For the last two decades, the Call of Duty series has been one of the most popular video game franchises of all time.
From 2003 humble beginnings withCall of Dutyon PC to the mammoth that is the free-to-play battle royaleWarzoneof today. What’s more, all signs are pointing towards yet another hit this year with the reboot ofCall of Duty: Modern Warfare III.
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However, in recent days thanks to amultiplayer matchmaking update on Xbox, old-school Call of Duty games have garnered a massive spike in player numbers with fans returning in droves to relive the classic Black Ops and Modern Warfare entries. So surely, this should be a joyous occasion for fans of the franchise wanting a dose of nostalgic first-person action, right?
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Fans of Call of Duty will know that hackers are a persistent problem that even occurs in the most recent entries. Hackers will not only shoot from underneath the map but through walls and even have auto-aim and invisibility cheats.
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“The older CoD titles may have been revived but hackers are still rampant,”warned Redditorragingseaturtle.
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“My first game back onMW2on Xbox there was a guy on my team who had a gun that shot AC-130 bullets. The other team didn’t stand a chance,” exclaimed another Reddit user. “Been playing OGMW2for about 5 hours since servers were “fixed”. I’ve run into maybe one hacker, if that. I’ve been lucky I guess,” said temetnoscesax.
It shouldn’t really baffle me all that much that hackers are still ruining Call of Duty multiplayer for games that are a decade old, give or take. Hopefully, with Activision fixing the matchmaking issues, they might finally move on to tackling the hackers, but I won’t be holding my breath.
Topics:Call Of Duty,Activision,Xbox
