From spaceships to 1980s zombies, Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare has it all

November 13, 2016

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Every weekend, Windows Central livestreams an Xbox One or Steam game for 1-2 hours and gives out free games to the cool people who join us during the stream. It’s like a live podcast, only you also get to watch a game while chatting with our awesome readers and viewers!

Tonight on Beam, we played Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare, the latest blockbuster FPS from Activision and Infinity Ward. We delved into the campaign and then battled against Zombies in Space in co-op. Read on for quick impressions, contest winners, and the full video replay of our livestream.

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The Contest

We streamed Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare for ~90 minutes. During that time, we gave out a total of 7 prize codes:

We’re now streaming on Beam, Microsoft’s interactive livestreaming platform. It provides some welcome improvements over Twitch, such as a cleaner website layout, built-in stream interactivity, and extremely low latency.

You can follow our channel at Beam.pro/WindowsCentral. From there, you’ll be able to watch the stream and participate in chat directly from any web browser, including the Xbox One and Windows Phone browsers.

To receive email notifications when our Beam streams go live:

First, follow our channel.
Now select your profile from the top-right corner of the screen.
Pick the Account option near the bottom of the menu.
Go to the Notifications tab.
Make sure “Send me important email updates on the Beam platform” is enabled. This option is labeled deceptively, but it’s required for all forms of email notifications.
Click or tap the Email box next to our channel name until a check appears. That’s it!
We highly recommend that you set a recurring alarm on your phone. Our weekend stream always starts at the same time (9pm Eastern/6pm Pacific), so the phone reminder can be very helpful.

Beam does not offer Xbox One or Windows Phone apps yet, so watching from the browser is the only option on Microsoft platforms. But Beam does offer apps on Android and iOS. Yes, that’s a strange inequity. Native Xbox and Windows 10 support is coming though, so stick with us!

Future streams

Want to know what’s next for Windows Central’s weekend Beam programming? We stream a different game every Saturday (and sometimes Sunday). The stream always starts at the same time: 9pm Eastern (8pm Central, 6pm Pacific, 2am GMT). Over the next few weeks, we’ll be streaming the following (schedule not finalized):

Saturday, November 19: Dishonored 2 – Win an Xbox gift card as we play Bethesda’s amazing first-person action/stealth game.
Saturday, November 26: Little Acre, the beautiful adventure game coming to Xbox, PlayStation, and PC on November 22. Win a copy of your own!

We hope you’ll tune in as often as you can! Set a recurring alarm on your phone so you’ll always know when it’s time for the stream to start.