It seems that Sony's latest firmware update for the PlayStation 3 (v3.56) has done more than add new security measures - it's also helped Activision swing the mighty ban hammer on accused modders and hackers on Call of Duty: Black Ops.
Suspected cheaters have been slapped with a permanent console server ban, with attempts to connect resulting in an error message. Naturally, this has produced an army of affected users on the official Call of Duty forums pleading innocence. Other players are rather nonplussed with such a response.
Although Call of Duty is undoubtedly the most high-profile instance of this server ban occurrence, it's likely that other publishers will take the opportunity to do the same thing - modders, watch yourselves.
Suspected cheaters have been slapped with a permanent console server ban, with attempts to connect resulting in an error message. Naturally, this has produced an army of affected users on the official Call of Duty forums pleading innocence. Other players are rather nonplussed with such a response.
Although Call of Duty is undoubtedly the most high-profile instance of this server ban occurrence, it's likely that other publishers will take the opportunity to do the same thing - modders, watch yourselves.
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Daz 28 Jan 2011 16:12
1/19
serves them right.
eric 28 Jan 2011 17:48
2/19
very very good
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loving the ban hammer 28 Jan 2011 18:38
3/19
Yeah at last the server with have genuine players on it fk u cheaters and hackers
Awesome 28 Jan 2011 19:29
4/19
Ha, serves those a-holes right! What fun was it for them anyway? I never understood that. Did they suck so bad that they had to cheat? I do have a question though. In a game i joined i noticed some strange words appearing over my reticule, realized that the game was corrupted with cheaters I quickly exited. I, however, realized right then that I had been stripped of all of my achievments. Later, on another occation, as I was trying to rebuild what had been taken from me, I was playing online and again noticed strange words appear above my reticule, this time I read a few before quickly leaving the game and realized that all of the achievments were being unlocked. even ones I hadn't earned before. I was able to stop it before everything was unlocked, but my concern is that since my PSN id was messed with, will that cause a red flag on my console after I download this update? I guess I'll find out this weekend.
andy b 28 Jan 2011 22:12
5/19
all you have to do is re-write ya own server system then bypass the black-ops servers once buy passed change back to the servers and youll be able to play again online its easy plus people are already working on new coding to break what black ops have so lmao to all you haters
deleted 29 Jan 2011 01:30
6/19
Hence why I play most online on 360!
sony 29 Jan 2011 14:13
7/19
@haritori 360 is the easiest to hack with there security have you not seen how many cheat on xbox.. ps3 only been hack and its been out for a while now
Camper671 2 Feb 2011 11:22
8/19
@andy_b pls help Camper671 PS3
bern 4 Feb 2011 13:39
9/19
i got band from playing ops need help i do legit only but band...
Barn's 4 Feb 2011 13:42
10/19
lol Camper im with your side{keychee-six70}
Barn's 4 Feb 2011 13:43
11/19
{keychee-six70} i got band please need help...
Daddyo 7 Feb 2011 03:36
12/19
My son is really good and not a cheater. He was banned for nothing. I will discuss it in court. Activision is wrong and anyone who thinks it is cool to 9an people because they are better at the game than u is wrong too!
DazLikesMen 8 Feb 2011 15:22
13/19
@Daz Stfu.
Hammers1b 16 Feb 2011 05:07
14/19
Most cheaters, hackers, modders, are minors who can't purchase the game. Also that is why their is a crackdown on minors purchasing (M) rated games. Thanks all to hackers. Not to mention if anyone wants to make a court case about it and sue Treyarch. If they had been proven in court that they cheated, it would be an easy counter-sue case for damages to their software (Copyright Infringement). So parents, please do us all a favor. Don't buy (M) rated games for minors. Cheat today, tomorrow prison.
Sincere2404 24 Feb 2011 01:54
15/19
What does it mean to cheat on these games?
Joyanot-1994 8 Apr 2011 20:11
16/19
how do u know if u r banned?
Doosch 25 May 2011 22:28
17/19
Loser. Going to court of a video game ban. They will laugh you out of there
123456789 9 Nov 2011 09:36
18/19
i just bought the game and out of nowere i got banned for no reason help
Stop Cheating 5 Jan 2012 09:27
19/19
I'm sure many of you have seen this video but for those of you who haven't, here it is.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSuNq4cWbuc&feature=colike
Most of you know that the leaderboards are a joke due to the number of cheaters at the top. But when you have evidence of the all time wins leader exposing how to achieve 60 wins in 60 minutes, action has to be taken. This video has been sent to Rockstar and they claim that they are reviewing it to determine what punishment if any should be enforced. Anything short of his rank being reset and his name removed from the leaderboards would be a complete joke.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSuNq4cWbuc&feature=colike
Most of you know that the leaderboards are a joke due to the number of cheaters at the top. But when you have evidence of the all time wins leader exposing how to achieve 60 wins in 60 minutes, action has to be taken. This video has been sent to Rockstar and they claim that they are reviewing it to determine what punishment if any should be enforced. Anything short of his rank being reset and his name removed from the leaderboards would be a complete joke.