Call of Duty Modern Warfare sent players a terrifying reset message last night

Call of Duty Modern Warfare sent players a terrifying reset message last night

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare sent players a terrifying reset message last night Eurogamer.net If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare sent players a terrifying reset message last night Scar-y. News by Emma Kent Contributor Updated on 23 Jan 2020 21 comments Can you believe it - Call of Duty: Modern Warfare's been out for nearly three months now. Imagine if a message were to appear telling you to reset all your multiplayer progress since then in order to play a match. But that's exactly what some players were shown last night, as the latest patch introduced more than Infinity Ward bargained for. The error message, which popped up for some people after the update, told users their data was "corrupt or didn't download properly" and they'd have to reset their rank and unlocks to fix it. In other words, losing all the loadout options, killstreaks, field upgrades and perks they'd achieved through hard grinding since launch. Nightmare fuel. NEW UPDATE ERROR: im ded from r/modernwarfare To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settings Even more concerning, in the immediate aftermath of the discovery, Infinity Ward instructed players to hard close the game without selecting either option. Not particularly reassuring if you saw this tweet after having picked one. We're currently investigating an issue where players are getting an error prompt informing them their data is corrupt or did not download properly. Please do not select either option, but please hard close your application. Thank you for your patience while we work on this issue.- Infinity Ward (@InfinityWard) January 22, 2020 To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settings Thankfully, Infinity Ward has now removed the message, and it seems the situation was not as dire as first appeared. Players who naively (or accidentally) clicked "yes" had only their stats in the combat record, leaderboards, custom classes, and operators reset, but everything else - including unlocks, XP, ranks and weapon progression - were all fine. Those wanting to recover their lost stats, meanwhile, will probably only lose records from playing in the hours after the accidental reset - as Infinity Ward says the issue can be fixed. "You are still able to play the game as usual and your progression will still track, but please be aware that once we do have a fix, we may have to roll back your stats to the state they were in prior to today's update", says the official update post. "We're actively working on a fix for this, but do not have one to deploy tonight. "We'll provide another update when we have more information for those whose stats were reset and again, thank you all for your patience." Needless to say, the whole episode didn't go down particularly well with the COD community, many of whom questioned how the error message got through QA. Others joked this was the return of the prestige feature from previous games - which allowed players to reset their unlocks to keep accumulating XP once they'd reached the maximum level. At least the update added some nice new additions like a crossbow and five more loadout slots... even if it came at the cost of a mass panic. Become a Eurogamer subscriber and get your first month for £1 Get your first month for £1 (normally £3.99) when you buy a Standard Eurogamer subscription. Enjoy ad-free browsing, merch discounts, our monthly letter from the editor, and show your support with a supporter-exclusive comment flair! Support us View supporter archive More News Splatoon 3 Amiibos will be out next month Ink-coming! 3 Fans think Phil Spencer's shelf is teasing the Xbox Game Pass streaming box UPDATE: Xbox confirms old Keystone prototype. 59 Modder dives into Demon's Souls files following PS5 jailbreak, discovers fabled Ring of the Chieftain Who knows what's nexus? 4 Google announces cloud gaming Chromebooks less than a fortnight after Stadia shutdown GeForce Now preinstalled. 11 Latest Articles Preview Football Manager's new Console edition is the best you'll get without a PC Getting Touch-right. Splatoon 3 Amiibos will be out next month Ink-coming! 3 Fans think Phil Spencer's shelf is teasing the Xbox Game Pass streaming box UPDATE: Xbox confirms old Keystone prototype. 59 Modder dives into Demon's Souls files following PS5 jailbreak, discovers fabled Ring of the Chieftain Who knows what's nexus? 4 Supporters Only Premium only Off Topic: Take a minute to appreciate Cookin' with Coolio's incredible scallops recipe. What a great book. Premium only Off Topic: Reading City of Glass in comic form "Where exactly am I going?" Premium only Off Topic: Il Buco is a transporting film about a really big hole Underlands. Off-Topic Netflix handled Sandman brilliantly It was Dreamy. 9 Buy things with globes on them And other lovely Eurogamer merch in our official store! Explore our store
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