As one of the biggest and most successful gaming franchises in the world, Call of Duty suffers from a number of bad actors who choose to ruin the experience of others by cheating. This has become especially prominent and noticeable in the wake of cross-play pitting PC players against consoles, as well as the free-to-play Warzone opening up the experience to even more players. Much of the battle thus far has been painfully reactive, like bailing water out of the sinking Titanic with a soup bowl, but Activision and the various Call of Duty developers are planning a major update to Call of Duty’s anti-cheat systems with the launch of the next game, Vanguard, on November 5th. And it looks like we’re set to learn more about it tomorrow.
In a tweet from the official Call of Duty Twitter account, they said that there is “no tolerance for cheaters,” and that they aren’t welcome in Call of Duty games. “Soon you’ll know what we mean,” the message concludes, with the caption of the image saying “See you tomorrow.”
See you tomorrow. pic.twitter.com/BAvAGPkTzx
— Call of Duty (@CallofDuty) October 12, 2021
You can read the message in full below:
Dear Cheaters,
We love games. Its our passion. We’re honored to make games for the greatest fans in the world. We don’t always get it right, but we’re committed to doing our best.
Cheating ruins the fun for everyone. No one likes a cheater. Our goal is to deliver a fun and fair gaming experience. For our developers. For our fans. And most importantly… for Call of Duty players everywhere.
Cheaters aren’t welcome. There’s no tolerance for cheaters, and soon you’ll know what we mean.
Call of Duty
The “See you tomorrow” caption on the tweet seems to indicate that fans will learn a lot more about the Call of Duty anti-cheat efforts at some point tomorrow, but what exactly we’ll learn at that time is unknown just yet. Obviously they won’t want to give too much away—after all, keeping things under wraps is what will ensure cheaters can’t circumvent the systems they have in place—but it seems likely we’ll hear at least something about how bans will work, as well as what they plan to do in order to keep cheaters from simply creating new accounts for Warzone.
Raven and Sledgehammer have promised a robust anti-cheat system for Warzone and Vanguard when the new game launches next month. Console Call of Duty players have recently come more face-face-to-face with cheaters since cross-play has added PC players to the pool (cheating tends to occur on PC where it’s much easier for cheat manufacturers to modify/hack the game files). Cheating has become one of the most vocal criticisms from Call of Duty fans and pros, many of whom have outright quit playing Warzone over the blatant cheaters that seem to be in virtually every match. With well over a year of complaints to address, Activision, Sledgehammer, and Raven have a lot riding on whatever’s said tomorrow, and the implementation of these anti-cheat systems when it comes time for Vanguard’s launch in November.
Call of Duty: Vanguard launches on November 5th. A brand new Pacific Warzone map will replace Verdansk shortly after.
