Infinity Ward has banned more than 50,000 CoD Warzone players – Gaming – News

Infinity Ward and Activision have banned more than 50,000 players permanently from Call of Duty: Warzone to date. This free-to-play battleroyal part of Modern Warfare, released last year, is particularly ravaged on PC by cheaters.

The makers of Modern Warfare and Warzone say that from the day of the Warzone release, about three weeks ago, they enforce the rules by banning accounts and so far this has resulted in more than 50,000 permanently banned accounts. They state that they have a zero-tolerance policy in cheating and that this topic is taken very seriously.

The developer and publisher report that they deploy multiple programs to fend off cheats and cheat providers, and that teams are constantly monitoring cases and investigating all kinds of cheats and hacks, particularly Aimbots and wallhacks. In addition, the companies say they are working to make reporting cheating players easier through the user interface.

There is quite a lot on Reddit, among others complained about the problem of cheating and hacking in Warzone. The call often rings bypass crossplay between consoles and PC to reduce the problem, assuming that the cheaters are mainly on the PC. However, several players on the PlayStation 4 say disabling crossplay on their console is not an option, while on the Xbox One it may seem possible. There seems to be some uncertainty about this, but several users say that it is also possible on PS4 to turn off crossplay and still be able to play Warzone.

Hacks and cheats are to a certain extent a problem that online shooters are always faced with. Closely monitoring the game, the activities, the cheat notifications and the banning of accounts is likely to have only partial effect, partly due to the fact that Warzone more than ten days ago 30 million players number, which is undoubtedly already a lot higher. It is also a free to play game.

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