Latest Call of Duty: Warzone Ban Wave Removes 90,000 Cheaters
Call of Duty: Warzone developer Raven Software announced that it has recently banned a significant number of cheaters from the game. This is among the larger ban waves that have been taking place since the implementation of Call of Duty: Warzone's anti-cheat system, Ricochet, last year.
Launched in 2020, Call of Duty's battle royale title has been gaining massive popularity over the past couple of years. The game is currently in its Season 2 phase with changes to Call of Duty: Warzone's Rebirth Island map coming in the «Reinforced» map update. Along with this, there has been an indication that some of the most suspected accounts will be removed from the game. The popular battle royale has been battling cheaters ever since its inception. However, a recent update from Raven Software has shed a light on its most recent effort in rooting out the problematic set of players from the game.
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The developer states that it has removed up to 90,000 cheaters during the week in a round of ban waves. This is through Activision's Ricochet anti-cheat system, a kernel-level piece of software that was implemented back in December 2021 following the merging of Call of Duty: Warzone with Vanguard. Though some remain skeptical of Ricochet's actual effectiveness, its implementation has already made a noticeable impact in the game. Following Ricochet's launch, the service prompted the closure of an infamous Call of Duty: Warzone cheat seller, and it managed to ban nearly 50,000 cheat accounts within a day from both Warzone and Vanguard in December 2021.
Last month, Activision provided an update on Ricochet's anti-cheat efforts in Call of Duty: Warzone. The company
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