Degenen die behalve Black Ops ook nog Modern Warfare 2 of de legendarische Call of Duty 4 op de PlayStation 3 spelen, zullen zonder twijfel gemerkt hebben dat deze spellen last hebben van de zogenaamde hacks. Zo zul je af en toe een match meemaken waarbij je in enige seconden door een volledige map bent gesprint, of dat je je adem oneindig kunt inhouden tijdens het richten met je sniper rifle.
Infinity Ward geeft dan ook uiteindelijk toe dat de door hun gemaakte Call of Duty’s gehacked zijn, maar zegt dat dit de schuld van Sony zelf is. Dit probleem kan volgens hun niet opgelost worden als Sony geen verandering brengt aan het beveiligingssysteem van hun console. Dit had Fourzerotwo, de Community Moderator van Infinity Ward te melden over dit probleem:
“Sony has recently acknowledged a breach in security on the PS3 which resulted in games to become exposed to exploits and hacks. Modern Warfare 2 is no exception to this security exploit and we understand that some of you have experienced problems with stats and other issues associated with this.Het is altijd vervelend als iemand het weer voor de rest weet te verzieken en zeker bij zo’n geliefd spel als Call of Duty 4. Laten we hopen dat Sony snel iets verzint op deze problemen en we alsnog mogen genieten van een glitch-vrije Call of Duty.Games rely on the security of the encryption on the platforms they’re played on, therefore; updates to the game through patches will not resolve this problem, unless the security exploit itself is resolved on the platform. Regretfully, Call of Duty games are receiving the bulk of the hacker’s attention, due to its high player counts and popularity. However, the number of legitimate players severely outweighs the bad apples.
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.
At this time, we do not have the ability to restore or adjust individual stats.
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.
This only applies to legacy games such as Call of Duty 4 and Modern Warfare 2. In the future we plan to adjust our approach to not rely solely on platform security and reduce the ability for this to happen in our games, as has already been displayed by the work Treyarch has done on Call of Duty: Black Ops to prevent similar measures.”