Modern Warfare 2 Hacks Already Available on PC
Posted by Chris Pereira on Wednesday November 11, 2009 6:21 p.m.
The game still hasn't even unlocked on Steam for those who opted to purchase it through there, and already we're seeing what might be the very first hacks released for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. The video above demonstrates some of the hacks that are purportedly available from a Call of Duty hacking website. Notice how all player positions -- both friendly and enemy -- are highlighted, the lack of recoil on the guns being fired, and the extremely accurate aiming (though this one might simply be the result of a really good player) going on in the video. So much for IWNet preventing players from cheating -- and it's not like there are any player admins with the option of kicking or banning any cheaters that might be present in a game.
We don't actually know that these hacks are legitimate; the site hosting them is selling them rather than giving them away for free. The video might very well be an elaborate hoax and the download might be a virus for all we know, but the video does look to be authentic. Should that turn out to be the case and the anti-cheat measures in place are simply failing to pick up on this, that would be a major failure on Infinity Ward's part after opting to take the power of kicking and banning out of players' hands.
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