Activision and Infinity Ward have released a new update for Call of Duty: Ghosts. This new patch comes with a number of rebalances Killstreaks, various anti-cheat improvements, a new reset stats option for max prestige players, and the addition of leaderboards for Drop Zone and Reinforce.

As always, this new patch will be auto-downloaded, and you can view below its complete changelog:

Call of Duty: Ghosts - Update August 4th Changelog:

Killstreak Balance

• Vulture now lives for 90 seconds (in line with sentry gun).
• Juggernaut buffs.
  • Assault movement spead increased 15%
  • Support movement speed increased 5%
  • Assault/Support Juggernaut now have focus perk
• Loki buffs.
  • Large rod can now be fired every 4 seconds instead of 7
  • Rod fires at 1.5 seconds instead of 2 seconds after trigger pull
  • Small rods now fire at 0.3 seconds instead of 0.5 seconds after trigger pull

eSports

• Fixed SND plant/defuse issue that could occur in System Link.
• Added ability to name teams when using broadcaster mode.
  • Added team name to playercard when in spectator mode.
• When eSports rules are enabled for SND on Strikezone, the non-destroyed version of the map is now always used.
• Removed d-pad helper icon when in first/third person spectator mode.

Anti-Cheat

• Overall anti-cheat improvements.

Additional Fixes

• Fix for SND round not ending when an entire team has been killed.
• Fix for rare loss of rank issue that could occur when swapping between 360/X1.
• Fixed issue where player could trigger a 10 second cap instead of 5 after stepping off and on a neutral flag.
• Fixed issue that allowed players to see enemy positions in the options menu minimap during the killcam.
• Improved patch unlock requirements UI:
  • Added patch, quip, and unlock requirements.
• Fixed persistent "NEW" icon that would occur with extra loadouts.
• Updated safeguard to send out a standard notification of a kill.
• Fixed rare end of match crash.
• Hunted Victor Operation fix: works better with gun game, previous fix only allowed top player to get credit, now we allow top 3 (consistent with FFA).
• Hijacker Operation fix: operation would get stuck at tier 2, it now rolls properly back to 0/10 tier 2 for players.
• Fixed an issue where bots in reinforce would not leave a flag after capturing.

New Features

• Added reset stats option for max prestige players.
• Added new menu music for Extinction and MP.
• Updated the hitmarker color to orange when it's the killing hit.
• Added leaderboards for Drop Zone and Reinforce.
• Enemy Oracle pings now show an orange Oracle symbol on the player hud, indicating they are outlined.

Extinction

• Tooth bonus pool now offers one bonus tooth per day.
• Engineers can now fire their pistol while repairing the drill.
• Engineers no longer take damage from traps.
• Balancing updates for the Death Machine.
• Feral Vision no longer displays the colored overlay.
• Deployed launcher ammo refills now receive more ammo.
• Players running the Pistols Only relic are now excluded from the "Purchase a new weapon" challenge.
• Fixed issue where background award did not unlock after level completion with a Relic.
• Improvements to the Vanguard logic in Awakening.
• Updated door logic for Ark interior sequence in Awakening.
• Fixed the gas exploit on Mayday.
• Fixed the Drill exploit on Mayday.
• Fixed issue in Chaos mode where players would T-pose.
• Fixed issue with Seeders being included in Seeker challenges.
• Balancing updates for all maps.