Well, it seems as though that new Ricochet anti-cheat solution for Call of Duty is working, as thousands of cheaters got banned on Tuesday.
Activision Blizzard has been talking about its kernel-level anti-cheat for a while, and it appears the hype is somewhat justified. On Wednesday, the company said it’s already given 48,000 cheaters the boot across Call of Duty: Warzone and Call of Duty: Vanguard. Considering that Ricochet only went live last week, it’s a rather impressive statistic.
Ricochet itself isn’t part of Call of Duty: Vanguard yet, but cheaters should take heed regardless as a ban could be series-wide at this point.
🔨 48K cheater accounts were banned yesterday across #Warzone and #Vanguard thanks to #TeamRICOCHET. pic.twitter.com/CEnAUFwcvt
— Call of Duty (@CallofDuty) December 22, 2021
Call of Duty: Vanguard even had cheaters during its beta, which was well over a month before the game came out.
Kernel-level programs like Ricochet are becoming more of a commonality than ever before, likely due to how bad cheating is in many free-to-play first-person shooters.
Valorant was the first big title to opt for an anti-cheat solution of this nature, and it seems the teams behind Call of Duty took notes. Whether it’ll remain an effective solution remains to be seen. For now, anyways, it looks as though Ricochet is a success.
