We Talked To Activision…

By Rob Smith | 08 September 2012 | 10 Comments

Today the twitter-verse got all excited as a video started doing the rounds of a rumored “hacked” Black Ops II build. In all the hullabaloo the various outlets “reporting” on this build failed to do a little fact-checking. Like, “hey, people who actually made the game and the build, what’s the story, is this for reals?”

But we did.

So, I asked Activision about this “hack” video, and what, in fact, it was. And this is what they had to say:

“The video posted is from a development demo build, using developer tools meant for testing. The retail build was never accessed or compromised.”

So sounds like a lot of breathless posturing over a video of something that the devs used for testing, which isn’t in the final game, and isn’t representative the actual final product.

So, calm down folks, not long to wait until the actual game is revealed in its entirety.

10 Comments

Posted by SharnOftheDEAD on 08 September 12 at 7:01pm

Ha…well take everything they say with a pinch of salt. Remember the infamous no last stand in MW3? Looks like they might have got caught with their trousers down! I’m pretty skeptical. But the fact such a video was leaked, makes them look silly and also questionable.
- Posted by Whinterfell on 10 September 12 at 5:05pm
  
  Well they say it is a dev build with some option. But the video in question had a few option in there that are not exactly dev style works. Like no recoil and the fact he was shooting with his fingers. Classic hacks from a console sand point. Even if this was a dev build and demo of it it still has source code and that makes for a hackers dream. From this I can say this game is fucked now with hackers.
Posted by Mark on 08 September 12 at 9:02pm

“So, calm down folks, not long to wait until the actual game is revealed in its entirety.”

… For those who never played a CoD game in their life anyways.
Posted by Dewgel on 09 September 12 at 8:59am

Don’t know what the guy above is moaning about, but I don’t remember seeing Last Stand in MW3 multiplayer?
Final Stand was in, yes, but I don’t really remember them saying that or death streaks were out. The perk, last stand, was removed.

Ps its a game guys, shut up and get on with it. It’s not out yet
- Posted by Sunny D on 10 September 12 at 12:36pm
  
  So you don’t get pissed off when you encounter Hackers at any game?
  Hell of a gamer you are ^^
Posted by pinchyL on 10 September 12 at 12:58pm

oh no… just wait till the game comes out sheesh. im currently working on bringing you footage for the next coming up call of duty game
Posted by iHCjames on 01 November 12 at 9:50am

Actually, it was the fulll game I hacked
Posted by iHCjames on 01 November 12 at 9:51am

So treyarch are just as scared as fuck that I can hack their game.
Posted by iHCjames on 01 November 12 at 9:55am

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Posted by Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 – Angeblicher Leak nur ein altes Entwickler-Video - insidegames on 10 February 13 at 4:08am

[...] Activision hat Meldungen widersprochen, wonach ein an diesem Wochenende aufgetauchtes Video nicht autorisierte Inhalte aus der fertigen Version von Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 zeigen würde. Gemeinhin auch als Leak* bezeichnet, offenbart sich das Video, welches besagte Szenen bieten soll, als eine sehr frühe Demo-Version des Shooters. Das bestätigt auch ein Activision-Sprecher auf Nachfrage. [...]