Call of Duty 4 patch out (Xbox360)

[-Irish.Kin-]

For us PS3ers, here's something straight from the IW forums...

PS3 Worldwide Feature Patch starting Certification Process

Posted February 25, 2008

Hey Guys --

Well I'm back from GDC, sorry for the lack of direct updates from me last week as my internet access was limited while in San Francisco. I did want to let you guys know however that the PS3 Feature Patch for Worldwide users (except for Japan and Korea) is starting it's certification process.

It finished up internal QA at Activision today and is making it's way to Sony so I probably won't make the official "Hooray we're in cert on PS3" post till tomorrow but I wanted to let you guys know that it's on it's way there. The great news is that both the US and Worldwide versions of the patch are going to cert at the same time so no one should be left waiting while the others are going through cert.

This patch includes all the new features we've talked about such as Quick Mute, Additional Kill Cams, Recently Met Players, Sniper Rifle Improvement, Acog Scope Improvement, more Spawn Points, general connectivity optimization, etc.

From the Community Relations Manager.

[zero2000]

Ok, after playing some games, I noticed some changes, some good, some bad.


I havn't got killed by an airstrike claymore, c4, etc yet, but I have by a grenade, and their is a new kill cam for that. The camera shows the grenade flying through the air and look right at you as it explodes in your face. That is cool I suppose. I usually don't watch Kill cams anyways.

New spawn points SUCK! Location is fine, but more often than not, you are spawned looking straight up into the sky, or facing a wall. Convenient.


Sniping is extremely easy now...almost too easy...

Havn't tried the ACOG scope yet and havn't experienced a host quitting yet.

Going to go play some Search and destroy to check out the new spectator changes.

[bigmike8119]

Originally Posted by OME6A

People will never be happy.

When're we going to get 8 v 8 Hardcore playlists?

I don't know about this one, but I'd think that they should add this one. I can't stand ground war for the simple fact that it isn't hardcore.

[Z3CH]

Originally Posted by bigmike8119

I don't know about this one, but I'd think that they should add this one. I can't stand ground war for the simple fact that it isn't hardcore.

Hell yeah. I get so angry when like all my friends are on so you can't leave anyone out, and it's too much for a hardcore game.

[KillerSwat]

Great! Come out when my 360 is shipped away!

[WARLOCK]

what is this "certification" and how long does it usually take, anybody know?

[-Irish.Kin-]

Originally Posted by WARLOCK

what is this "certification" and how long does it usually take, anybody know?

I suppose certification is just making sure everything loads and works properly.

As for how long it takes, there was another thread on the IW forums in which someone said the 360 patch was in certification for 14 days and predicts the PS3 patch will be the same way.

[Jimdalf]

IW have to send the patch off to SCE to get certified as fit for supply. Certified is a very dirty word indeed because the last PS3 patch for the EU was sent to Sony just before christmas, and my god do those guys know how to take time off. And when they finally did get back to work SCEE wouldn't certify the patch, so we only got it around a month ago. Certification is not a sure thing

[The mOBSCENE]

The ACOGs scopes are amazing now and are actually WORTH using (especially with sniper rifles.) That's all I have been using lately and I've thrown the ACOG on my M16 in some clan matches. The killcams are cool but I never watch them unless I'm trying to figure out how and where I died from.

If people are complaining about the sniper rifle accuracy, then their IPs should be logged by Xbox and Microsoft should find a way to overheat their systems through the ethernet cable.

[Z3CH]

Agreed Mob. I actually picked up an M40 with an ACOG today and it turned out to be awesome.