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Legacy Call of Duty Matchmaking Fixed on Xbox 360; Old COD Games Shoot to "Top Paid" on Xbox Store

The legacy Call of Duty games matchmaking has been fixed, and players are jumping back to classic COD multiplayer once again.

P_Bomb284d ago

Guilty *raises hand*

Seen one hacked lobby, low gravity map with an invulnerable host spawning clones. Got shut down quick tho.

GoodGuy09284d ago

Really wish they'd just remaster the og mw2 multiplayer and skip cod 2023. I mean come on...a sequel in a single year is a very bad sign, way too early and short of a dev time in this day and age.

excaliburps283d ago

Same. If this isn't proof that Call of Duty fans want the old kind of MP back, I don't know what else will jolt Activision's head.

ActualWhiteMan283d ago

They’ll never go back to the old business model. The new one makes money 10 fold.

LucasRuinedChildhood283d ago (Edited 283d ago )

The implementation of the skill-based matchmaking in newer Call Of Duty games is so bad. And it was forced into the games by Activision against the developers' wishes: https://twitter.com/Michael...

I've never noticed SBMM in other recent MP games, e.g. Halo Infinite. In MW2 though, it's everpresent and overly reactive to how good or bad you do in an individual match. It's insanely annoying.

I strongly believe it's designed to manipulate the player. Give them some freebies (easy matches to rake in some killstreaks), then put them in much tougher matches, then when they feel like logging off ... more freebies.

It's trying to get you to chase a high like an addict so you'll stay on longer and be more likely to buy the overpriced battle passes.

The problem? You're hooked for a while but you're not truly having fun most of the time. The real MW2 (2009) managed to be addicting based on great gameplay and progression and that was it.

I'm not surprised to see millions go back to the old games when given the chance.

Abear21283d ago

You know it’s bad when old COD is on the top of your must download list. I know it’s been a dry summer, but dang, I guess Halo is dead for real!

Sciurus_vulgaris283d ago

I think Call of Duty retro collections should be released for PC and consoles. Resolution could be improved and frame rates, all campaigns available plus other modes. One retro set could consist of COD 1-3 and Big Red One , another MW 1-3 and another consisting of Word at War and Black Ops 1-2.

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Players claim Fortnite ruined Call of Duty by letting in more corporate greed

Do you remember what gaming was like before Fortnite entered the gaming space? One of the biggest arguments was about loot boxes. Now we have conversations about crossovers, battle passes, and community outreach.

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GoodGuy0911d ago (Edited 11d ago )

Idk. Loot boxes did disappear and battle passes and in game purchases are all cosmetic. We get free weapons and maps post launch, any gameplay affecting content. I could care less about all the cosmetics.
I absolutely hated the days where weapons were locked behind a less than 1% chance lootbox pull where it'd take 5+ hours to have enough tokens to do a single pull and lazy remastered/remake maps cost you $15 each wave or $50 for the season pass that you didn't know what you'd get and these maps were only available to those that bought it so you get a smaller pool of players match with.

Tacoboto10d ago

The "good ole days" are actually what drove me away from COD and Halo 3/Reach. Halo 4 becoming a COD-like drove me away from that only a week or so after it launched and I beat its campaign.

It sucked way back then, going a month or two without playing online-shooter-of-the-moment, and then needing to buy a $15 map pack to play with the majority of the population or your favorite playlist. The "community" rejecting Spartan Points in MCC killed that game's support, too. No revenue = no support, plain and simple.

Cacabunga10d ago

That headline could easily be something Spencer could have said 😅 I had to check if it was really an opinion piece

KyRo10d ago

As times gone on, the COD battle pass has got ALOT worse so they can push people to buy the more premium battle pass which itself is a huge rip off and nearly half the price of the base game.

