[cod] CoD2-Patch ..Just read this...

[Quint van Drosthagen]

Huh Old news... I didn't know this... This is new for me... Am I looking at
the wrong places for news?????

But if it is old news when did the 360 patch came out then and when do you
thing the PC patch will arrive???

Regards
Quint

-----Original Message-----
From: admin at pbbans.de [mailto:admin at pbbans.de] 
Sent: vrijdag 10 maart 2006 0:15
To: cod at icculus.org
Subject: Re: [cod] CoD2-Patch ..Just read this...

old news   :-)

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Neikes" <michael at neikes-net.de>
To: <cod at icculus.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2006 11:51 PM
Subject: [cod] CoD2-Patch ..Just read this...


> ...
> ..it shall be from a member of IW who do not want to get known (read on
> http://www.callofduty-news.de/]
>
> [QUOTE]
> I am at pains to point out that this is NOT AN OFFICIAL ANNOUNCMENT
> Im sure everyone is wondering why the patch is taking so long, so I
> thought Id share a little of what I know about the situation.
>
> For those that dont know me, I also work at Infinity Ward Nation, as
> a staff member. I have spoken to some of the Developers at IW (makers of
> COD2), and have even spoken to Grant Collier, CEO for IW. So, as such, I 
> am
> uniquely qualified to get some of the 'inside' story on things.
>
> As both Activision and IW have a HDA (Non Disclosure Agreement) with
> MS, they cannot divulge too much about the causes of the hold up. This
> explains why IW remains tight-liped about the whole deal. But, with a 
> little
> detective work, I have pieced things together, and this is my estimate of
> the situation:
>
> Activison and IW have an agreement with MS to roll out any patches
> for COD2 together - for both the 360 and the PC. As the 360 was shipped
> without an adequate update system in place, this has held things up - 
> until
> an adequate update system for the 360 was implimented.
>
> As most 360 users will tell you, as of this week, there is finally
> an Update patch available to all 360 users with a Live account. This is
> mandatory, so every 360 user has to download it. It will fit on either a 
> mem
> card or a hd.
>
> As the 360 has now been readied for any updates, rumor has it that
> the COD2 patch will be released this week. Im not totally confident that
> this rumor is accurate, but I do know that the patch is now very close. 
> the
> PC patch has been ready for some time now, and now that the 360 is
> ready for updates, I think it safe to say it will probable be sometime
> this month.
> [QUOTE]
>
> Also the frist patched server has been seen (test version):
> 206.17.227.50:28960  mp_harbor and mp_rhine are included in patch...
> //see version number in screenshot...
>
> Greetz Michael
>
>