Call of Duty Will Require Phone Number Verification, Soon

October 10, 2022 By Omal J

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In order to hold gamers accountable for their conduct, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II will require users to register on Battle.net with a phone number. On October 28, this month, the game is scheduled for release. According to PCGamer, it's a repetition of the deed that last week's Overwatch 2 gamers encountered difficulties with. The next CoD shooter, along with Overwatch 2 and 2019's Modern Warfare, are listed as the three games on the Battle.net support page that "demand that you provide a phone number to your Battle.net account" in order to play. Call of Duty Modern Warfare II Phone Number verification

Call of Duty Modern Warfare II Phone Number verification

Activision Blizzard's SMS Protect phone verification system, which forbids players from making countless new accounts in an effort to get around bans or engage in unfair gameplay, is designed to reduce toxic behavior among gamers. SMS Protect's lack of equal treatment for all phone numbers stems from its design for text-capable mobile phones. It is noted on a different Battle.net help website that "prepaid phones may not work with the phone notification service." Furthermore, VoIP numbers are incompatible with it. As a result, only players with postpaid cellular subscriptions are permitted to use the service, which may not be an option for many players worldwide. Battle.net refused to accept the number linked with their prepaid Cricket Wireless plan, a Modern Warfare II beta user claimed to PCGamer last month. Call of Duty Modern Warfare II Phone Number verification

They were instead asked for a "postpaid phone number" to begin the game. Video game gamers complained that it was unfair to make them sign a contract with a telecom provider before they could access the game they had paid for. Dota 2 and Rainbow Six Siege also require players to supply a phone number in order to participate in ranked matches, thus this requirement is not new. However, there haven't been many reports of prepaid phone plan issues with these earlier implementations. After entering the same number they had been using for years to play Dota 2 successfully, one user we spoke to was denied access to play Overwatch 2.

By Omal J

I worked for both print and electronic media as a feature journalist. Writing, traveling, and DIY sum up her life.

Call of Duty Will Require Phone Number Verification, Soon

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