Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Need Its PC Community

Infinity Ward's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 PC community reports more and more cheats and hacks every single day.

Their latest patch for the blockbuster title, which supposedly was to ammend and fix most common problems have only opened up for further exploits. Furthermore, the very same day of the patch release, the issues adressed and allegedly fixed were again exploited. All it took was just a little change in the process, and the glitches, cheats and hacks were back. The infamous texture hacks and many more.

The most common of MW2's glitches being exploited is the so called "Care Package Glitch" or "Speed Hack". This glitch makes the player using the exploit move incredibly fast and is very hard to hit when firing at them. They use only the knife and causes much aggrovation in games. Reports of wall-hacks and aim-bots are also coming in. I personally have never come across these kind of cheaters.

Now, some "bright" minds have found a way to use and play their pirated copies online via Steam. They play amongst all the gamers who purchased the game legally, suffering no side effects. This is done by exploiting the Steam demo of the fun kart-racing game Zero Gear. The demo is soon over, and hopefully this exploit will cease to function at that time. Then again, the very same people playing MW2 via ZG have said they have found a way to work around the demo closing. Unless something is done, this is unfair to the legal customers, and proves that Infinity Ward Community Strategist, Robert Bowling's promise of IWNET being just what the doctor ordered, is a false statement.

So, what does this all mean? Well, in my opinion, it means that dedicated servers are needed, community controlled MW2 environments are needed, Valve's anti cheat VAC does not suffice as it's security and bans are highly untimely and delayed. Worst case scenario is that when DICE's Battlefield: Bad Company 2 and Splash Damage's BRINK are released, MW2 will suffer an early death. That is unless Infinity Ward starts to actually listen to the PC community still supporting this extremely faulty game.

Patch the game, Infinity Ward. Give the PC community it's dedicated servers. Save your own game and community.