The effects of PS3 firmware update 3.56 have started to be felt by Black Ops hackers as Sony has begun to slam the ban hammer.
Sony released a new firmware update last night that it said "adds a security patch" to the console.
It's the firm's first move to shut out hackers since the PS3 protection software was completely circumvented earlier this month.
Once detected they are presented with the above message telling them that their console has been permanently banned from the Black Ops servers.
There have been, however, many posts of protests on the Call of Duty forums from users who claim to have been banned despite being completely innocent.
Whether the claims of innocence are legitimate or not is yet to be seen, but it's clear that Sony's new firmware means a zero tolerance policy for hackers.
Comments
31 comments so far...
STEVONYMO on 28 Jan '11 said:
Yah! Go Sony ban the cheating scum.
raredevice on 28 Jan '11 said:
This is good news. If they can do this surely the talk of activation codes is spurious.
slick loose on 28 Jan '11 said:
Nice, finally some action! No f**king about either
I also highly doubt that SONY has banned anyone who is "innocent", surely if innocent people were being banned...everyone would be?
SONY is the Judge, Jury and Execution!
VOR on 28 Jan '11 said:
I feel a war coming on.
Hopefully the winner is Sony and the consumer.
NoobDefence on 28 Jan '11 said:
I got to admit if I was in the Sony labs I would be so tempted to release firmware 3.57,3.58 and 3.59 a day after each other for giggles lol.
slick loose on 28 Jan '11 said:
If I was in the SONY lab, I would take a NPG...or 5, if I could. Keep 1, sell the rest!
/ponders...
Nitramuse on 28 Jan '11 said:
And now the wait...the wait for the legit players to being banned.
Almost all of the PS3 updates had problems, you know...
jubbgi01 on 28 Jan '11 said:
got a couple of hours in last night after waiting 50 minutes for the patch to download (Thank god for elite force 2, which i'm giving another run though to), and it did feel smoother. I'd not really noticed how slow it used to be to connect and the amount of lag I was getting until it was gone last night. I just put it down to my line speed (down to about 800k at the mo).
I never saw any of this cheating before though. I did notice someone had got into the back of a truck on array last night which didn't look like he was suposed to be there, but he was dead before any questions were asked. Bravo to Sony for bringing the mighty ban hammer down for once though. Cheaters=virgins.
TheCrimsonFenix on 28 Jan '11 said:
Would there really be any proof that a person is innocent after the latest firmware, afterall, the latest firmware surely would be overwriting any unofficial firmwares. I guess it depends on how exactly the latest firmware is banning these consoles. If it's banning them specifically then there's very little chance of anyone innocent being attacked. But then again this is Sony, who aren't exactly 100% foolproof with firmwares. Boo f**king hoo to anyone who has been hacking the game though. If you can't play fair don't play at all. Exactly what victory do you get from cheating? None that's what. If a BO hacker can fulfilll his life by simply getting high up the ranks by cheating and all for some hollow glory of being known as one of the better CoD players... then what a sorry sad little life you must lead.
ajbns87 on 28 Jan '11 said:
good to hear about this, i dont even have black ops yet, but im getting so sick of hackers on MW2 - PS3.
Very_Silver_Ownz on 28 Jan '11 said:
wish there was a ban for hackers on CoD4
User75 on 28 Jan '11 said:
YAY!!!! go get them sony
liquidgfx on 28 Jan '11 said:
This sounds a little weak to me, why ban them from just 1 games servers? If they're running 1 copy then its a good bet they're running others! Ban the console from the PSN, that's what I say.
Barca Azul on 28 Jan '11 said:
I remember Valve banning "innocents" from MW2, so you never know.
If you could prove they were definately cheating or using CFW id ban they from the PSN too.
anonpleb on 28 Jan '11 said:
liquidgfx has it right here. Sony hasn't banned this person. It says they are banned from the COD servers, not PSN.
Who is to say this user hasn't been cheating/being ultra abusive/breaking rules etc?
knigitz on 28 Jan '11 said:
The problem is they are banning people for having Custom Firmware, not for cheating.
