Back in the first week of November, a rumor from a reliable source surfaced stating that a Call of Duty: Modern Warfare overhaul was incoming, and how the mini map would once again include red dots like in previous franchise entries, much to the dismay of a lot of Call of Duty veterans (including this guy), the Modern Warfare overhaul — or anything close to it — didn’t happen.
Over on Twitter, Co-Design Director Joe Cecot replied to a fan asking where the overhaul was, and said that it was a “fake statement” to get attention.
Overhaul was a fake statement to get attention. We are constantly updating the game at least once a week, sometimes twice. Season 1 incoming. Also bye 🙂
— Joe Cecot (@JoeCecot) December 1, 2019
While Infinity Ward didn’t roll out an overhaul patch for Modern Warfare, Senior Communications Manager Ashton Williams got the ball rolling when she tweeted how a “big” update that fans were “asking about” was set to be released, which when it did (patch 1.09), didn’t really change anything big. Once update 1.09 dropped, and it didn’t provide an overhaul, things got very messy on the Modern Warfare subreddit. Members of the community kept posting threads asking about the overhaul, and it seems even the devs themselves didn’t get spared, and have appeared to be less active in answering the community’s concerns.
In one particular thread, Cecot mentioned how things can be “rough” in the Modern Warfare subreddit, and how he even got PMs (private messages) on how his children should die “horrible deaths.” He also mentioned how he’s spending less time in the subreddit as well.
While it’s understandable that players are passionate about a game, it’s never OK to send death threats or personal attacks to anyone (developers, other players, etc.) over something as trivial as a video game. Let’s hope this sort of harassment doesn’t continue. I mean, worst case scenario, and you hate the game, maybe just stop playing it? Sending death threats or personal attacks are never OK in any context.
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Speaks volumes about how stupid the cod community is. I want everyone held accountable, absolutely, but I’m thinking the developers children didn’t have much say. Just a guess. You got the game you deserve, cod fans. They told you it would be magic again, you got another year of same old cod. With a new hat. Enjoy it, idiots. You don’t get to bitch and moan when you come back annually like last year didn’t happen. Close your damn mouth if you want Acti to quit spitting in it. Tons of other games to play.
Gamers were a mistake.
imagine if when developer or publisher lie and everyone stopped playing their game and didn’t buy the next one. some things are worth more than your money. i think cod devs deserve their fans.