The developers at Activision and Raven Software have launched a new wave of bans in Call of Duty: Warzone, targeted at hackers and cheaters. This is the fourth wave from the developer in a month. While these mass bans can often impact innocent players, one can hardly fault Activision for seeking to keep its game clear of unscrupulous cheaters, who actively ruin the game for everyone playing.
Fans saw the release of Season 2 at the end of February. The game's seasons introduce a wide array of new content and features. In addition to adding weapons and gear from the newest mainline installment, Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War, Warzone recently added zombie horde events to the map. Two locations currently feature a swarm of undead that spawn and drop rare loot if defeated.
Raven Software announced the ban wave on Twitter earlier this week. After Warzone saw a large spike in hackers using aimbots, wallhacks and other tools to cheat and win the game, the developer has had to increase its efforts in tracking down and banning the s of players who break the rules. Raven Software has already banned over 60,000 cheaters from Call of Duty: Warzone for using hacking software in the game.
As Call of Duty: Warzone is free to play, it’s easier for hackers to just keep making new s (known colloquially as smurfs) every time their is banned. This makes it a lot more difficult for Activation and Raven Software to keep the game fair and remove problem players. The community has been putting extra pressure on Activision to punish cheaters ever since season 2 launched, as the hackers have seemed to ramp up their activity during this new season of content.
It’s unknown just how many s were banned in today’s wave, but the team is clearly hard to work to balance out the cheaters who are ruining the game for everyone. The developers also recently fixed the technical glitch that was letting players end matches prematurely and the team also managed to quickly patch the notorious infinite stim glitch, where players could win the game by waiting for the match to finish while sitting in clouds of toxic gas and healing endlessly.
With a player base of over 85 million s, as of October last year, trying to keep the few bad apples out of the game is a daunting task. The developers are clearly trying to stay on top of this, but it’s up to the players to make sure that they are flagging in-game exploits and reporting hackers to help lessen the burden on the company.
Call of Duty: Warzone is available on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S.
Source: Twitter
