Warzone players have been banned

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.

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This is far from the first time Raven has banned thousands of players in a short period of time. In February, Raven banned more than 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 had 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 more than 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 an issue with cheaters, mostly since day one, when it launched in early 2020. Since then, Activision and Raven Software have continued to fight cheaters and hackers who continue to cause problems for gamers on all platforms.

Things have gotten really bad recently, with popular Twitch streamers being hacked while gaming. And it’s not just on PC that gamers are dealing with cheaters. Through crossplay, cheaters can interact with console players during matches. Things aren’t going to get any better anytime soon either, as hackers and cheaters are creating better, harder-to-detect software and hardware that makes it possible to use nearly undetectable aimbots on all platforms.

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Cheating has become so prevalent that some Twitch streamers are even accused of cheating. A whole community of Youtubers and gamers has formed around catching and exposing Twitch streamers who are said to be cheating.

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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