Call Of Duty Ricochet Anti-Cheat Has Led To A "Significant" Drop In Cheaters, Activision Says
Activision has released a new blog post that provides an update on Call of Duty's anti-cheat tool, Ricochet, detailing how it's performed so far and what's to come in the future for Vanguard, Warzone, Modern Warfare 2, and Warzone 2.0.
Activision said it has seen a «significant» drop in cheaters in Call of Duty since Ricochet launched in 2021, along with «some unfortunate increases» in cheating in some cases. This is the «expected ebb and flow that is a frustrating reality in game security,» Activision said.
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Activision said it expects people to continue to create new cheats to get around the existing systems--Activision can anticipate some of these and plan ahead, but others will come out of the blue and will require new systems, the publisher said.
«Let's assume that, today, we know all the nefarious ways cheaters try to impact the game to ruin your experience. Our team uses that knowledge to protect against that bad behavior and punish bad actors,» Activision said. «While our team has been able to establish systems that can quickly detect and respond to bad behaviors, we know tomorrow will continue to deliver new and evolving threats.»
The focus is instead on improving the speed at which Ricochet can detect bad behavior and deploy one of the game's many «mitigation» techniques. By using these techniques, the studio can learn what they can do to better protect the game in the future, Activision said.
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