14 DAY TRIAL // Owners of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 on the PlayStation 3 have started flooding the forums of development studio Infinity Ward because a lot of issues and exploits have started affecting the multiplayer mode of the first person shooter.
According to Infinity Ward community strategist Robert Bowling, the exploits were caused by players that are using the custom firmware versions released by PlayStation 3 hackers.
The players use this software to run special scripts that allow them to shoot through walls or send their bullets right towards the target no matter what.
According to Bowling, who posted an update on the forum, the ball is in Sony's court, as the Japanese company has yet to update the security measures of its PlayStation 3 console, so hackers are still running wild and targeting popular games with their nefarious ways.
"Sony has recently acknowledged a breach in security on the PS3 which resulted in games to become exposed to exploits and hacks," he wrote on the developer's forum.
"Modern Warfare 2 is no exception to this security exploit and we understand that some of you have experienced problems with stats and other issues associated with this.
"Games rely on the security of the encryption on the platforms they're played on, therefore; updates to the game through patches will not resolve this problem, unless the security exploit itself is resolved on the platform.
"Regretfully, Call of Duty games are receiving the bulk of the hacker's attention, due to its high player counts and popularity. However, the number of legitimate players severely outweighs the bad apples."
According to Bowling, older games like Modern Warfare 1 and 2 are affected by this exploit, while last year's Call of Duty: Black Ops has a different multiplayer system that doesn't rely on Sony's security.
Still, if you want to spare yourself the trouble of dealing with hackers, Bowling recommends that players use the private and party match options, and play just with your close friends that don't resort to such exploits.