That's f**king stupid.
shogunreaper on 28 Jan '11 said:
So wait, people can actually play Black ops on the ps3 now?
Now that's a development!
But it looks like sony has a way to detect if you've modded your console i guess.
MissSouthampton on 28 Jan '11 said:
It's more than likely coming from Treyarch - they are getting so much stick they had to rebuild the faith in the PS3 community!
jnewco81 on 28 Jan '11 said:
Good. Now please sort out the hackers on MW2!
The Bossman on 28 Jan '11 said:
Can't say I've seen any hacking whatsoever in Black Ops. Looks like the security features and report features are working well so far.
gypscanuck on 28 Jan '11 said:
I can still glitch, cheat, hack, who u guys banning?
makaveli101 on 28 Jan '11 said:
is this webstie R*TARDED? this has nothing to do with the sony update 3.56 fw, Treyarch are banning users who have modded to 15th prestige using this mod:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LML19PjhzA
it didn't matter if our consoles were modded, if someone has cfw but haven't modded black ops, then they can still play black ops on their modded ps3's. We modders can still go online with cfw 3.55!!! lol And 3.56 is already been cracked, and we'll be updating our cfw, face it ps3 is permanently hacked, give up sony, no point changing the keys if the equations the same
Black ops is awful anyways, its only hyped through infinity ward's success of cod4 & mw2. treyarch are just gay & ruin a year of a cod game every 2 years lol. heres a tip, next time you use an INFINITY WARD engine, make sure you credit THEIR engine somewhere in your awful game. lol a treyarch production my a*s. They are taking this awful game to seriously, i wouldn't be suprised if treyarch issued prison sentances. haha.
Domin666 on 28 Jan '11 said:
Good for them you think some one is cheating just watch the game replay from that persons view,seen players doing some crazy stuff in the past just by watching the video.Ban the cheating skum is what i say,if they cheat/hack/whatever for stats or wins then ban them.But if they are trophy huners let em do it in a diffrent game/server/private game whatever..if trophys are your life then fine but dont screw up my game's plz.
P.S. hackers should leave us gamers alone and try the big boys like goverment, banks ect.
chronicwombat on 28 Jan '11 said:
banned from black ops? lucky buggers!
TheLastDodo on 28 Jan '11 said:
^ I agree.
Sometimes a ban isn't enough though. I propose sterilisation
marlewuk on 29 Jan '11 said:
isnt it treyarch that are banning the cheats not sonys new firmware. it should read blackops bans game hack cheats. if it were sony they'd be banned from psn.
Zepf on 29 Jan '11 said:
Cheating hackers ruin the otherwise great experience of MW1 and 2.
Bastards, how f**king pathetic do you need to be to do that so you can win?
I don't know how these arseholes can be bothered. 30 kills, no deaths? shooting through walls? infinite rapid fire grenade launchers? WHY? Winning doesn't mean a f**king thing unless its fair.
Mmmmgrolsch on 29 Jan '11 said:
Thats just your opinion. You bunch of dickheads p**s me right off going round saying "its crap so whats wrong with me hacking the game?" your just a prick if you hack any game for any reason, and simply don't deserve to play any games with people.
Gaseous Snake on 29 Jan '11 said:
I say that they allow Black Ops to be hacked. After all, it's already a game where you don't need an iota of skill to win, how could this possibly be anything but an improvement?
slick loose on 29 Jan '11 said:
Either you are naturally good at the game who has a K/D ratio 5:1 and who is very cocky.
OR
You are very s**t at it and you are just a sore loser.
OR
You have not played it online but just like to stir s**t
So which is it, A,B or C?
If you Picked A than, fair enough the game is to easy for you...you are pro! Take a look at how we perceive you.
If you picked B or C, than you're a hater, so this site is for you
Much love!
craiglackenby on 29 Jan '11 said:
F-u-c-k-i-n-g S-c-u-m!
You sound proud
I bet that hacking bulls**t makes you feel like a real man, I wish I was as cool and could hack like you
S-C-U-M
