{"id":98584,"date":"2022-10-16T07:14:56","date_gmt":"2022-10-16T07:14:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/only-pc-players-need-a-registered-phone-number-for-modern-warfare-2\/"},"modified":"2022-10-16T07:14:56","modified_gmt":"2022-10-16T07:14:56","slug":"only-pc-players-need-a-registered-phone-number-for-modern-warfare-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/only-pc-players-need-a-registered-phone-number-for-modern-warfare-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Only PC players need a registered phone number for Modern Warfare 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<figure class=\"intro-image intro-left\">\n  <figcaption class=\"caption\"\/>  <\/figure>\n<aside id=\"social-left\" class=\"social-left\" aria-label=\"Read the comments or share this article\">\n<\/aside>\n<p><!-- cache hit 1276:single\/related:3484958950b7109a55b50053956d2cef --><!-- empty --><\/p>\n<p>Recent updates to online store and support pages suggested that all <em>Modern Warfare II<\/em> players would have to register a unique, text-capable phone number with their account to play the game.  In a blog post this week, though, the team behind the game&#8217;s Ricochet anti-cheat system suggests that the requirement will only apply to PC players.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s a significant difference from Blizzard&#8217;s policy regarding <em>Overwatch 2<\/em>, which initially required all players across PC and consoles to register a phone number for its &#8220;SMS Protect&#8221; system.  Blizzard later partially rolled back that policy to exempt players who used a Battle.net account to play the original <em>overwatch<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Activision&#8217;s SMS security requirement will also extend to PC players of the free-to-play <em>Warzone 2.0<\/em>, Team Ricochet writes.  Players who accessed the original <em>warzone<\/em> on PC have needed to link a phone number since May 2020 and will not be exempt from that requirement for the sequel.<\/p>\n<p>The 2019 reboot of <em>Modern Warfare<\/em>\u2014which includes access to <em>warzone<\/em>\u2014added a similar SMS phone requirement in August 2022. That&#8217;s because the anti-cheat team &#8220;started seeing more cheaters attempt to access <em>warzone<\/em> from <em>Modern Warfare<\/em> to bypass the SMS policy, so the security team recommended the update to further combat the illicit account market.&#8221;<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad_wrapper\" aria-label=\"In Content advertisement\">\n    <span class=\"ad_notice\">Advertisement <\/span>    <\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Similar reasoning seems to apply to the security requirements for this month&#8217;s launch of <em>Modern Warfare 2<\/em> and the associated <em>Warzone 2.0<\/em>.  &#8220;SMS verification is critical to our anti-cheat enforcement efforts, tackling illicit account creation at its source,&#8221; Team Ricochet writes.  &#8220;This helps our security team to maintain account and game security in order to provide a safe, fair, and fun gaming experience for all our players.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>Modern Warfare 2<\/em> will also be the first franchise game to require PC players to use Ricochet&#8217;s kernel-level anti-cheat drivers at launch.  Those drivers are also being updated to &#8220;provide more information to our security teams in the event of cheaters getting into the game, feeding data to our detection and mitigation systems,&#8221; the developers write.<\/p>\n<p>While the Ricochet system was partially in place for the game&#8217;s open beta earlier this year (and led to more than 20,000 account bans), the team says it will be rolling out &#8220;all existing [cheat] mitigation systems&#8221; for the game&#8217;s full launch on October 28. That includes measures that can strike cheaters blind, remove their weapons, and shield their opponents from damage, as well as more cheater-frustrating effects.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recent updates to online store and support pages suggested that all Modern Warfare II players would have to register a unique, text-capable phone number with their account to play the game. In a blog post this week, though, the team behind the game&#8217;s Ricochet anti-cheat system suggests that the requirement will only apply to PC &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/only-pc-players-need-a-registered-phone-number-for-modern-warfare-2\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Only PC players need a registered phone number for Modern Warfare 2<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":104914,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/how-to-access-modern-warfare-2-gunsmith-firing-range-early\/","url_meta":{"origin":98584,"position":0},"title":"How to access Modern Warfare 2 Gunsmith &#038; Firing Range early","date":"October 22, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Modern Warfare 2's Firing Range and Gunsmith are two crucial elements of CoD gameplay, and it seems players can actually get a sneak peek of these features early. The Gunsmith system has become a staple of Call of Duty games in recent years with players wading through a sea of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Technology&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"M4 Gunsmith Modern Warfare 2","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/charlieintel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Modern-Warfare-2-M4-Gunsmith-1024x576.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":103172,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/call-of-duty-modern-warfare-2-campaign-is-out-now-on-pc-and-consoles\/","url_meta":{"origin":98584,"position":1},"title":"Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 campaign is out now on PC and consoles","date":"October 20, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Update, Oct 20: After a handful of launch issues have seemingly been ironed out, the Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 campaign is out now on Steam, Battle.net, Xbox, and PlayStation.Yes, if you missed the marketing blitz, Activision Blizzard is offering early access to the campaign for all digital Modern\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Technology&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":102398,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/how-to-preload-the-call-of-duty-modern-warfare-2-campaign\/","url_meta":{"origin":98584,"position":2},"title":"How to preload the &#8216;Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2&#8217; campaign","date":"October 20, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Starting today (October 19), anyone who has pre-ordered Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 on PC will be able to preload the game's campaign mode ahead of this week's early access phase. Preloading for the campaign begins for PC on October 19 at 6PM BST \/ 7PM CEST \/ 10AM\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Technology&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 warzone","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Call-of-Duty-Modern-Warfare-2-uk-soldier.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":103922,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/modern-warfare-2-campaign-early-access-missing-dlc-pack-error-surfaces-for-players-heres-a-fix\/","url_meta":{"origin":98584,"position":3},"title":"Modern Warfare 2 Campaign Early Access Missing DLC \u200b\u200bPack Error Surfaces for Players, Here&#8217;s a Fix","date":"October 21, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"For those who pre-order Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, you can now play the campaign a week early! Unfortunately, it seems some players are running into issues loading the game, as players have reported the Modern Warfare 2 Campaign early access missing DLC \u200b\u200bpack error! Modern Warfare 2 Campaign\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Technology&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":101454,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/how-to-play-call-of-duty-modern-warfare-2s-campaign-early\/","url_meta":{"origin":98584,"position":4},"title":"How to play Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2&#8217;s campaign early","date":"October 19, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2a first-person shooter not to be confused with 2009's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 or its 2020 respray, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Campaign Remastered, isn't officially out until Oct. 28. But you can play its campaign early \u2014 so long as you\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Technology&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":103794,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/call-of-duty-modern-warfare-2-how-to-play-early-pre-loading-and-launch-times\/","url_meta":{"origin":98584,"position":5},"title":"Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 &#8212; How To Play Early, Pre-Loading, And Launch Times","date":"October 21, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2's release date is almost here, but you can play the campaign today. If you have preordered the game, you get a nice little bonus this year, as Activision has opened up the campaign before the multiplayer. Here's everything you need to do to play\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Technology&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/codsniper-760x380.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98584"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98584"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98584\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}