Call of Duty comes back to life as Xbox-360-era games get surprise update

A large number of players are returning to the old Obligations games on Xbox 360 thanks to a recent update.

As seen last week by a Twitter user ZekcoFS, an update arrived for several older Call of Duty titles that fixed matchmaking. This included classics like Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Modern Warfare 2, Modern Warfare 3, and Black Ops 2. Now, it seems that a large number of players are returning to the games. As reported by charlieintelligenceBlack Ops 2 managed to reach over 10,000 players over the weekend on Xbox 360, and Modern Warfare 3 had over 7,000 players, significant numbers for some games that are now quite old.

Prior to this apparent fix, anyone attempting to play a game of one of the older Call of Duty titles on Xbox 360 would be unable to do so due to an alleged lack of players. However, this didn’t make much sense, as certain game modes only needed eight players, so being completely impossible was weird. These old Call of Duty games are quite nostalgic for many gamers, so it’s not a huge surprise that they’re getting a lot of players again, especially since they’re backwards compatible on Xbox Series X.

What is currently unclear is whether there will be a fix for PS3 or PC players, both of which still seem to have issues. As it stands, it doesn’t seem like a fix has been provided for either platform, so it’s mostly just Xbox gamers who can revisit older games.

Call of Duty Twitch streamer ModernWarzone too made the claim that there were more people playing these old Call of Duty games over the weekend than playing Halo Infinite and Battlefield 2042 combined, though from our point of view it’s hard to determine which players count for each game.

Over the weekend, Microsoft also announced that PlayStation has finally reached an agreement on Call of Duty, ensuring that the games will stay on the latter for the time being.

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