65,000 Bans in a Week. Activision Has No Mercy for Cheaters in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and CoD: Warzone
Activision has boasted quite an achievement. The team dedicated to fighting cheating in the online Call of Duty in just a few days has banned 65,000 accounts whose owners were caught playing dirty.
It's no secret that cheaters are a plague of multiplayer games. You may have encountered people who enjoy making life difficult for honest players. Games from the Call of Duty series are seriously affected by this type of behavior. Fortunately, Activision company doesn't intend to indulge cheaters and is constantly trying to suppress any sign of dishonesty.
Increased activity of developers in the fight against cheaters could be observed over the last few days. Activision bragged online that during this period, Team Ricochet - a team dedicated to tracking down cheaters and enforcing penalties - banned over 65,000 accounts of individuals who ruined the gaming experience for others in Call of Duty.
The RICOCHET Anti-Cheat team has now purged the Ranked Play leaderboards in both Call of Duty: Warzone and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III, banning accounts for cheating and boosting -- we read in the statement.
Further in the message, Activision warned the community that "the team will continue to monitor and issue enforcements to anyone cheating or boosting in all game modes." It's worth noting that a previous similar campaign resulted in "only" 27,000 bans.
There is no doubt that the increase in the number of cheaters in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III was related to the fact that Activision's shooter was recently added to the PC/Xbox Game Pass offer. Hopefully, the devs will continue to effectively combat cheaters and enhance the enjoyment of online gaming to some extent.
