The test phase of Activision's new social networking tool for has begin today.

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Invitations will be sent out over the coming weeks to those who registered for the Call of Duty: Elite service beta and it will be tested with Call of Duty: over Live.

Boss of Beachhead, the studio behind the service, Charkko Sonny said: "Call of Duty Elite is all about connecting our amazing fans around the globe in ways never before possible and we are excited to get their feedback so they can help us further develop, tune and test the service, as we head into our launch in November with 3. A public beta with the massive Call of Duty community is the best way to generate the scale we need for end-to-end testing. While will continue to evolve post-launch, we want to deliver the most polished, complete and rigorously tested service possible on day one. Were looking to get as many participants in the beta as possible, so we ask that fans stay patient as we ramp up in the coming weeks."

Call of Duty: Elite will launch fully with when it is released on PS3, and on November the 8th.

By Ewan Aiton