As Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Cheat Complaints Ramp Up, Activision Says It’s Doing Hourly Sweeps to Stem the Tide
Complaints about Call of Duty cheating have ramped up recently with the launch of ranked play in Black Ops 6, and Activision has responded to outline the steps it’s taken to fight back.
In a tweet, Activision said that Team Ricochet, its anti-cheat unit set up to try to reduce the prevalence of cheating in Call of Duty, is doing “hourly sweeps” to remove cheaters from ranked play mode and the leaderboard.
Ranked, Black Ops 6’s most competitive Multiplayer mode, kicked off on November 21 and sent fans diving straight in to give it a shot. Unfortunately the reaction so far has been largely negative, and that’s because of the apparent prevalence of cheaters who are ruining the integrity of the mode. And yes, as has become Call of Duty tradition, console players are turning off crossplay in a bid to avoid PC cheaters.
Activision said it’s made over 19,000 ranked play bans since the mode launched, and that it was continuing to ramp up its AI systems with code optimizations to accelerate enforcements. “Thanks for your patience as our team continues to fight against cheaters,” Activision added.
The tweet was met with a healthy dose of scepticism from players, including high-profile Call of Duty content creators and pros. 100 Thieves founder Nadeshot, for example, called Activision’s tweet “complete propaganda.”
“... I have played the same cheaters since day one and not a single one has even a scratch on ‘em,” he tweeted. “How could there possibly be 19K accounts banned when the most egregious abusers are giving us the middle finger on the leaderboard? Are we crazy? What is going on?”
Cheating is not unique to Call of Duty of course, but it has become a significant reputational issue for Activision ever since the free-to-download battle royale Warzone exploded in popularity back in 2020. The mega publisher has spent millions of dollars developing its anti-cheat technology as well as pursuing cheat makers in the courts, with a number of recent high-profile successes.
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