Evil publisher Activision may know how to make vast sums of money, but it doesn't seem to know when someone's yanking its chain. Edgy Gamer wrote a rather amusing email to Activision, talking about a "glitch" in Modern Warfare 2's "No Russian" level where the enemy characters are rendered without guns and won't fight back. Rather than understand the joke, Activision took it seriously!
"Every time I get up to Act 1, Mission 4, the game appears to load fine at first, but then when I encounter the enemies, I discover that nearly of them are rendered without weapons," write the cheeky pranksters. "They aren't even programmed to melee me either. There are a small number of baddies with guns, but it's not until the end of the mission that most of them have weapons."
Activision took the bait, and actually requested more information on this supposed glitch:
This does not appear to be a known issue with the game. Does this occur for you when playing on a different Xbox 360 as well? Make sure that your Xbox 360 console is in a well ventilated area to prevent overheating.
Beautiful. So beautiful, in fact, that I think I might cry.
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11:00 AM on 11.16.2009
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I hate it when my console overheats while playing L4D and the zombies turn into Ricky Martin.
I don't get it.
Your comment doesn't make any sense. One person reporting a joke glitch is halting "detection" of other glitches?
Get an avatar and explain yourself! :)
I know we'd like to think they're all idiots, but there is another explanation.
It doesn't matter if it was on purpose or true concern, it deserves applause.
Get a sense of humour and then look back at it
I hope more stuff like this happens again, it put a smile on my face.
"It seems that this glitch is apparent in the PS3 and 360 version. I’ve tried playing it without the game installed, and with it installed, and I have cleared my consoles cache."
Dummies.