14 DAY TRIAL // Infinity Ward has confirmed that it's going to implement a variety of improvements to Call of Duty: Ghosts in the near future, particularly to the mechanics that affect eSports competitions and matches.
Ghosts launched last November across a variety of platforms and developer Infinity Ward quickly started supporting the eSports community that wanted to turn the game into a professional experience.
Now, the studio has revealed on its forums that it's planning to release a variety of updates and hot fixes designed to improve competitive matches, but also to fix regular issues that affect all players of the game.
Check out a list of the upcoming changes to Ghosts below.
Regarding eSports specifically in the immediate future, we aim to: - Restrict Ghillie suits in competitive rules. - Restrict Tracker Sights in competitive rules. - Restrict Danger Close in competitive rules. - Disable third-person spectating in competitive Private Matches. - Add a kill feed to Broadcaster mode. - Address Broadcaster mode stability (squash crash bugs).
Additionally, we’re committed to delivering the below (in no particular order):
Rules: - Removal of split-screen in Private match when eSports rules are enabled. - Add eSports rules to Clan vs. Clan playlist. - Open Clan v Clan playlist to allow solo player entry & mixed clan teams. - Modify Dead Silence/Amplify functionality.
S&D: - Resolve the defuse timer animation discrepancy. - Modify the defuse time sound effects if the defuse process is cancelled.
Broadcaster Mode: - Add game action overlays where needed (flag captures, etc.). - Resolve the leaderboard’s red death indicator delay. - Roll over player in scoreboard to highlight arrow in mini-map.
New Platform: - Investigating the addition of Xbox One LAN support.
Infinity Ward emphasizes that these are just the changes that will appear in the near future and that many other tweaks are scheduled to come at some point in time. Until then, however, players will have to sit tight and wait until the updates appear.