Perhaps relevant to the story above, Steam News announces the release of a new automatic patch for the Windows edition of Call of Duty: Black Ops. The change list follows.

Call of Duty: Black Ops

• MP Audio stuttering on certain systems.
• Playercards sometimes not showing properly.
• Added three Private Match Server Settings: Team Change, Team-Up Period, and Keep Balanced Teams.
• Added Alternate Color Scheme for accessibility: Settings / Multiplayer / Player Name Indicator.
• Changed Team-Up Period countdown interval to 10 seconds.
• Combat Training sessions are no longer counted in Server Browser Unranked tab.
• Friends on your team will now show as blue on your minimap.
• Prevention of various exploits.
• Objective markers localized for all languages.
• Various stability improvements

Call of Duty: Black Ops Rcon Tool

• Recognize new "invalid password" server response