Daniel Etherington

With Modern Warfare 2 on the Xbox 360, Party Chat has been disabled for the majority of the multiplayer game modes, much to the irritation of players like me who prefer to just party up with a few real friends and chat, you know, like normal people who don’t want to be audio spammed by obnoxious teenagers.

The reason Party Chat’s been banned was supposedly something to do with cheating – with friends in Party Chat on calling out positions in ranked matches or dead friends reporting positions in Search and Destroy mode. Or something. Was it really that common in COD4: MW? I guess it was common enough for the developers and publishers to take action. Shame. Aw well.

I couldn’t find this online anywhere, so here’s a full list of the Modern Warfare 2 multiplayer modes, and whether they support Party Chat:

Team Deathmatch – No
Mercenary Team Deathmatch – Yes
Free-for-all – Yes
Domination – No
Ground war – Yes
Demolition – No
Sabotage – No
Headquarters Pro – No
Search & Destroy – No
Capture the Flag – No
3rd Person Team Tactical – Yes
Hardcore Ricochet Search & Destroy – Yes
Hardcore Team Deathmatch – No
3rd Person Cage Match – Yes
Team Deathmatch Express- No
Mosh Pit – No
Hardcore Ricochet HQ Pro – No