Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3’s official release is still a month away, but the beta is already up and available for those who pre-ordered the highly anticipated title. Unfortunately, while the ongoing beta phase—exclusive to PlayStation consoles—mostly looks great, MW3 is already allegedly plagued with cheaters and glitch abusers, and players aren’t happy.
A Reddit post by a user named u/kingbkny showcases an instance of a nasty wall glitch that literally allowed an enemy to shoot them through the ground, and it’s just not comforting for the fandom to watch. Kingbkny died out of nowhere, only to realize the abuse from the Kill Cam perspective afterward.
Games in the beta testing, open or closed, are bound to feature glitches of such nature. The devs are only testing it to pinpoint the bugs and fix them before the official release, so we should cut them some slack here. That said, it’s incredibly annoying to die to an invisible enemy who is technically cheating, but won’t be flagged as a cheater just because they aren’t using any third-party programs.
While players acknowledged that Modern Warfare 3 is still in beta and that glitches are normal at the moment, they weren’t convinced that Activision couldn’t have made it better. “I still have no idea why they don’t just add more kill-planes out of bounds. I’ve played games all the way back from the 90s where if you fall through the ground, you just die,” one player replied, and it makes sense.
Another player reported having spawned under the map in the same way and urged that it was not on purpose. “They aren’t glitching on purpose, although they are definitely taking advantage of one. I’m sure it will be fixed,” they wrote. But I’m sure intentional abusers will spawn under the map on purpose once they realize how to reproduce the bug.
To top it off, this isn’t the only infuriating report we’ve seen for the game so far. Complaints about cheating and players exploiting bugs in Modern Warfare 3 have been pouring in since the beta weekend for PlayStation 4 and 5 began on Oct. 8, and communities on Reddit and Twitter are flooded with such experiences being brought to light.
Modern Warfare 3 will host the open beta for PC and Xbox starting Oct. 12, so it’s definitely concerning to see cheaters and glitch abusers run rampant already. Well, Call of Duty games have never been immune to bug abusers and cheaters, despite Activision trying hard to restrict such practices’ growth.
Thankfully, this is just the beta phase. Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 will officially release on Nov. 10, meaning Activision and Infinity Ward still have a month to figure out how to stop the fire from spreading and reduce it, if not eliminate it, as well. At least, the wall glitches should be gone for good.
