Modern Warfare 2 Friends List and Joining Issues Surface After S1 Update – Here’s a Fix

Modern Warfare 2 Friends List issue

Aside from having install issues, it seems the Season 1 patch for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 also affected how friends played together, too. Multiple reports on the game’s subreddit and online have mentioned the Modern Warfare 2 friends list and joining friends to party are not working properly since the S1 patch has been installed.

Modern Warfare 2 Friends List and Joining Issues After Season 1 Patch Install:

This seems to affect all platforms, and what happens is, gamers checking the social tab on Modern Warfare 2 are kicked back to the main menu. Check it out in action:

Social tab is broken in the latest update from ModernWarfareII

Cant open Social menu after update. Bug from ModernWarfareII

Anyone know a fix to this or can i just not play with friends? from ModernWarfareII

Fortunately, there’s a workaround for it. What players need to do is you need to go to the voice chat or create a channel with your friends and they can join via that method. MP1st friend YouTuber TheTacticalBrit posted a super easy way to show how this works:

Based on multiple reports, this channel/voice chat method does work, so that’s a legit workaround for those affected (which seems to be everyone).

There’s been quite a number of issues that have surfaced with today’s S1 patch, and we’re hoping Infinity Ward can roll out another title update that alleviates these issues. For those affected by the “can’t install” Multiplayer Pack issue, check our workaround for it here.

If this works for you leave a comment below and let us know. If it doesn’t and you manage to find a way to fix it, let us know, too.

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Cassie
1 year ago

I can find a match when in a party the work around doesnt work

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