{"id":11701,"date":"2026-07-13T18:30:40","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T15:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/?p=11701"},"modified":"2026-07-13T21:15:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T17:45:07","slug":"call-of-duty-black-ops-port-deemed-unplayable-as-lobbies-are-filled-with-exploiters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/2026\/07\/13\/call-of-duty-black-ops-port-deemed-unplayable-as-lobbies-are-filled-with-exploiters\/","title":{"rendered":"Call of Duty: Black Ops Port Deemed &#8216;Unplayable&#8217; As Lobbies Are Filled With Exploiters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\"><strong>UPDATE: <\/strong>Activision has disabled select playlists in the Black Ops port as it investigates the issues with exploits.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-theme=\"light\">\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\" lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udce2 Call of Duty: #BlackOps on PS4\/PS5<\/p>\n<p>Select playlists have been disabled as we investigate reported issues.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Call of Duty Updates (@CODUpdates) July 13, 2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">The original story follows below.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">The new PS4 and PS5 port of Call of Duty: Black Ops is being called &#8220;unplayable&#8221; by fans after exploits have consumed multiplayer lobbies.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Last week, Activision released PS4 and PS5 ports of the first two Black Ops games, much to the joy of fans. Although they&#8217;re a bit pricy for games that have no major updates or changes, fans were just excited to be able to revisit the games they love. With that said, the experience hasn&#8217;t been smooth. In addition to server and hit registration issues, players are also running into compromised lobbies.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Players are able to easily host modded lobbies in Black Ops 1, allowing players to exploit the game. If you manage to get into one of these lobbies, you can just blow yourself up with a grenade as soon as you spawn, leave the game, and you will hit max rank. As a result of this, players are just entering lobbies and blowing themselves up immediately and then leaving. If the entire enemy team quits, you will win by default due to forfeit. As a result, some fans are frustrated as they can&#8217;t really play or enjoy the game.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-theme=\"light\">\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\" lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Black Ops 1 port is filled with people blowing themselves up to hit max level instantly on a 16 year old COD pic.twitter.com\/toYRP8wXfq<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ModernWarzone (@ModernWarzone) July 13, 2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">&#8220;So [Black Ops 1] is now infected with the XP thing where you max level by nading yourself then leaving,&#8221; said one player. &#8220;It&#8217;s leading to unplayable lobbies.&#8221; Another player echoed these sentiments: &#8220;[Black Ops 1 Ground War] is literally ruined with this XP glitch. Cannot play a lobby without 6 people leaving, rejoining, and killing themselves over and over again. What a joke.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Others are using this as an opportunity to point out the hypocrisy among players, as fans have begged for new versions of older COD games only to have players ruin it.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">&#8220;I don\u2019t know what\u2019s people obsession with getting into EXP lobbies or paying money for an UNLOCKALL like we all moaned about how s**t the current state of COD was and then as soon as we get something good, you find the quickest way to exploit the ports\u2026 hasn\u2019t even been a week.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span data-cy=\"slideshow-view-trigger\"><\/p>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-preview\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 slideshow-preview\">\n<h3 class=\"title5 jsx-62124236 jsx-1085005187\" data-cy=\"slideshow-preview-title\">The Best Call of Duty Campaigns<\/h3>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-images-container\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 images-container\"><button type=\"button\" data-cy=\"hero-image\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 hero-image\">&lt;img alt=&quot;Following its debut in 2003, Call of Duty quickly ascended to become the best-selling first-person shooter series ever, a title it continues to hold to this day. That\u2019s almost entirely down to its ever-popular multiplayer, which keeps fans playing day in, day out. But there are, of course, two sides to Call of Duty. Standing side-by-side the PvP are the single-player campaigns, which, for those of us a little unwilling to huck ourselves into the online hellhole and compete in the Call of Duty combat cauldron, tell cinematic stories straight from the front line. <\/p>\n<p>But which Call of Duty games have the greatest campaigns? IGN\u2019s keenest and most experienced Call of Duty fans have combined to carve out a list of our favourite single-player stories, plucked from all throughout the series\u2019 two-decade-and-change history. We\u2019re looking for campaigns that champion Call of Duty\u2019s greatest strengths: those with great mission variety, ambitious set-pieces, and novel mechanics, as well as the more traditional \u201cgreat FPS\u201d staples like strong level design and memorable storytelling. Only the campaigns that have it all can truly rise to the top of this list, which means this year\u2019s somewhat muddled Black Ops 7 didn\u2019t quite make the cut. But which ones did?  <\/p>\n<p>Here are our top 10 Call of Duty campaigns.<br \/>\n&#8221; decoding=&#8221;async&#8221; class=&#8221;progressive-image jsx-2896921488 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity&#8221; loading=&#8221;lazy&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/call-of-duty-black-ops-port-deemed-unplayable-as-lobbies-are-filled-with-exploiters.gif&#8221; data-cy=&#8221;progressive-image&#8221;&gt;<span class=\"button-text jsx-729543028 button button--primary jsx-3381835873 jsx-4266531355 row-pagination-button next contained centered round large\" data-cy=\"paginate next\" title=\"Open Slideshow\"><span class=\"ign-icon right-chevron jsx-2750866048 jsx-2919720488\" role=\"presentation\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-cy=\"right-chevron\"><\/span><\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">There are still some lobbies you can get into, but you will still see the odd player blowing themselves up in the killfeed. Ultimately, it&#8217;s far from an ideal experience. Call of Duty fans have been begging Activision to re-release older entries of the franchise for over a decade and now that it has happened, they are trying to race to become the highest level in the game, even if it calls for exploits. <\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">It&#8217;s a disappointing outcome, and given such little effort was put into these ports, it&#8217;s hard to imagine there will be any moderation or notable updates to fix these kinds of issues. One can only hope that once a large portion of the player base hits max rank, this issue will go away. However, it&#8217;s also hard to imagine players sticking around for long if they have nothing to progress towards or unlock.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\"><em>Cade Onder is a freelancer for IGN&#8217;s news team. He covers all things entertainment, including gaming, film, and more. You can find him on Twitter @Cade_Onder.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/call-of-duty-black-ops-port-deemed-unplayable-as-lobbies-are-filled-with-exploiters.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/call-of-duty-black-ops-port-deemed-unplayable-as-lobbies-are-filled-with-exploiters.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/call-of-duty-black-ops-port-deemed-unplayable-as-lobbies-are-filled-with-exploiters.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/call-of-duty-black-ops-port-deemed-unplayable-as-lobbies-are-filled-with-exploiters.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11702,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[50],"class_list":["post-11701","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-49","tag-50"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11701","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11701"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11701\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11703,"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11701\/revisions\/11703"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}