Infinity Ward Acknowledges CoD Hacks, Blames PS3
by Harry Monogenis, posted on 16 January 2011 / 17,168 Views
A Creative Strategist from Infinity Ward has spoken on behalf of the development team and has acknowledged the recent outburst of hackers on Modern Warfare 2 and Call of Duty 4.
Robert Bowling gave a little in-sight into how this has happened, informing readers of the post that it's to do with the recent "breach of security" on the PlayStation 3 -- something I'm pretty sure you're all familiar with at this time.
"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," he wrote.
He then carried on by assuring those affected --or worried about being affected-- that they are doing everything in their power to fix the problems.
"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."
For the full statement, head on over to the source.
