Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 arrived on the Xbox and various other platforms this week, and it seems there have been some teething issues. One, in particular, that has created some problems for players is a multiplayer spawn glitch, where players restart in the same location over and over again.
Activision and Sledgehammer games were quick to acknowledge this via its support account on social media, and has responded to these "unfavorable spawns" by removing three maps from Hardpoint playlists:
"Quarry, Rundown, and Scrapyard have been temporarily removed from Hardpoint playlists while we investigate an issue causing unfavorable spawns."
Here's just one of the many clips doing the rounds online showing players trying to escape spawn campers:
Activision followed this up sometime later by also removing Cutthroat from the playlist, while it continued working to resolve the same issue:
"#MW3 Multiplayer Karachi has been temporarily removed from the Cutthroat playlist while we work to resolve an issue causing a player to spawn alongside enemies.
Again, minor issues like this aren't that surprising and as noted will be resolved as soon as possible. It follows on from a report yesterday which claimed the campaign had taken just 16 months to develop, which is the shortest amount of time spent working on a CoD story in many years.
How are you finding Modern Warfare 3's multiplayer experience so far? Leave a comment below.
[source ign.com]
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MS just paid billions of dollars for COD, for it to not even be exclusive, and this year's game seems to be ***** the bed so hard it might kill the franchise.
What a time to be a gamer!
@Retron MW3 will sell over a billion dollars, it might not be the game us hardcore players wanted it to be, although i am enjoying it in multiplayer. I love some of those old maps and seeing them look that good. But the casual COD players will buy this game and play it like nothing in the world is wrong. MS just bought ABK and got some of the biggest franchises in gaming. One’s that sell 10’s of millions in 2-3 days. Hard pressed to see the doom and gloom other than if someone didn’t buy ABK ABK might have continued to do things that is effecting the love of the franchises within the hardcore community. for me MW3 campaign 6/10, multiplayer 8/10. It’s far from their best effort but man does it still look and play solid online.
@Retron the first thing i was thinking off is that COD will be under the microscope after being under xbox and the PS fanboys will try to hurt the brand
but seem activision did it themselves
i hope that COD will turn to a game released each 2 years by treyach and infinity ward (4 years cycle for each studio) and let other studios work on new titles
These maps have been around for 13 years since Modern Warfare 2 was released. How can the spawns not be right?
Cod respawns are really bad I tried mw2 on release and to have enemies pop up right behind me made me never touch it again
@HonestHick I have not bought a COD new since AW, but if we go by the number of " this will kill COD" releases, COD might secretly be cat with 9 lives.
COD deaths by release;
MW3(1st)
AW
BLOPS 3,4
IW
WW2
VANGUARD
COLD WAR
MW3(2ND)
Seriously impressive how often COD has "died"....
Not been a smooth release for this one. The fact it was rushed shows on it.
@Retron Microsoft paid billions for a slew of IP and a highly profitable mobile company.
Sony was the one who made it all about Call of Duty because of how much revenue it was making off Call of Duty microtransactions (and exclusivity deals that drew the annual COD crowd to the platform).
@CallMeDuraSouka Yeah something in the industry is always dying to the common complainers online. The truth is COD is a tank in sales, yes the cheesy pun was intended. Some how i am enjoying the multiplayer a lot i like that they raised the shots taken to kill. The remade maps are insanely fun to play and see again. The gun balancing is awful as usual. Still dumb i have to use every gun to unlock stuff for other non gun types. Like why do i need to use a sniper rifle to get an accessory for a shotgun? I have no interest in sniping. But again this game will sell just fine, i still need to dive into Zombies Mode.
@Maddie47 Just Dance already has changed from the annual new game model (last year's game was the final entry in the franchise). Just Dance 2024 is an expansion for Just Dance 2023 rather than a new game. If you get the physical version it's just a code in a box for the expansion.
Have noticed in free for all enemies spawning right next to me
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