A new update for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 went live last night, potentially ushering in some big-time changes to the successful FPS from Activision.
MW2 is off to a raucous start as the fastest-selling Call of Duty game in history, but it has its fair share of issues. It’s now one week after launch and players are getting frustrated with bugs, issues with progression, crashing problems, and a slow and confusing UI.
For some reason, the update is 50 GB on Xbox consoles, and way more manageable on PS5 and PC at less than one GB. Xbox players and gamers in general are likely looking for an explanation as to why the download is so distinctly different.
Additionally, the potential for changes to things like weapons and attachments, an explanation on maps that are missing from the game, and a tease at future content are all things that CoD players have been looking forward to.
Here’s what you have to know about the MW2 update that went live last evening.
Modern Warfare 2 update 1.08 patch notes
When players were met with the update in the late night hours of Nov. 3 and early morning of Nov. 4, they were left wondering just what has been changed in the game that has truly needed some big-time fixes since launch one week ago.
At time of writing, Infinity Ward has not yet posted the patch notes for the 1.08 update. The developer has promised a blog post detailing just what has happened in the patch, so it should be coming online sometime during the day on Nov. 4.
Many players likely hope there will be an explanation as to why the download was so much larger on Xbox, too. Gamers with download limits everywhere will find a hard time playing the game if the downloads are consistently so big.
Stay tuned and return back here for more information once the patch notes have been revealed.
Update on Nov. 4 at 2:20pm CT: The full patch notes have been released and can be found below.
General Updates
- We’ve addressed a number of crashes affecting players across all platforms including the bug that caused certain players partied-up in game to crash when matchmaking. Last night’s update should provide additional stability in terms of crashing. We will continue to monitor live issue reports and provide resolutions as soon as we are able.
- We have made general game improvements including:
- Fix for various camos not unlocking during progression.
- Fixed framerate drop issues.
- Addressed known freezing issues.
- Overall performance improvements.
- Added fixes for stuttering and lag issues.
PC
- A recent NVIDIA hotfix addressed some critical issues. Please make sure you are running the game on drivers 526.61.
- The PC benchmark map has been updated with a more accurate reading of the FPS display.
- Be sure to follow our friends at Beenox for additional updates for MW2 on PC.
Weapons
- We are actively collecting weapon performance/usage data and will provide detailed updates on weapon-balancing with the launch of Season 01.
- Last week we disabled the attachment tuning feature due to an issue affecting players with 4 or more tuned attachments equipped at once. We re-enabled attachment tuning in last night’s update so players should not encounter further issues equipping attachments on a weapon.
Multiplayer
- Enemy or live ping will remain disabled in multiplayer until a fix is implemented with the launch of Season 01. This is due to a bug where ping remained on some players after death. KBM players are currently still able to danger ping.
- The player icon on the minimap will no longer disappear after a player is revived in certain modes.
Maps/Playlists
- We have added Breenbergh Hotel into Third Person Moshpit
- There are no significant map changes, but we have patched various exploits and geometry bugs in the days since launch. We’ll continue to address small fixes through daily updates.
UI/UX
- We continue to refine our UI and will have more details in the Season 01 launch notes.
In addition to changes that we have already made, we are also actively tracking live issues. Some of the known issues at present include:
- We are aware of the following issues and fixes are in the works
- Riot shield provides invincibility against chopper gunner and VTOL
- DDOS Field upgrade availability bug
- A bug affecting helicopter height, which allows them to leave the map in some instances
