Infinity Ward targets PC Modern Warfare 2 cheaters

Posted Nov 28th 2009 7:00PM by John Callaham
Filed under: FPS, Multiplayer, Modern Warfare 2

Infinity Ward has said using Steam's VAC anti-cheat system for the PC version of Modern Warfare 2 was going to be their way to deal with players using cheats and hacks in the multiplayer portion of the first person shooter. However, as we have reported on before, there have already been many claims that cheaters and hackers have made their presence known in PC multiplayer games.

Now it looks like bans for at least some players are either on their way or already in place. Infinity Ward's community manager Robert Bowling has a post on his Twitter site that responds to a fan's request to take care of PC cheaters. Bowling says, "In fact, the Steam ban hammer is coming down on about 2,500 confirmed #MW2 cheaters on PC today." That post was made on Friday so it's possible the ban hammer has already been thrown. How effective these efforts will be in dealing with cheaters remains to be seen.

[Via Blue's News]

Gallery: Modern Warfare 2 Screenshots

Tags: activision, activision-blizzard, infinity-ward, modern-warfare-2, steam

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

2,500 cheaters? That has to be nearly every person that actually bought it for the PC.Posted at 10:12PM on Nov 28th 2009 by IRONFIST2

This NEEDS be fixed! One of five games is a Wall and Aim bot hacker, its pretty annoying.

Oh and you guys removed the AOL thing from the comments!Posted at 11:29PM on Nov 28th 2009 by Cheesus Crust

It's already sold more than the original on PC. It has nearly 90,000+ people playing it per day (via steam stats). I think the boycott failed...gasp.Posted at 11:45PM on Nov 28th 2009 by Gemski

i emailed steam with a screenshot...about a week ago, got nothing back...maybe this is my answer...

I hope the #$%^@^ i screenshotted that was advertising a website that sells hacks was banned...

what kinda lonely a$$ pathetic loser sells cheats to a video game, i mean...ffs get a goddam life...

or atleast do us all a favor and kill yourself.Posted at 8:37AM on Nov 29th 2009 by mike

Good for IW, keep those damm cheaters out!

http://bit.ly/DeI1OPosted at 11:05AM on Nov 30th 2009 by james

A 'hacker' to some ... a 'resistance fighter' to someone else.

Down with Steam... Long live the republic of dedicated servers!Posted at 7:22AM on Dec 3rd 2009 by ash

I played around 15 matches today, 3 of them ended in a nuke with someone going 25-0. It was clear from the killcams that it was an aimbot. This game is great, but they ****ing ruined it with the IWNet ****!Posted at 6:22PM on Dec 12th 2009 by Guy

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