Call of Duty 4 and Modern Warfare 2 are getting hacked to high heaven, and Infinity Ward says there’s not a lot it can do about it.
The PS3 security problems aren’t just Sony’s headache; developers and publishers suffering, too. Call of Duty developer, Infinity Ward, says that it is feeling the effects of the hacks especially keenly, thanks to the popularity of the CoD series, and the experience has shown it that it can’t rely just on platform security in the future.
Writing on the Infinity Ward forums, creative strategist and former community manager Robert Bowling acknowledged that there was a problem with hacked stats on the PS3. Unfortunately, he said there was very little that Infinity Ward could do, as the problem was not with the game, but with the platform itself. This meant that until Sony fixed the security problem, the hacking would continue. Bowling advised that people play in private matches with people that they knew until Sony re-secured the platform.
Infinity Ward isn’t just washing its hands of the problem though. Bowling said that while Infinity Ward wasn’t able to manually adjust or restore hacked stats at this time, it was exploring every possible avenue to help anyone affected. He also noted that this would only affect “legacy games” like Call of Duty 4 or Modern Warfare 2, and that future titles would employ security measures above and beyond the platform security.
This has got to be quite a blow, not just to Infinity Ward, but to Sony as well. Not only have the hacks opened the door for clever pirates, they’re also threatening the integrity of the PS3’s online multiplayer. The impact of gamers losing confidence in PSN could be quite severe for Sony, especially if it hopes to make a profit on the service this year.
Source: via VG247
