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Call Of Duty Mw3 Launch

Modern Warfare 3 early access campaign launch is a buggy mess

Bravo Six, going dark.

The early access period for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3’s campaign is now. But instead of diving into the intense combat scenarios, players everywhere are experiencing a myriad of bugs and errors. No one’s safe — PC, Xbox, and PlayStation players trying to get into the Modern Warfare 3 early access campaign are experiencing a buggy mess.

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Modern Warfare 3 PlayStation players are running into a random disc required error even if they own the game digitally, PC players are experiencing video freezes and crashing on missions one and two, and Xbox players experiencing overheating issues. Chaos. Chaos everywhere, regardless of the platform.

Reddit user IMGONNAGETBANNEDS00N says that after installing the game, restarting CoD HQ four times, and launching into the first mission, they experienced an instant video freeze while the audio continued – then the game crashed entirely. This is on PC and their system is well above the recommended specs.

Strangely, it seems like some people are dodging the bullet. On the same Reddit thread, Solaceqt said they aren’t having any issues and are getting 110+ FPS and they have a barely better PC. Whether you do or don’t experience errors and bugs when trying to get into the MW3 early access campaign, this launch is undeniably abysmal.

If, instead of pre-ordering Modern Warfare 3 and taking the day off to enjoy it, you waited because you knew it was going to be a disaster, congratulations, you made the right call.

My observations of Activision in the past lead me to believe the Modern Warfare 3 errors and bugs will be ironed out as quickly as possible, but count yourself lucky if you didn’t bank on completing the entire MW3 campaign on early access day one because it doesn’t look like anyone will at this rate.

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Noah Nelson
From his early days of blog-style music, movie, and game reviews to working as the Esports Writer at Coastline Community College, Noah Nelson now works fulltime as a Staff Writer for Attack of the Fanboy and PC Invasion. He has been helping gamers everywhere with Destiny 2 god rolls, Warzone 2 DMZ missions, and collectibles in any indie game for over a year and a half. His Bachelor's Degree in English Rhetoric and Composition with a minor in Journalism from CSULB has shaped him to be a strong writer and editor. His fondest gaming memory is playing Sly Cooper 2 after begging his mom (for hours) to play it before his birthday and he still cries myself to sleep remembering the time he accidentally saved over his 99% completion save file in Kingdom Hearts 2.