Activision has reversed the request for the phone number to be able to play Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. Of course, not on all platforms. While console players will be able to access the title without providing that information, computer users will have to give it yes or yes. Because the PC community is also quite large, the criticism has not been long in coming. However, the company explained his reasons to continue requiring such information on computers. Honestly, they are understandable.
“A text-enabled mobile phone number is required to play Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 on PC.”
As you probably guess, this it has to do with cheaters. The vast majority of them are found on PCs, mainly because the illegal tools they use were developed for this platform. By requesting the phone number and activating a protection system through SMS messages, Activision will find it easier to block users who resort to cheating.
They could no longer only ban your account, but also the associated phone number. Thus, prevent the cheater from creating another profile with the same number.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 take action against cheaters
Now this is nothing new for computer gamers. In fact, providing the phone number is already mandatory when creating a new account on war zone for PC. However, they are now expanding it to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Well, surely many cheaters will intern to do their thing in multiplayer. Unfortunately, during the beta cases of hackers were reported altering the functioning of the games.
“SMS verification is critical to our anti-cheating efforts as it acts against the creation of illicit accounts. This helps our security team maintain account and game security to provide a safe, fair gaming experience.” and fun for everyone.”
It should be noted that the SMS verification system of war zone had a drawback. This could be circumvented if, instead of creating the account in the battle royalewas created directly in Modern Warfare (2019). This is how many hackers managed to go unnoticed for a while. The good news is that Ricochetthe anti-cheat system of Call of Dutymanaged to spot the practice.
“As the illicit account market adjusted to our security app, we at #TeamRICOCHET started seeing more cheaters trying to access Warzone from Modern Warfare to bypass the SMS policy, so the security team recommended the update to further combat the market for illicit accounts.”
This is another reason why the telephone number must now be linked, too, to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. Remember that the game will see the light next October 28. If you reserved it in its digital version, you will be able to play the campaign from the 20th.