Activision Warns Warzone Cheaters It May Cut Their Parachutes ‘Randomly, and for Fun’
Activision has issued a fresh warning to Warzone cheaters: it may cut their parachutes so they “splat” on the ground.
In a blog post responding to concern about cheating in Call of Duty amid the launch of Modern Warfare 3, Activision explained this new trick it has in store for cheaters in the free-to-download battle royale.
“With Splat, if a cheater is discovered, we may randomly, and for fun, disable their parachute sending them careening into the ground after they deploy,” Activision said.
“But what if we catch them after they’ve deployed? Well, Splat can also adjust player velocity, which transforms a bunny hop into a 10,000-foot drop taking them out instantly. This is one of many new tricks we’ve developed – and we’ll talk about more in the future.”
Activision stressed that Splat won’t randomly turn on for a player that isn’t verified to be cheating. Player reporting won’t turn it on, and the game can’t accidentally activate it, either.
Video game cheat experts recently warned Modern Warfare 3 on PC would be “riddled” with cheaters. In an investigation by IGN, we dug into the reasons why companies like Activision find it so hard to stop them.
Part of the problem, IGN learned, is that Call of Duty cheats are easy to obtain and relatively cheap. Cheat makers were even offering free cheats for the Modern Warfare 3 beta to advertise their premium cheats for the full launch.
“While it’s fun to annoy cheaters that make it into games, our aim is to prevent them from ever getting near a match,” Activision said, before calling on players to enable two factor authentication to secure their accounts.
Activision used its blog post to dig into the challenge it faces keeping cheat makers on their toes. It said the game executable, which
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