Medal of Honor: Warfighter Open Beta arrives this weekend

EA has today announced that the Medal of Honor Warfighter Multiplayer Open Beta will be available for download for the Xbox 360 this Friday, October 5th.

The Beta, which is available for everyone who owns an Xbox Live Gold account, will include the brand new multiplayer mode called HotSpot, which tasks players with attacking and defending randomly chosen locations. Players can choose from among 12 Tier 1 units including the British SAS, German KSK, Russian Spetsnaz Alfa Group, Korean UDT and U.S. Navy SEAL.

As an added bonus, gamers who download the beta will also be awarded with 60 minutes of Double XP when the full game launches in North America on October 23rd and in Europe on October 26th.