Modern Warfare 3’s first post-launch update delivers fewer changes than planned
Modern Warfare 3’s first post-launch update hasn’t delivered some of the changes Activision had been planning to make.
According to a post on the official Call of Duty website, the game’s development teams are now planning to introduce several changes players have been waiting for in the next title update.
“Due to unforeseen issues, not all of the changes scheduled for today’s update were able to be released,” it reads.
“Our teams are hard at work to get key movement changes, Multiplayer weapon balancing, Zombies gameplay & stability fixes, and more into the next available update.”
The game’s November 15 update included various bug fixes and changes, which we’ve republished in full below.
Developed by Sledgehammer Games in collaboration with Infinity Ward, Treyarch and other Activision studios, Modern Warfare 3 was released last week and is on track to be the lowest-rated game in the series.
It’s been claimed that the game and some of its creators suffered from a rushed development cycle that saw its campaign made in about 16 months.
Over a dozen developers told Bloomberg that the project started life as an expansion to last year’s Modern Warfare 2 before Activision decided to transform it into a full-blown sequel, claims which the publisher has denied.
“Sold as a pre-order bonus and given about as much thought, Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3’s single player offering is a short, shallow waste of time that feels less like a video game and more like a contractual obligation,” according to VGC’s review.
Alongside the release of the game’s first patch notes last week, Sledgehammer said: “Today’s launch is only the beginning, and we look forward to providing a consistent stream of content updates, bug fixes, and gameplay adjustments in
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