MW2 finally getting security updates soon on all platforms
Infinity Ward’s creative strategist Robert Bowling, aka fourzerotwo announced Monday that Modern Warfare 2 will be seeing a new title update addressing security issues that plague online play across all platforms.
PlayStation 3 MW2 players aren’t alone however as the PC and 360 have seen their fair share of exploits too of which I can attest. In a recent interview with Eurogamer, Bowling blames the MW2 exploits on the PS3. The only solution however since then according to Bowling was to “only play with friends.”
“”If you are concerned about playing with players who are hacking, I encourage you to play exclusively with friends by utilizing the party or private match options in Modern Warfare 2 and Call of Duty 4 to avoid such players as much as possible until this issue is resolved by Sony.”
That wasn’t much of a solution since interest in MW2 online is fading fast for other players with Black Ops, Bad Company 2, and other shooters. Infinity Ward stated then that they will not be soley relying on platform holders to stop hackers from ruining future projects and complimented Treyarch with their security work thus far.
“Let me assure you, while we are very reliant on Sony updating their firmware and security to address the core problem of this issue, we are looking at every option available to us to help any user affected.”
The latest patch for Modern Warfare 2 has finished production and is now going through internal quality assurance. This new title update will address security issues that have affected online play.
We plan to release this update for all platforms (Playstation 3, Xbox 360, and PC). No release date is set at this time. Once an ETA is established, it will be posted here.
In addition to the security updates, this patch will also address a small geo exploit on the map Fuel, which players exploited in order to get inside a rock on the outskirts of the map.
Status updates also on Twitter @InfinityWard – @Fourzerotwo and Facebook.com/InfinityWardStudio
Let us hope that this patch comes quickly and accurately out QA and onto consoles and PC soon.
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