Warzone's infinite stim glitch is back
I love the smell of cheaters in the morning.
The glitch that Call of Duty: Warzone just can't keep down is back, baby. The game has had repeated problems with players being able to use stims as many times as they like, a particularly frustrating exploit in a game where it can be used to hide in poison gas until all the other players are dead. Infinity Ward claimed this exploit was fixed in October, then it promptly returned a month later, and over the last 24 hours has once more reared its ugly head.
There are a plethora of Youtube videos that have appeared over the last 12 hours, which seem legit, though of course these could easily be uploads of old footage. This example however comes from a stream that began around 14 hours ago at the time of writing.
Stim Glitch is back in Warzone, really?!? @Activision @RavenSoftware pic.twitter.com/WVkbHmPkNyJanuary 11, 2021
Warzone players, known for their calm and restraint, are understandably mad about the return of an exploit that's so anti-competitive, unfair and has now occurred multiple times during the game's lifespan. We've contacted Activision to ask when players can expect a fix.
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Rich is a games journalist with 15 years' experience, beginning his career on Edge magazine before working for a wide range of outlets, including Ars Technica, Eurogamer, GamesRadar+, Gamespot, the Guardian, IGN, the New Statesman, Polygon, and Vice. He was the editor of Kotaku UK, the UK arm of Kotaku, for three years before joining PC Gamer. He is the author of a Brief History of Video Games, a full history of the medium, which the Midwest Book Review described as "[a] must-read for serious minded game historians and curious video game connoisseurs alike."
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