This Call Of Duty Game Was Removed For PC Users: Here's The Reason
Popular gaming franchise Call of Duty was taken down from the Microsoft Store for PC users and the Game Pass version as well. The company Activision did not give the exact reason for this big call but reports suggest the version of COD available to PC users was vulnerable and exploited by hackers to take control of other devices and systems.
Activision confirmed its decision to take the Call of Duty: WWII offline late last week, and till date it is yet to have been published on the app store and Game pass for players once again.
Activision has obviously tried to keep a lid on the actual issue with the game but many users have shared their views on social media. Some of them have commented about having their systems freeze and the desktop wallpaper changed without their consent, which clearly points to an external intrusion taking charge of their system.
If the Call of Duty game was indeed becoming a hacking threat, it was the right call to remove the game from the app store. Having said that, we're not sure how it helps people who already had the game installed, which, hopefully should be covered as the developer took the game offline for everyone.
This is probably the first time we're hearing a major game facing these security issues, especially where the hacker is able to infect them with malicious code to remotely take over devices.
It has been almost one week since the game was taken offline and even now you cannot find the COD version on the Microsoft Store but you can see the other Call of Duty titles on the list. We are hoping that once Activision finds the fix for the issue it will give more details about the game's security risk and how it was tackled.
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