The ghost of dedicated servers continues to haunt Modern Warfare 2, as the flawless IWNet has been apparently struck down with a Trojan virus. Infinity Ward's replacement for dedicated servers has allegedly been hacked by a nefarious MW2 clan who are using a mixture of DLL files and guest clients' open ports in order to spread the Trojan to those who log into IWNEt and play the game.
There is a chance that it's simply an Antivirus program picking up something benign. Tech savvy gamers are trying to find the root of the issue, but there is a fear spreading, and people are warned to be careful when playing Modern Warfare 2 on a PC.
Real or not, this is not something Infinity Ward will live down easily. After promoting IWNEt as a better alternative to PC gamers' beloved dedicated servers, the last thing IW needs is a Trojan infesting the service. Still, that's what happens when you spring a whole new service on people a month before a game's launch. While I may not fully support all the complaints and boycotting over MW2, I can certainly agree that this is very shoddy stuff indeed.
There is a lot of egg on the faces of Infinity Ward spokesmen today, methinks.
[Thanks, xdarkxwarriorx]
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1:00 PM on 11.18.2009
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Its people like you who give all gamers a bad name. GO fuck yourself, get off the internet, and grow up.
First PC gamers get a hold of teh dveloper kit and now there's an apparent Trojan virus on the loose in its inner workings. Great job, IW.net. Your supposed Alcatraz of a gaming service has been obliterated in less than a week and a half...
chill.
Really? Really? That's your comeback? Read above statement and then come back and try to be a big man.
I do have to agree, his comeback was terrible.
So since some PC gamers pirate video games that means all PC gamers pirate games? In the words of south park Micheal Jackson, "Your ignorant."
I would've gotten the PC-version normally but since they didn't have dedicated servers I didn't see why I would get the PC-version, as I can play on non-dedicated-servers on my 360 as well :p
now I'm glad...
Sure hope it's not as bad as it sounds!
http://kotaku.com/5215528/demigod-18000-customers-100000-pirates-[update]
85% of online users were pirates, for a relatively small title. Extrapolate this for a major title like MW2.
SPMJ: "AH HEE HEE!"
What did IW/Activision expect tbh? We've had dedicated server support in FPS games sine the 90's. No wonder we're revolting when we get the secondclass citizen stamp pressed on our forehead. Premium price for a subpar service. It's the worst thing ever tbh...
Like i said since some PC gamers do it they all do it? Read above Micheal Jackson comment
These PC gamers aren't "butthurt," they're customers that have been shit on by IW and Activision, and as customers they have every right to bitch about this. And only a company run by a fool would ignore their customers complaints. If Activison continues to operate in this way, people will stop buying their games altogether, whether there's an alternative or not.
Phantom Spaceman is correct on this(although rather caustic and immature in his delivery). Its not uncommon to see around a 90% piracy rate on the PC; if memory serves, MW1 had something around 60-70% piracy.
I'm having fun on my PS3 :) THough a few games have been LAGGY AS HELL and I waited in a Team Death Match lobby for about 5 minutes before we were able to play.....lame sauce.
I mean, seriously, what do they expect IW to do? Bow down and give them what they want? HELL NO! Burn those motherfuckers.
Obviously the game has sold more legit copys since the developers haven't shut down now.
Bitch? yes. Be incredible douchebags that ruin the fun for those that want to play the game anyway since they don't care about dedicated servers? No.
I was a PC Gamer for many, many years so I understand hacking servers and ruining other people's good time to stick it to "the man" is nothing new. However, PC Gamers always wonder why they get a bad rap.
There's till money to be made on the PC otherwise we wouldn't see any games coming out on it anymore. What we are seeing is that it's becoming less viable to produce games only for the PC, which is why we see so many cross platform releases. Developers won't abandon the PC until the ROI of projects goes low enough to no longer justify development.
You fail sir. http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2009/11/cheap-to-good-home-used-360-pirated-games-slightly-banned.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss
So over 1 million Xboxs were banned, but the pirates are PC users, but no one bought the PC version anyway according to you.
You contradict yourself, and just make yourself look like an uninformed tool. Console elitism, is at best amusing, and at worst you ( http://www.liberalities.com/pics/Elitism.PNG ).
Not that you seem old enough to know, but way back in October 29, 2003 , a game called Call Of Duty came out for Mac and PC. IW got it's start on PC. You think they would have even gotten to the point of making MW1 let alone MW2 if " 85% " of PC's were " pirates " .
Keep trying though, next time you might not fail so hard.
Go fuck yourself.
If it's not and you're a member of the clan who did it, fuck you. That's not how you go about fixing this kind of thing.
Yes, the perpetrators are PC gamers, but they're not doing it for PC gamers, they're doing it for themselves. PC gamers in general have a lot to answer for - but this isn't one of it.
I too. It's cute watching people who don't know what the fuck they're talking about pretend like they do.