{"id":762272,"date":"2026-07-14T11:45:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T11:45:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/762272\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T11:45:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T11:45:14","slug":"cod-black-ops-ports-on-ps4-ps5-already-filled-with-hackers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/762272\/","title":{"rendered":"COD Black Ops Ports On PS4 & PS5 Already Filled With Hackers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week, Activision released PlayStation 4 and PS5 ports of <\/a>Call of Duty: Black Ops and Black Ops 2<\/a>. They cost $40, don\u2019t include the paid DLC maps, and feature no quality-of-life improvements. That didn\u2019t stop a lot of people from buying them<\/a>. But players returning to BLOPS 1 or 2 all these years later are running into hackers and cheaters using exploits to ruin matches or hit max level. Things are so bad that Activision has even turned off some playlists infected with naughty players.<\/p>\n

On July 9, after some leaks and a previous confirmation from Activision, Black Ops and Black Ops 2 arrived on PS4 and PS5. While Xbox players had been able to play these two popular CoD games for years via backward compatibility, PlayStation owners had been unable to enjoy 2010\u2019s BLOPS or the 2012 sequel. Now, players have flooded PSN to relive the glory days of Black Ops, but because these releases appear to just be slightly modified versions of the original PS3 games, people are already hacking and cheating en masse in these new ports.<\/p>\n

Y\u2019a un glitch pour \u00eatre prestige max sur BO1 qui ruine compl\u00e8tement les lobbys. On a le moyen de revivre BO1 et BO2 en partant de 0 comme si ils venaient de sortir et les gens pr\u00e9f\u00e8rent tout avoir instant au lieu de profiter. Bande des gros d\u00e9biles mentaux pic.twitter.com\/ESVI1GORAv<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Rida (@BigNeo_) July 13, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

Across Reddit,<\/a> Twitter, and YouTube,<\/a> you can find players sharing stories of Black Ops 1 and 2 lobbies on PS4 and PS5<\/a> being filled with various cheaters<\/a>. One of the most popular cheating methods involves players modifying their PS4 save data,<\/a> joining matches of Domination, and then blowing themselves up to get a shit-ton of XP and reach max rank and prestige.<\/p>\n

You can find clips of people joining CoD: Black Ops Domination lobbies on PS5, quickly followed by a kill feed showing numerous people blowing themselves away with grenades as soon as they spawn. This often leads to the match having to pause and reconnect to a new host and then filling back up\u2014if it fills back up at all\u2014with new players who also proceed to do the exploit.<\/p>\n

While that\u2019s annoying, an even worse problem involves players killing hacked players and getting a massive amount of negative XP that effectively locks them to negative level one. And because you have to be at least level one to matchmake with players, this softlocks you out of multiplayer access.<\/p>\n

\u201cPart of me was afraid this was gonna happen. Another massive L for CoD,\u201d posted one Reddit user.<\/p>\n

\u201c6 games in a row unplayable\u2026 Ground war and domination is ruined,\u201d said another player.<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udce2 Call of Duty: #BlackOps<\/a> on PS4\/PS5<\/p>\n

Select playlists have been disabled as we investigate reported issues.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Call of Duty Updates (@CODUpdates) July 13, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

Things are so bad that on Monday, Activision confirmed it had disabled some playlists in Black Ops so it can \u201cinvestigate reported issues.\u201d Likely, it has turned off playlists that contain Domination or the large-scale mode Ground War, which can reportedly also be exploited.<\/p>\n

Frustratingly, as players have pointed out online, these exploits, hacks, and cheats have been a problem for years on the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions of Black Ops and its sequel. And many CoD vets were worried that these new ports, being basically bare-bones transfers of the PS3 versions, would inherit the same flaws and be hacked and ruined in days. And that\u2019s\u2026exactly what happened. While some are hopeful Activision will fix things up, other players aren\u2019t so sure, seeing as the Xbox 360 versions of the games are still broken and borked all these years later despite being playable again on modern Xbox hardware.<\/p>\n