Summary
- Activision is cracking down on major cheat providers to improve the player experience.
- Activision's recent actions against cheat providers show its commitment to maintaining fair gameplay in Call of Duty.
- While cheating may still exist in the game, the shutdown of major cheat providers sends a strong message that Activision will not tolerate cheating in Call of Duty.
Two of the biggest suppliers of cheating software for Call of Duty have been shut down thanks to Activision. Call of Duty has long suffered from an issue with cheaters, especially at the higher levels, but this move should deliver a hard blow to their availability.
Cheaters are always a problem with online games and will continue to be for as long as online gaming exists. These issues are especially prevalent in games as big as Call of Duty. Activision has always tried to be vigilant with Call of Duty in this regard, keeping its anti-cheat software running and banning waves of cheaters across the franchise. With this most recent move, while it won't stop any cheaters already out there, it will hopefully stem the tide of them coming in for a good while, as well as send a distinct message out to any others who try to pick up the pieces left behind.
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As reported by CharlieINTEL on Twitter, Raging Nation, one of the largest Call of Duty cheat providers, posted an announcement on its website stating that the business was shutting down after one of its members had received a legal notice from Activision. It doesn't stop there, as another cheat provider, Stealthware, has also been hit by Activision. This didn't come with any announcement, but rather, the entire company's website simply disappeared. With two of the largest providers being taken down, the accessibility of cheats will be affected and sends a clear warning to any other groups that are distributing cheats for Call of Duty that Activision will retaliate against them.
Activision Shut Down Two of the Largest Call of Duty Cheat Providers
Activision is doing a lot of work to make sure the player experience in Call of Duty is the best it can be. Most recently, a test was done on the presence of skill-based matchmaking in Call of Duty games. When SBMM was temporarily removed from the game, Activision found that the only player group who benefited were the top-performing players — every other group showed a decline in playtime throughout this period.
With a game as popular as Call of Duty, cheating is going to be inevitable. It's a highly competitive game, Call of Duty: Warzone being free to play mitigates the risk of getting banned, and the Call of Duty franchise is one of the most popular franchises in gaming history. Call of Duty: Warzone is currently marked as Mostly Negative on Steam, with many fans there expressing dismay at the ongoing issue with cheaters within the game, but with this most recent move, Activision has made it apparent that they intend to use their full power to shut these organizations down and make the overall experience better for legitimate players.
