Racist abuse in online games is nothing new and is so common that in 2018 we compiled a list of consequences for racist remarks in popular online games. Developers have fought against it, usually with mixed results. Infinity Ward, the studio behind "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare," today promised to increase resources to monitor and remove racist names and comments in the game and apologized for not doing a better job already.

"There is no racist content in our games. This is an initiative we started from launch and we need to do a better job," the studio said in a message shared on Twitter. 'We issue bans for thousands of racist and hate-oriented names every day. But we know we must do more"

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To accomplish that, Infinity Ward said:

Tools are important, but bringing about meaningful change in player behavior has proven more difficult. a 2010 NPR report, "Race in Multiplayer Games. warned about "racism concerns in multiplayer games" (coincidentally citing "Modern Warfare 2" as one of the most popular games at the time), and more recently, Mordhau's developer, Triternion, suggested that players might toggle off female and non-white characters, a controversial This was controversial, as it suggested the possibility The growing Chinese audience has also led to racist clashes with Western gamers.

Infinity Ward has come under fire for not taking such measures from the beginning: Rami Ismail, co-founder of Vlambeer, for example, said the change came "too late" and that the timing "seems a bit ironic," but added that overall He added that overall it is still a good move. Infinity Ward also seems to acknowledge its failures to date.

"We apologize to our players." This is a promise to our fans, thank you."

I contacted Activision to get more information on how these changes will be implemented and when they can go live.