Anyone preparing to play Modern Warfare 2 on launch might be confronted with the same difficulty to Overwatch 2, which Blizzard launched final week (October 4), in needing a linked phone number earlier than the game could be performed.
A phone notifications web page on the Battle.internet help website has lately been up to date with textual content stating that those that want to play Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, or these with “newly created Overwatch 2 accounts, and newly created Call of Duty: Modern Warfare accounts” will want to add and validate a phone number so as to play the game.
Blizzard states this is wanted so as to “send you notifications when important changes are made to your account”, but in addition goes on to say that any phone in a supported nation with a knowledge plan “that is not prepaid” can be utilized. Further on in the article, Blizzard says that pay as you go plans “may not work” with the service.
This signifies that anybody considering of shopping for Modern Warfare 2 will want a cellular phone number linked by way of both Battle.internet or Steam, because it’s additionally talked about on the Modern Warfare 2 retailer web page on Steam {that a} phone number “must” be linked to accounts so as to play the game, though by way of Steam there is no point out of a pay as you go plan being unsuitable.
The information follows a number of events of gamers being unable to entry the beta by way of Steam in September, due to an error message exhibiting “mobile phone number required” which didn’t recognise when a number had already been entered. The solely repair for this was for gamers to take away their phone numbers from Steam, generally a number of instances, earlier than relinking them.
The new info comes after Blizzard did a U-turn on all accounts requiring a phone number for Overwatch 2, as an alternative stipulating that any gamers with a linked Battle.internet account, which included anybody who had performed the game since June 9, 2021, would now not want to present a phone number so as to play. Blizzard states that requiring phone verification is a step in direction of lowering “disruptive behaviour” and claims that this can assist forestall banned customers from rejoining with a brand new account.
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