Call of Duty 4 has an absolutely stellar multiplayer component besting every other first person MP game out on the market today. With several game modes to choose from including a realism mode dubbed Hardcore they have been able to create a very large online userbase for their game.

When the game released it shipped without a few things many would consider vital for an online MP of today, such as the ability to mute other players you may deem too noisy and/or obscene, host switching so that when a host leaves it doesn’t drop everyone from the game, etc. Well Infinity Ward has taken it upon themselves to correct these issues and give us some extra goodies in the process, including a new multiplayer map! One request I had for them was to separate Hardcore Team Deathmatch from Hardcore Search and Destroy, which just so happens to be a change they are making with this update! I’m so happy.

Read all of the many details about this update after the jump.

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