Most people who enjoy multiplayer first-person shooters can agree that cheaters and scammers negatively affect the gameplay. As an example of this situation, we can cite the fate of Titanfall, which was permanently withdrawn from online stores. However, one of the series where players are most bothered by cheaters is the Call of Duty series.

New report for Call of Duty cheaters

One of the reasons why cheaters are more than the Call of Duty series is undoubtedly because of its nature, it provides an in-game market with multiple games at the same time and a player base of millions. Activision is actively battling Call of Duty cheaters and has had little success. Ricochet Anti-Cheat was made available to Call of Duty: Warzone and Vanguard in early December 2021, and the company regularly releases updates.

Shortly after its implementation, it announced that 50,000 Warzone players had been banned in a single day, and the latest 90,000 Call of Duty cheaters had been removed. Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick suggested that more than 250 million people played Call Of Duty in 2020. But as the game’s player base grows, cheaters continue to grow proportionately. Ricochet Anti-Cheat’s status has published a progress report on Twitter about both implemented and upcoming changes aimed at discouraging cheaters in games.

In the latest Anti-Cheat Progress Report, #TeamRICOCHET is answering some of your biggest questions ??

“Why do I still see cheaters?”
“What can we expect in #ModernWarfare2?”

Find out the answers to these and more: https://t.co/cwH37zEARp pic.twitter.com/DRMjiiv8JV

— Call of Duty (@CallofDuty) June 16, 2022

The first of these changes is a damage shield added in February, which makes players unable to inflict critical damage on cheaters, while the second is Cloaking, introduced in the April update that makes players invisible to Call of Duty cheaters.