14 DAY TRIAL // Treyarch, the studio behind the incredibly successful Call of Duty: Black Ops, has just revealed that patches for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 are now available for download on the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live, respectively.
Black Ops was one of the most anticipated games of the year, and lots of gamers flocked to stores in order to purchase the new first person shooter in the popular Call of Duty series.
Sadly, its debut wasn't without problems, as lag and glitches plagued the PC version, while lots of different exploits and bugs appeared for the console versions, specifically the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 ones.
Now, things are looking up, as Treyarch has just deployed the first console patch for Black Ops on the two platforms.
The new title update will solve quite a lot of problems with the matchmaking feature, but also solve some of the exploits that have appeared in both the single-player and the multiplayer modes.
Check out some of the most important fixes below.
· Improved matchmaking to find matches significantly faster · Improved matchmaking to ensure that players are more effectively matched to games with the best networking conditions · Improved host selection to ensure that the best host is always selected in the pre-game lobby · Improved party system to ensure that parties don’t get broken apart · Disable ability to join Private Match, Combat Training and Theater lobbies when searching for Player Match games · Server-side and game-side changes to decrease the amount of failed Film uploads · Weekly and Monthly leaderboards will now track all kills, deaths and assists properly (All Time leaderboards were not affected by this) · Prevention of Combat Training stats getting crossed with Player Match stats under rare conditions · Prevention of temporary loss of functionality when a button was being held down at the point of a disconnect · Additional fine-tuning of audio levels and ranges for footsteps and gunfire · Additional fine-tuning of audio levels for bomb plants/defuses · Additional online security enhancements
Treyarch released last week a patch for the PC version of Black Ops, using Valve's Steam service, which addressed the lag and the glitches experienced by owners of that platform.
With the new patch released for consoles, it's pretty safe to say that Call of Duty fans will have a much more pleasant experience with the new Black Ops title.
What are your impressions of the new patch? Did it manage to improve the whole experience or did it just improve in some minor areas?