More People Complaining About Cheats in Call of Duty: Black Ops 6

There have been a lot of complaints about cheating in Call of Duty recently, especially with the new ranked play in Black Ops 6. Activision has explained what they're doing to tackle this issue.

In a tweet, they mentioned Team Ricochet, their anti-cheat group. They're doing hourly sweeps to kick cheaters out of ranked play and the leaderboard.

Ranked play started on November 21. Many fans jumped in right away. Sadly, the feedback hasn’t been great. Cheaters are ruining the experience. As usual, console players are turning off crossplay to avoid cheaters on PC.

Activision said they have banned over 19,000 accounts since launching ranked play. They are also improving their AI to speed up these bans. They thanked players for their patience in the fight against cheating.

Players, including some popular creators, reacted skeptically to Activision's tweet. 100 Thieves founder Nadeshot called it “complete propaganda.” He pointed out that he keeps running into the same cheaters. He wondered how 19,000 bans could happen when obvious cheaters are still on the leaderboard.

Cheating isn’t just a Call of Duty problem, but it has hurt Activision’s reputation since Warzone blew up in 2020. The company has spent big bucks on anti-cheat tech. They've even taken legal action against cheat makers, seeing some success.

Before Black Ops 6 launched, Activision promised to kick cheaters out within an hour of their first match. The new game came with updates to their anti-cheat tools, including better tracking to find aim bots.

Activision noted that cheat developers are organized and profit from their tricks. They believe that these developers leave behind clues that help them catch cheaters.