The nation of Activision has amassed an intimidating virtual army of 8 million gamers. Activision was kind enough to do some number-crunching comparisons to show off its military e-peen. The Modern Warfare 2 army of Activisionland is larger than the world’s top five armed forces combined. It’s more than twice the size of NATO’s 28 country member’s military force (3.9 million troops). It’s also three times larger than the People’s Liberation Army of China, which is only 2.3 million strong. The Modern Warfare 2 army is also more than five …
Thanks to xRaWr SqUIrrELZ from MW2 Forum for taking the time to write this awesome Riot Shield Guide.
The Riot Shield in Modern Warfare 2 is a surprising addition to a Call of Duty game. Used well it can rack you up a lot of kills, but more importantly, help your team to get that win.
Riot Shields have more uses than just making a nuisance of yourself or having a laugh in Team Death Match. They are best used in objective game types like Capture the Flag or Sabotage. Riot Shields provide the perfect …
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 …
