It was leaked today that Infinity Ward will have Xbox Live's party chat feature blocked while playing Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2. The reason for this is because many gamers exploited the party chat system in Call of Duty 4 in order to tell teammates where enemies were while they were dead. If you are in party chat while you jump into a multiplayer game in MW2, you will be prompted to switch to game chat (pictured below). This will definitely cut back on the amount of cheating that takes place online for MW2.
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