Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 phone number requirement is for PC only

Modern Warfare 2: Call of DutyThe same verification procedure that frustrates for SMS texts will be required of PC gamers. Overwatch 2’s launch for many, but with an important exception: Any existing Warzone: The Call of Duty players who have already verified their accounts won’t be required to give a real, text-enabled phone number to play Modern Warfare II.

Team Ricochet, Activision’s anti-cheat team for Call of Duty, pointed out that the Battle.net SMS policy for Modern Warfare IIAnd Warzone 2.0 — which launch Oct. 28 and Nov. 16, respectively — is the same as the verification requirement implemented with the first Warzone May 2020 – PC back For all those who play Modern Warfare II on Steam, a mobile phone number must also be linked to the player’s Steam account, the studio said.

“SMS verification is critical to our anti-cheat enforcement efforts,” the developers said in a blog post on Thursday. The studio said the verification requirement thwarts “illicit account creation at its source.”

They added that, earlier this year, it implemented an SMS verification requirement for 2019’s Modern Warfare. Call of DutyAfter finding out that hackers were accessing the game client, we decided to take legal action. Warzone Without SMS verification

One week ago, Blizzard Entertainment largely abandoned their “SMS Protect” initiative for Overwatch 2In light of numerous launch issues which caused many server problems, disconnections, and progress or items not to transfer for many players.

Though Blizzard said SMS verification was critical to efforts to eliminate cheaters and stop toxic behavior, the measure was instantly controversial for many players, especially those whose prepaid cell phone plans didn’t support the kind of SMS authentication the system requires.

Players on consoles are exempted from the requirement Modern Warfare II. The game, a sequel to Infinity Ward’s critical and commercial success Duty callModern WarfareLaunches for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 and Windows PC on October 28th, 2019, as well as Xbox One, Xbox One and Xbox Series X.