In a recent blog, the Call of Duty team revealed how much less toxic the community have been since the release of Modern Warfare III.
It’s no secret that online gaming communities can be extremely toxic, and Call of Duty was always one of the prime examples of that. However, around the release of Modern Warfare III the team behind the game have put in more effort to combat toxic behavior in the game, and it seems to have worked.
A new blog post by the Call of Duty team outlines some of the measures they have taken and what results they have already seen from it.
Toxicity In Call of Duty Strongly Reduced
Since the launch of Modern Warfare III, in-game voice chat has been monitored through a new voice moderation system. The report claims that with this new system, over two million accounts “have seen in-game enforcement for disruptive voice chat, based on the Call of Duty Code of Conduct”.
These enforcements seem to consist of globally muting players from voice/text chat and further restricting social features upon repeated offenses.
These measures seem to have worked, as the reports claims a “50% reduction in players exposed to severe instances of disruptive voice chat since Modern Warfare III’s launch”. The team vows to increase this number, by offering including more languages in the automatic voice moderation, improving the system overall and also enticing players further to report toxic behavior.
What do you think of this report and Call of Duty’s efforts to combat toxicity? Do you think this is a positive development, or should the CoD devs do more to make the game less toxic? Let us know in the comments!