November 13, 2024

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Activision ‘secretly’ turned off Call of Duty matchmaking, and ‘turns out everyone hates it’

Activision ‘secretly’ turned off Call of Duty matchmaking, and ‘turns out everyone hates it’

Activision researchers secretly disabled the skill matchmaking system in Call of Duty multiplayer and “it turns out everyone hates it.”

Call of Duty publisher Game of the Year recently published a comprehensive 25-page paper that delves into Skill-Based Matchmaking (SBMM), a sometimes controversial system that aims to pair players with opponents of similar skill level in multiplayer groups, and the company finds that keeping SBMM intact is in everyone’s best interest.