Activision and developer Treyarch has banned a further 136,000 ranked play accounts from both Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 and Warzone, alleging that they were cheating in the game. Cheating in Call of Duty has always been a massive issue for Activision, especially those that use unconventional means to boost their ranks or give them an unfair advantage during matches with a number of tools and hacks.
Treyarch released a statement on X confirming the ban of 136,000 ranked play accounts in Black Ops 6 that were caught cheating or possibly using third-party tools to get an upper hand in matches. “Instances of cheating in Call of Duty, particularly in Ranked Play across both MP and Warzone, are frustrating and severely impact the experience for our community,” said Treyarch. “Live now are new layers of security and protections against cheaters in Call of Duty as well as updates to protect the competitive integrity of the game.”
These protective measures include:
- Updated detection models for behavioral systems, such as aim botting, and other data points, including account trust and hardware identifiers to target serial cheaters
- Over 136,000 Ranked Play account bans since the mode launched
- Enhancing cross-examination tools focused on reducing the time it takes to action accounts
- New detection and warning systems for Spam Reporting by accounts
Ahead of Season 02’s launch, we’re here to discuss what the various dev teams and studios are doing right now to address what matters to our players today:
• Cheating and bans
• Ability to disable cross-play on consoles in Ranked
• Server issues
• Quality of life updates
•… https://t.co/O6traEfwwG— Treyarch (@Treyarch) January 17, 2025
In related news, the budgets for Call of Duty games are apparently much higher than you think. According to a new court filing, the budgets for several Call of Duty titles breached $450 million. 2020’s Black Ops Cold War had a staggering budget of $700 million.
Source: Treyarch