Embarrassing story. I was invited to play "Call of Duty: Black Ops - Cold War" on their console, and guess what, I got infected with lice. So yes, the new Call of Duty is once again about bad guys using hacking on PCs to ruin it for everyone.

The Cold War beta is currently open to everyone and has been extended until October 20, but the opening of the gates allows cheaters to try out their destructive behavior before the game is released; as Eurogamer pointed out, players on the console versions will have to turn cross-play off, which has been addressed by turning it off.

Cross-play is great. It keeps the population together, improves skill-based matchmaking, and removes arbitrary platform barriers, all of which many have enthusiastically supported, and the same thing happened with Modern Warfare, where the game's developers were able to create a new game that was more accessible to players on both consoles and consoles, and also to players on consoles.

When the beta ends tomorrow, everything will be wiped away and even more meaningless. There will be no meaningful progression, no leaderboards, no glory. Nevertheless, frustration will no doubt ensue, but hopefully this will give Treyarch an idea of what they need to do to prepare for the November 13 launch of "Cold War."