The cosmetics can be fine but they've taken it to far to the point of no return. Why make a military themed game then have rabbits, dinosaurs, cats, rats & z list rappers as skins? You wouldn't add a Lamborghini to a fantasy RPG to replace a horse and you would never see Mario have limb dismemberment because they know what they are. COD is having identity crisis but kids and streamer but then all

franwex10d ago (Edited 10d ago )

Call of duty can simply not copy the bad aspects of Fortnite? Or is that too out of this world? Like COD, a realistic shooter-just HAD to have Nicki Minaj running around? Or super heroes?

Inverno10d ago (Edited 10d ago )

Exactly! Trends don't all need to be followed. Plus where Fortnite got somewhat better with it's monetization, Acti got worse. Or at least Fortnite has lended itself more to the wacky stuff, and has put more effort and quality into that stuff.

jjb198110d ago

I prefer the battle passes with free maps than the $50 season pass that divided the community. I definitely feel that Fortnite had some influence on CoD having loot boxes with Blackout being introduced in 2018 with Black Ops 4.

PRIMORDUS10d ago (Edited 10d ago )

Actually Fortnite bullshit ruined Unreal Tournament. Epic are sellouts and I will never have that shitty store on my PC, fuck them and that shit bag Tim Sweeney. At least the community keeps the games alive, I still play UT2004.

StoneTitan9d ago

I mean cant really blame them for supporting the game that made them the most money and the most people player...ever?

Psychonaut8510d ago

Call of Duty ruined Call of Duty. They needed no outside assistance.

Ra30309d ago

100% correct! The makers of Call of Duty ran out of ideas long, long ago so they take ideas from other games like Ghost Recon, Fortnite and any other FPS game hat had success hell CoD remasters maps that they've remastered several times already then charge you again for it. Call of Duty is simply a cut, copy and paste and then put the $70 price on it every year. Activision and now Microsoft has been essentially remastering Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare every year since it was released in 2007 its to the point it's worse than the sports game like the Madden, NBA and others yearly sports franchises.
@Psychonaut85 is spot on "Call of Duty ruined Call of Duty. They needed no outside assistance"!

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Massive new COD Black Ops Gulf War leak lifts the lid on loadouts

The Black Ops Gulf War leaks continue with a list of weapon descriptions giving more info on what you can expect from new and returning weapons.

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Call of Duty Players Disappointed by $80 B.E.A.S.T. Glove Bundle Deal

Recently, players of Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone were met with a new bundle featuring the B.E.A.S.T. Glove, inspired by King Kong's armament in the Godzilla x Kong movie. However, the $80 price tag attached to this themed accessory left many Call of Duty fans feeling underwhelmed.

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Kaii18d ago

Morons that allow themselves to be milked continuously by this company is the definition of irony.
Spend more $$ and you'll end up In easier lobbies so you win both ways when ya spend that cash

melons17d ago

Controversy in the COD community feels like it happens within an alternate timeline. Activision will take the piss with something, there will be a momentary fuss about it, and then they will forget about it and carry on anyway. Repeat this cycle literally every year for the rest of time.

Gridknac17d ago

They call that a crack head! Thats what this is really about, its an addiction. People who dont smoke cigarettes look and laugh at the addicts that spend $8-$10 a pack, but they cant help themselves, they are addicted. That same analogy applies perfectly to the whole MT industry. Only an addict that was not thinking clearly would spend this kind of money on something so frivolous. A round of multiplayer provides the same high a person gets from scratching a lotto ticket, or putting money on a sports bet. MT in general need to really be regulated because you have a generation of kids becoming adults who grew up only knowing the MT era of gaming. Its normal to them and they will in turn teach their kids the same by just being a gaming parent and getting their kids involved with them in gaming. Thats why no matter how ridiculous the headlines keep getting out of the MT industry, it never seems to fade or go away.

X-2316d ago

I'm so tired of hearing about what they're doing with this game, its never going to change and it's never going to value the consumer over money, furthermore the people who engage so heavily in the microtransactions I guess allegedly are having a blast and can't wait to do it some more this year when the new version of the game drops.