Hackers Create “Dedicated Servers” in Modern Warfare 2
Hackers Create “Dedicated Servers” in Modern Warfare 2
Posted 11/17/2009 at 11:46pm
| by Nathan Grayson
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Where there’s a will, there’s a way. Modern Warfare 2’s adoring public has spoken and, well, Infinity Ward didn’t quite step up and deliver. Enter hackers. And so they said, “Let there be something like dedicated servers,” and it was… not so good. The long and short of it? Hackers like to cheat. Straight from the horse’s mouth:
“Thanks to AgentGOD and his great work bringing the developer console back into the PC version, a whole new wave of servers are possible with vast amounts of customisation. Things such as unlimited ammo, massive experience points (10000xp for a single kill), Field of View tweaks, speed and gravity adjustments and so much more,” reads a Youtube video description of the hackers in question.
“The best bit is, this is all ranked and on IWNet! I guess the game is no longer balanced to f*** the PC gamers over!”
As of now, Infinity Ward has yet to respond to our questions about potential plans for anti-cheat measures. We imagine the trigger-happy developer has something in store for the infinite rocket-firing, gravity-defying scum, though.
If not, well, imagine that a bunch of Unreal Tournament’s colorful combatants decided to travel back in time and take over our world. Because that’ll make getting obliterated by lightning-fast, nigh-invincible super soldiers a little less frustrating.
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Joe The Plummer
November 18, 2009 at 1:47pm
These are not cheaters. They've unlocked the dev console. Thus they are able to customize the parameters of the multiplayer game, just as if they had a dedicated server. So EVERYONE who joins the game has unlimited ammo or gravity tweaks, or 10000xp for one kill.
The cheaters are already out there with Aimbot and wall hacks for this game. What this person has done is not a cheat.
Furien
November 18, 2009 at 12:50pm
I hope id and other game developers are watching this debacle unfold like they said they would, and I really hope they learn the correct lesson from IW's mistake... which is something most service industries take for granted: "The customer is ALWAYS right." In this case, you don't tell your paying customers that they don't really want the things they always loved and took for granted, and you certainly don't try and replace those features with a "closed multiplayer network" that get's hacked within a week. Pathetic. And, even though I don't condone "cheating," dare I say, "serves them right."
Devo85x
November 18, 2009 at 4:47am
I'm fine with them getting dedicated servers, but I ran into an aimbot yesterday and it PISSED ME OFF!
chronium
November 18, 2009 at 4:20am
That's not the only thing the hackers unlocked they found 3 hidden game modes Global Thermonuclear War, One Flag CTF, and VIP mode.
http://www.modernwarfail2.com/2009/11/17/unlocking-hidden-mw2-game-types/
GFC
November 18, 2009 at 1:52am
Not only I have to play with cheaters when I actually bought the game, but I also don't have essential things that they do (dedicated servers, console, etc). Whats up with IW? Can't they at least give us, the buyers of this game, what hackers have for free?
Phosphorous
November 18, 2009 at 9:38am
Yeah, now who's crying. That's what you get from buying a crappy game that IW screwed up to begin with. IF they would have left well enough alone and had dedicated servers and everything in the game just as the other CODs have been then none of this would have happened.
nekollx
November 18, 2009 at 9:47am
Excelent
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