Call of Duty Warzone developers ban over 50,000 additional players

Call of Duty War Zone Developers Raven Software confirmed yesterday afternoon that more than 50,000 players were banned last week amid two waves of bans on the popular online shooter.

In a tweet posted on July 1On the 6th, Raven Software explained that most of the 50,000 banned players were repeat offenders. Raven said these waves of bans were primarily focused on repeat offenders. The studio worryingly said it is also targeting “a lot more” than repeat offenders, whatever that means.

This is far from the first time Raven has banned thousands of players in a short period of time. Back in February, Raven has banned over 60,000 accounts in War zone in one day. In May, Raven and Call of Duty publisher Activision reported that more than 350,000 players have been banned in War zone for racism and toxicity in the past year alone. It all adds up to a lot. According to Raven, the studio has banned 500,000 players in total. And that was in May 2021! The number of banned players has surely increased since then.

War zone has long had a problem with cheaters, basically since the first day, when it was launched in early 2020. Since then, Activision and Raven Software continued to fight cheaters and hackers that continue to cause problems for players on all platforms.

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Things have gotten really bad lately, with Popular Twitch Streamers Get Hacked While Playing The Game. And it’s not just on PC that gamers have to deal with cheaters. Through crossplay, cheaters can interact with console players during matches. Things aren’t going to get better anytime soon either, because hackers and cheaters create better software that’s harder to detect and hardware that allows the use of almost undetectable aimbots on all platforms.

Cheating has become so widespread that some Twitch streamers are even facing accusations of cheating. A whole community of Youtubers and gamers has formed around catching and exposing Twitch streamers who are supposed to cheat.

All of this to say that while it’s nice to see Raven fight the good fight and ban 50,000 more hackers, it’s probably just the tip of a large, ever-growing iceberg.

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