One problem with the Xbox 360’s online play is it’s often difficult to determine exactly which swear words, racial slurs and homophobic epithets the teenager on the other end spews after you off him in Modern Warfare 2. Aware of the problem, Microsoft says it will upgrade the quality of the sound that pumps through your headset.

Eurogamer reports Microsoft will use a Fall firmware update to upgrade the infrastructure that determines voice quality, wiping out much of the static and distortion that drags down the current voice chat.

If you game on Xbox Live, what do you make of the sound quality?

Xbox headset sound quality to improve [via Destructoid]

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