Call of Duty fans were excited to relive some old-school action this week when Call of Duty: WWII (2017) joined the Xbox Game Pass lineup. But that nostalgia trip took a dark turn almost immediately—especially for PC players.
Just hours after the game went live on Game Pass, reports started flooding in about RCE exploits (Remote Code Execution)—one of the most serious types of security vulnerabilities a game can have. These kinds of hacks allow bad actors to remotely run code on your PC, which can be used to shut down your system, access private files, or even launch malicious programs.
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What’s Happening?
Multiple players took to Twitter and Reddit to report extremely alarming experiences. Some saw their PCs forcibly shut down mid-match. Others had Notepad messages typed out by hackers, and one particularly wild case involved a hacker pulling up adult content on a user’s second monitor—all without the user touching a thing.
If that sounds terrifying, that’s because it is. These RCE issues have cropped up in Call of Duty games before, especially older ones with less active support. But the fact that WWII was just made freshly available through Game Pass has opened the floodgates for a wave of unsuspecting new victims.
A Bad Look for Game Pass
This situation is a major black eye for both Call of Duty and Game Pass. Microsoft’s $69 billion acquisition of Activision was meant to boost the service by adding legendary CoD titles into its library. It started with Modern Warfare III, followed by the upcoming Black Ops 6 as a day-one release. But WWII’s launch on Game Pass is a cautionary tale about the dangers of reviving older games without proper security checks.
It also highlights a bigger issue: older CoD titles often aren’t patched once these types of exploits are discovered. If this continues, the strategy of slowly drip-feeding legacy games into Game Pass could backfire hard.
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Should You Play It?
In short: Do not play Call of Duty: WWII on PC via Game Pass right now. The risks are way too high, especially since it’s unclear if Activision or Microsoft are actively working on a patch.
Console players seem to be unaffected, so if you’re on Xbox Series X/S, you’re probably in the clear. But on PC? Steer way clear for now.
What Happens Next?
No official statement has been made yet, but with the issue going viral, it’s likely that either Microsoft or Activision will need to step in fast. Until that happens, WWII is effectively a digital minefield on PC—one that could seriously compromise your system.
If you’ve already installed the game, your best move is to uninstall it ASAP and make sure your antivirus and firewall protections are up to date. And if you’re worried about other legacy CoD titles coming to Game Pass, keep an eye on community forums before diving in.
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