Modern Warfare 3 is out today, November 10, and already Activision has had to pull various multiplayer maps out of the game because of spawn points that were causing absolute carnage.
One map in particular, Quarry, when played on the Hardpoint game mode was found to spawn players in the same spot over and over again, letting the opposing team gun them down for fun.
mw3 spawns go crazy ??? pic.twitter.com/bZqFua59o1
— Justin Pistachio (@JustinPistachio) November 9, 2023
spawns seem good on this game #MW3 pic.twitter.com/UqnAgbrBYu
— Zelta (@ObeyZelta) November 9, 2023
MW3 spawns ? pic.twitter.com/8Fj1jSN66g
— Nixstah (@Nixstahh) November 9, 2023
YOOOO SPAWNS ARE INSANE RN! ? #MW3 pic.twitter.com/QLIuQlBXOb
— Em (@Swishem) November 9, 2023
But Activision hasn’t just pulled Quarry from Hardpoint playlists for “unfavourable spawns”. It’s also pulled Rundown and Scrapyard for the same reason. Then, Activision removed Karachi from the Cutthroat playlist “while we work to resolve an issue causing a player to spawn alongside enemies”.
It’s not a great start for Modern Warfare 3’s multiplayer, which had a high-profile open beta last month. Overnight, a fresh report alleged Modern Warfare 3 was developed in a year-and-a-half rather than the typical three-year development cycle, leading to heavy development crunch within the studio.
Modern Warfare 3’s single-player campaign is similarly troubled. “Underbaked, rehashed, and cobbled together from multiplayer parts, Modern Warfare 3’s single-player campaign is everything a Call of Duty story mode shouldn’t be.”
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