now that the beta has ended, some are just getting their codes and many still haven't even received them.

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There's more bad news: Amazon is not currently offering any kind of discount, special promotion, or even simply a free copy of Vanguard to any customers impacted by their backend issues delivering beta codes. An Amazon Customer Support representative confirmed that these customers were not being offered anything at this time.

So, if you missed out on the beta waiting for a code to be delivered, unfortunately, you're out of luck. More luckily, though, an Amazon pre-order does not charge your card, or to your chosen payment method, until near its shipping date, so any Amazon Vanguard pre-orders can be canceled at will without any hoops to jump through.

Though if you missed out, don't get too down, because Vanguard's open beta is this weekend for all platforms, running from September 17th through the 20th. This beta will also support crossplay between consoles and PC. The open beta will, also, unfortunately not be likely to have a FOV slider on console, but a FOV slider on console will be coming to Vanguard on release.

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