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Modern Warfare 2 Already Being Played? (UPDATE 2)

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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is sure to be the biggest gaming event of the year when it launches on November 10, but it looks like some gamers just couldn't wait!

According to his Xbox Live Gamertag, player 'Hkysk8r187' is already taking the fight to the terrorists, having currently unlocked five Achievements (or 85 GamerPoints).

How he got to play the game early remains unclear at this point (either piracy or some early copy of the game), as does exactly how many others are playing, but we will keep you posted!

Thanks to Elver Bonilla for the tip!  If you have any more information pertaining to this story, let us know at news@vgchartz.com, and keep watching for our full review of Modern Warfare 2.

 

UPDATE:

MyGamerCard.net currently shows 33 people playing the game. 

 

UPDATE 2:

It seems the Gamertag in question belongs to an Infinity Ward employee.  Conspiracy averted, folks!

Thanks to NeoOfTheSith for the update.

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squall747 (on 09 November 2009)

Saw someone on my friends list playing it last saturday actually. So I'm not surprised.


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Parasitic (on 08 October 2009)

The real surprise would be if no one got the game early.


huaxiong90 (on 07 October 2009)

I figured as much.


gamelover2000 (on 07 October 2009)

@ GTcarro

COD4 was all about Multiplayer, the SP sucked.. I think you misunderstood them :P


gtcarro (on 07 October 2009)


"...is sure to be the biggest gaming event of the year... "????

I don't understand the super Hype arround this game.

I finished the Cod4: Modern Warfare (1) single player mode, and I hated that basic story. It was trully painfull finish this game (but I like to finish all the games that I buy).

Everybody tell me that it was one of the best FPS on the market, but I think the two best FPS on the market are Half:Life 2 (CS Source) in PC and Killzone 2 in consoles ... and they are the 2 best in many aspects: best AI, best storys best controls (for me of course) and in the case of Killzone 2, best graphics by faar.

This time I will pass this Modern Warfare 2, like I passed Word at War.

Lets see if this "biggest gaming event of the year" will be the GOTY 2009 and beat the trully BIG games of the year, like Uncharted 2.


CaptainDJ (on 07 October 2009)

The only people who are playing are the Developers and the Xbox Live team. :o


heruamon (on 07 October 2009)

It's so hard to hide, with this gamercard thing...lol!


1337 Gamer (on 07 October 2009)

lots of people get burned copies of the game. It happend with alot of my friends with gears of war 2


madskillz (on 06 October 2009)

Meh. I get early copies often. Last time around with COD4, there was a private beta - closed - and there was a hands-on session in LA a few weeks ago.

I am prolly gonna get this early too. If not, that's cool - but last time I did.


Citan (on 06 October 2009)

If this game gets a higher average score than modern warfare 1, I will pursuit a random reviewer and plunge my arms into somewhere on him.
Modern warfare 1 is a very good game, but this will be the same with a few add-ons.
Stop messing around children. Guns are not the coolest thing in video-games.


Barozi (on 06 October 2009)

Funny that such a simple "news" gets over 7000 views.....


CaptainDJ (on 06 October 2009)

Sick! I'm going to steal there copies.


PullusPardus (on 06 October 2009)

whats the big deal?


KylieDog (on 06 October 2009)

Bans incomming.

Just like with GoW2 last year.

Conspiracy to artificially inflate X-Box 360 christmas sales I tell you!


huaxiong90 (on 06 October 2009)

Yawn @ Gh0st.

OT: Probably an IW employee or the sort.


NeoOfTheSith (on 06 October 2009)

One more link for good measure:

http://www.mygamercard.net/celebboard.php

It's MyGamerCard.net's list of "celebrities". Mr Grenier has the #12 spot.


NeoOfTheSith (on 06 October 2009)

Did you research the gamertag at all Mr. Daniel Share-Strom?

Hkysk8r187 belongs to a developer at Infinity Ward named Chad Grenier.

The game has not been pirtated (yet...?)


loadedstatement (on 06 October 2009)

Staff aren't able to test out online play?


NobleMaN (on 06 October 2009)

it would be one seriously early on the shipment for someone to get there hands on the game. Could be the game has shipped already, and some naughty little GameStop employee took his home early. hrmmmm.... possible, but doubtful.


Gh0st4lifE (on 06 October 2009)

Bill Gates is pwning Kutaragi online, what else ?


PS. Yes, Kutaragi bought the 360, he is not that dumb.


papflesje (on 06 October 2009)

@ lostplanet: no reason to sell it off, as most review-preview builds / copies (if not all) are only playable on debugging systems, and not on regular consoles. There would be no point in selling them off.


nightsurge (on 06 October 2009)

This is just the people who are in house Infinity Ward workers. Move along.


Phrancheyez (on 06 October 2009)

@rendo

I hope you get banned for that too. It's not piracy, otherwise he'd be locked out of XBOX Live. If you had a clue what you were talking about, you might know that.


Barozi (on 06 October 2009)

@Seece
Not possible at the moment. There is no own site for Modern Warfare 2 on Mygamercard yet. So Hkysk8r187 is the only one we know for sure.
(Well I found another one by accident...)

But I could give you a list with 55 Forza 3 players :-P


Seece (on 06 October 2009)

Just message one of the 33 people and they should tell you how they got their hands on it.


thekitchensink (on 06 October 2009)

@Simulacrum: Nah, too few people playing for that.


Simulacrum (on 06 October 2009)

Hidden beta?


Lostplanet22 (on 06 October 2009)

Reviewer who playes a review/early build copy...Possibility of a reviewer who sold the early build/review copy.


Barozi (on 06 October 2009)

He's one of 33 people on Mygamercard.net who already played the game.
http://profile.mygamercard.net/Hkysk8r187

But seriously. It's totally possible that some of them are IW or maybe even Treyarch guys (LOL)
Or maybe someone related to them whatever.


rendo (on 06 October 2009)

"How he got to play the game...."

Piracy. Duh. Idiots.