Meet the Suicide Bombing Glitch That’s Killing ‘Call of Duty’

I was quite excited to get my Xbox back after a month long hiatus when it was afflicted with the always-fatal Red Ring of Death syndrome. It took UPS forever to get off their asses after taking Thursday, Friday, Saturday AND Sunday off from deliveries, but they finally got it to my doorstep in working order

I promptly popped in the new Call of Duty, which I only got to play for about a day and a half before my Xbox croaked, and got set to start head-shotting.

But soon I discovered something was amiss.

Everyone was running around with Javelins, a giant, auto-locking rocket launcher, and everytime I shot one of them, they blew up in my face with the force of a missile strike, killing me as well. I was getting understandably upset, thinking this was some new high level perk that I hadn’t unlocked yet, but no, the “suicide bomber” class is actually a glitch, and one that’s making the game borderline unplayable at the moment.

The above video I’ve posted shows you how to make the class, but I’m afraid it’s like teaching someone how to make napalm. The more it spreads around, the more shit is going to be on fire. But what the hell, we’re all hosed anyways, so I might as well clue you in.

- First you need a Javelin as your secondary.

- Then you need a Semtex sticky grenade

- Useful perks include Marathon, Danger Close and Scrambler.

- Hold the trigger to prime the Semtex, then switch over to your Javelin by pressing Y. Run around trying to knife people until you get shot, and then you will promptly explode.

Your kill count will usually be somewhat near your death count, but I’ve seen plenty of people win free-for-alls using this annoying as hell strategy. Is Infinity Ward trying to teach us a lesson about senseless violence in the middle east with this suicide bombing glitch? I doubt it, and I’ve heard they’re already planning to fix it with a patch, which unfortunately isn’t due out until later this month.

Until then, I will remain above the fray. Shooting dipshits from afar with my silenced FAL, hoping their self-destructive blasts are too far away to reach me.