Cheaters have been a problem in Call of Duty for many years. Activision now presents new progress in the current part Black Ops 6.
Under the name Ricochet, Activision has formed an anti-cheat team that fraudulas in Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 and Call of Duty: Warzone has announced the fight and wants to do it. In a statement, the community is now informed about the progress in the fight against cheaters that have been made in the meantime.
Accordingly, five other cheat developers have recently been shut down, which has increased the total number of cheat resellers in the meantime since the release of Black Ops 6 to over 150.
Over 10,000 accounts were protected from suspicious activities by the new guideline for the account link. As a result, players had to confirm that they have control over an account when someone tried to link a new PC account with an Activision ID.
Replay technology has been improved, so that the analysis of replays has now been accelerated in order to identify and pursue cheaters. And: The user interface of the death wides was expanded with additional information to give clearer insights into the elimination.
For the future, it is promised to continue to proceed against third-party hardware that is used for cheating. For this purpose, warnings are sent to companies and initiates further legal steps if necessary. On the part of the Ricochet team, it says: “Our commitment remains unchanged. We focus on increasing the hurdles for cheating in Call of Duty, eliminating as many cheaters as possible before they can influence a game, and every cheater account that makes it into the game as soon as possible.”
