COD4 Update Now Available Through Xbox Live
by Dan Landis on February 29, 2008
Hopefully people will now actually die when you shoot them in the head.
It’s been talked about for months, rumored for weeks, and now it’s finally here. The Xbox 360 version of Call of Duty 4 has now been officially patched. The title update will be available the next time you load up the game (as long as you’re connected to Live). Airstrike the link to get the full details on what this patch features.
The following information is courtesy of FourZeroTwo via his site IAMfourzerotwo:
New Kill Cams - Everything that can kill you has a Kill Cam now. Grenades, Airstrikes, Claymores, C4, M203 Rounds, RPGs, anything. So jump online, get owned alittle and check them out. They’re awesome, especially Grenades and M203 shots that go across the map and through a window.
Host Migration - Host migration was added, so now when the host leaves you won’t get dropped back to your own lobby by yourself. Everyone will stay together. Host Leaves, everyone returns to lobby, selects next best host, and the game starts up again. No more re-inviting, re-partying up because a host ended the game.
Improved Sniper Accuracy - The Sniper rifle accuracy has been improved. No more, WTF? shots now. Your cross hair will be a better representation of where your shot will ultimately land. Try out a sniper class today, let us know how the new accuracy feels.
Improved ACOG Scope Accuracy - ACOG scopes accuracy on any weapon has been improved. Test it out, throw it on one of your classes and give it a go.
Upgraded Spectator Cam - Now when you’re a spectator you have the option to follow in 3rd person or 1st person. As well as rotate 360 degrees around the player you’re watching. Next time you’re dead in Search and Destroy and just watching your team mates do stuff you know you can do better, now do it in 1st person or rotate around them.
Quick Mute Option - Now you can easily and quickly mute players in-game or in-lobby without ever going through the Xbox Live blades. Just go to their gamertag on screen and hit ‘A’ to quick mute in lobby, or via the in-game scoreboard if playing. Quick. Easy. Salvation!
In addition to these feature additions there will also be:
Improved Network Performance For Larger Games - 18 player games now require more bandwidth to host, resulting in smoother performance for players.
Optimized Server Selection for First Match - Server selection is now optimized to select best bandwidth servers associated by LSP.
Fixed “Playlist Older Than Host” Error - Player will no longer get this error when entering games.
Additional Start Spawn Locations in All Maps - Added a minimum of 9 extra start spawns on each side of all maps.
- Gamer’s Paradise: Live From EiEiO & E3 2007 in Santa Monica CA
- Call of Duty 4 Patch v1.2 Ready for Action
- New Call of Duty 4 Maps on the Way
- Major Nelson Muffled: Microsoft Can’t Legally Discuss Xbox Live Issues
- Master Chief Eats Soap – CoD4 Takes Top Spot on Xbox Live
- Call Of Duty 4 Top in 2007
- Call of Duty 4 DLC - 9 New Map Screens
- Fall Xbox Live Update: 500 Free MS Points Plus Original Xbox Titles
on March 1, 2008 12:15 am
Awesome. Thank god for those extra spawns, some of those things were god awful stupid. The stairs in that one map. You know, the one with the stairs. That’s a stupid spawn point. Of course, it’s a stupid map so whateva.
on March 1, 2008 3:08 am
This was a great update. The new sniper accuracy is my favorite part. Makes the game more logical.
on March 1, 2008 5:00 pm
is there gonna be one for ps3????
on March 2, 2008 7:24 pm
They totally broke this game. Apart from the new kill-cams and snipers, they have borked everything else :(
New spawns are rubbish, you’re more likely to spawn in front of an enemy and sometimes they bug out and you spawn facing a wall/ceiling.
they also broke my favorite type of gun, the LMG. Those things are useless now.
Oh, and the lag is horrible now.
I think the PS3 patch is a few weeks out, so enjoy it whist you can.
on March 25, 2008 10:11 am
i agree with de lmg comment… cant use dem at all now… sure ppl used t say dey wer too accurate but now dey cant kill even with the handle.