There’s a nasty glitch in Modern Warfare 2’s multiplayer that’s being exploited to score cheap kills right now; Using the Javelin, players can essentially become bombs which detonate as they get killed. To ‘encourage’ people to reduce the usage of the glitch, Microsoft has warned that they will be banning Xbox Live accounts from 24h to up to two weeks in the case of excessive use.
“…people we catch using [the glitch] will recieve suspensions from LIVE,” tweets Xbox LIVE’s Director of Policy and Enforcement Stephen Toulouse, later adding that “cheating suspensions are …
Despite the VAC antic-cheat system being used on the PC version of Modern Warfare 2, cheating is still prevalent in multiplayer matches. There’s good news for the honest players out there though…. steps are being taken to rid the game of the hackers / cheaters.
In a tweet by Infinity Ward’s creative strategist, Robert Bowling, he confirms that around 2500 known cheaters will be banned from Steam (the MP matchmaking system), rendering their games multiplayer-less. The tweet came in reply to a frustrated fan who had this to say to the …
Modern Warfare 2’s airport level is one of the most discussed sequences in the history of the medium. So when the scriptwriter behind it speaks up, it’s probably worth listening.
In an interview with GamePro, MW2 scriptwriter Jesse Stern had some interesting things to say on the level and its creation. “Every single person in testing opened fire on the crowd, which is human nature,” said Stern. “I hope that people don’t just look at it as being this simplistic and brutal sequence. We’ve done our best to treat it with …
Does Global Thermonuclear War ring a bell? It was one of the hidden multiplayer modes in Modern Warfare 2 that i told you about yesterday.
How much does it cost to make the sequel to the most popular shooter of 2007? According to LA Times, development costs for Modern Warfare 2 were in the neighborhood of $40-50 million. As staggering as that may seem, that figure is dwarfed by the marketing budget for its launch, an epic $200 million. With $550 million in sales so far and analysts predicting the game to eventually earn $1 billion, Activision has made a hefty yet successful investment in Modern Warfare 2.
