Summary
Activision confirmed that lag issues are currently affectingCall of Duty: Modern Warfare 3andCall of Duty: Warzonein Season 4 Reloaded. An investigation by the development team is underway, following several reports ofCall of Duty: Modern Warfare 3andWarzoneplayers being negatively impacted by lag in their matches.
Modern Warfare 3andWarzoneSeason 4 Reloaded launched on June 26 with new weapons and maps, additional limited-time game modes, various bug fixes, and balance adjustments. Players didn’t need to wait long for the subsequent balance update forWarzone, which launched one week later, on July 2. However, many players were frustrated after the update’s release, sinceservice disruptions affected profile recoveries inModern Warfare 3andWarzonesoon afterward. Although player data wasn’t lost and the issue was fixed, the community continued to place emphasis on some of the persistent issues they reported in both of the latestCall of Dutytitles.
The officialCall of DutyUpdates Twitter account acknowledged that lag issues are impactingModern Warfare 3andWarzone, as many players have reported lag and packet burst issues in both titles. These issues can prevent players from landing shots on their opponents and, in worse cases, render the game unplayable for seconds at a time or lead to a disconnection. Activision confirms that “some mitigations” were already deployed inModern Warfare 3andWarzone, but the developers are committed to releasing further improvements and fixes. More updates on the matter were promised, but manyCall of Dutyfans are frustrated with the lag problems, which some trace back tothe launch of the Season 4 Reloaded update.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone are Being Affected by Lag and Packet Burst Issues
Some players note that these lag issues have affected both games in recent months and are calling for better servers. Others are also calling on Activision to address increased reports of hackers inModern Warfare 3andWarzone, so it’s clear that theCall of Dutycommunity wants various issues to be remedied sooner rather than later. In recent years,hackers gained an unfair advantage inWarzoneby implementing workarounds for some of the game’s biggest nerfs.
Fans may want to follow theCall of DutyUpdates Twitter account and other relevant social media channels, since Activision will release an official notice once the lag issues are fixed. Activision will likely reveal new information aboutModern Warfare 3andWarzoneSeason 5 in the coming weeks as Season 4 winds down. Support forModern Warfare 3is expected to continue untilthe release ofCall of Duty: Black Ops 6in October.
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