Modern Warfare 2 players warned not to change regions for early access – but they’ll still do it-Radina Koutsafti-Entertainment – Metro

They’re not changing their minds (pic: Activision)

You might want to think twice if you were planning on changing your location to access Modern Warfare 2 multiplayer early, warns Infinity Ward. 

After months of anticipation, Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 will finally launch in less than 24 hours across all platforms. Naturally, many players are keen to find ways to access the game even earlier, to get a taste of the new campaign and multiplayer.  

Even though it’s possible to pre-load the game, whether you’re playing on PC or console, and jump straight into it when it unlocks, that’s not enough to cure some players’ impatience – especially since there’s a way around it.  

One cheeky method that you can use is to change your digital location to New Zealand, to unlock the game as soon as the date changes in the country, even if you’re on the other side of the globe. 

As this isn’t an uncommon practice amongst the gaming community, Infinity Ward has decided to issue a warning to dissuade players from doing it, by putting out a ‘launch PSA.’ 

Through a post on Twitter, developers warned that if you try to alter your digital location, you’ll experience ‘connectivity issues’ and you might be ‘locked out’ of the game until the official launch time hits your region. 

That means you’ll likely be locked out of the game’s campaign mode too, leaving you still having to wait till the game’s launch time in your region.

Seeing Infinity Ward’s announcement, some players were eager to leave comments, criticising the whole concept of regional rollouts. 

One fan said that it’s ‘ridiculous’ that devs are choosing to roll out the game ‘slowly’ and over the span of a day. This has been a common complaint from fans in North and South America, as they have to wait the longest as the international dateline creeps across the globe.

However, another player jumped in and defended Infinity Ward, as he pointed out that Overwatch 2 suffered from long queue times during launch, due to releasing the game across all platforms at once. 

Others argued that the devs’ message was directed at PlayStation, rather than Xbox users, pointing out it’s easy to switch regions on the latter without any consequences. 

One player proudly admitted that he’s already switched his region to New Zealand on his Xbox, proving it’s not difficult there either.

Yet another reason for players wanting a universal release is the fact that when they finally access Modern Warfare 2, they’d be ‘getting smoked’ by people levels ahead of them, who accessed the game earlier. 

And yet another player tweeted that the only ones who could’ve had the chance to make their way up so quickly would be those actually based in Australia and New Zealand. 

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Since it’s not illegal to do this early access trick, it’s up to you whether you choose to try or not, though there are plenty of missions waiting for you in the campaign.

Before racking up some extra time in missions, do make sure you’re done with pre-loading the game, so, you can jump straight into the multiplayer, when it goes live on Friday, October 28, at 5am BST. 

Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 launches for Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5, and PC on Friday, October 28.

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