14 DAY TRIAL // Infinity Ward, the company behind the massively successful Call of Duty franchise and the more recent Modern Warfare 2 title, has pledged once more that it is doing everything it can in order to eliminate hackers from the online matches on the PlayStation 3 edition.
Modern Warfare 1 and 2 have been affected quite seriously by the recent flood of hackers onto the PlayStation 3, who have been using cheats and exploiting vulnerabilities in order to see through walls or shoot anyone on sight.
The company said a few weeks ago that its hands were tied until Sony issued a security update in order to prevent hackers from using the online features of games like Modern Warfare 1 or 2.
Now, Infinity Ward community strategist Robert Bowling has detailed some of the steps the studio is taking in order to eliminate hackers from online matches.
"I just left a security meeting with the coders here at Infinity Ward where we discussed a lot of solutions," he said. "I feel good about the meeting, but of course I can't go into detail on the possible solutions we discussed as we don't want to give out any information that could potentially hinder the security any further."
"The key factor I want you to know is, that while any update takes time, we are looking to make the process as quick as possible and nothing is being left unattended."
According to Bowling, Infinity Ward is working hard on its "main focus right now," which is "preventing hackers from affecting legitimate players and addressing users who have already been affected."
The PlayStation 3 platform has been left wide open after the discovery of its master decryption key, and with the release of several customized firmware versions that allow owners to run homebrew software, as well as pirated copies of regular games.
Sony, while it pledged that it would patch up the security problems, has been silent for quite some time on this issue.