Warzone devs promise anti-cheat changes in 2025 amid Black Ops 6 crisis

Raven Software have promised further updates to Ricochet anti-cheat in 2025 as Black Ops 6 continues to be overrun by hackers.

Hacking has always been present in Call of Duty. The most iconic examples, for a lot of players, come back in Modern Warfare 2 (2009) when clan tags could be animated, XP hacks would see you fly up the ranks, and there was also a hacked game mode – Global Thermonuclear Warfare.

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However, in recent years, cheating has been less than helpful to say the least. Many players were turned offWarzonein Verdansk because of how many hackers were running riot.

Those problems have persisted throughBlack Ops 6. Cheaters with wall hacks and aim bots have continued to ruin lobbies across regular multiplayer and Warzone.

Warzone operator in Verdansk holding precision airstrike

Ricochet updates coming to COD in 2025

The devs have admitted thatRicochet has “missed the mark”at times in the newest COD title, but they’re promising further updates to try and root out the problems.

“As we approach the end of the year, we’d like to share some insight on what we’re working on for Warzone,” Ravenpostedon December 23.

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“Cheating remains our top priority, particularly in our Ranked Play environment, and we want to acknowledge the impact it’s having on our players. We are working closely with the RICOCHET Anti-Cheat team to pinpoint the sources of this behavior and take the necessary steps to protect our players. This is a matter that we hold close to our heart, as it affects everyone – developers and players alike.”

As we approach the end of the year, we’d like to share some insight on what we’re working on for#Warzone.Cheating remains our top priority, particularly in our Ranked Play environment, and we want to acknowledge the impact it’s having on our players. We are working closely…

Warzone player diving while firing Assault Rifle

That update came in the wake of Treyarchdoubling down on needing cross-play to be enabled for Ranked Playin Multiplayer, meaning console players have to match-up with PC.

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Players have continued to mock the devs’ updates when it comes to Ricochet, including when theyrevealed that 20,000 cheaters have been bannedrecently.

Hopefully, these future updates actually fix things.