After years of cheaters ruining everyone’s fun in Call of Duty: Warzone, Activision announced a new anti-cheat system called Ricochet.
“The Ricochet Anti-Cheat initiative is a multi-faceted approach to combat cheating,” Activision said in a post on Call of Duty’s blog. “Featuring new server-side tools which monitor analytics to identify cheating, enhanced investigation processes to stamp out cheaters, updates to strengthen account security, and more.”
What sets Ricochet apart from Call of Duty: Warzone’s past anti-cheat programs is its kernel-level driver. While kernel-level anti-cheat solutions have worked great for games like Valorant, there’s baggage associated with them since they can monitor whatever you do on your computer.
This is RICOCHET Anti-Cheat – a new anti-cheat system arriving on Day 1 of #Warzone’s Pacific Update later this year.
Stay tuned for more updates from #TeamRICOCHET in the following weeks. Learn more about our full anti-cheat plan: https://t.co/FvKpaS46DW pic.twitter.com/BHErfDSZ29
— Call of Duty (@CallofDuty) October 13, 2021
Activision was quick to address any concerns over kernel-level drivers in the same post, however.
“In its initial rollout on Call of Duty: Warzone, the kernel-level driver will only operate when you play on PC,” Activision said. “The driver is not always on. The software turns on when you start Call of Duty: Warzone and shuts down when you close the game. Plus, the kernel-level driver only monitors and reports activity related to Call of Duty.“
Ricochet is also coming to Call of Duty: Vanguard at release, which is excellent considering even the game’s beta was full of cheaters. Hopefully, Ricochet makes a real difference.
Written by Kyle Campbell on behalf of GLHF.
