Call Of Duty: Warzone Block 60 Thousand Cheater Accounts

JAKARTA - Since it was first launched in March 2020, the game Call of Duty: Warzone has successfully garnered tens of millions of daily users. Based on data obtained by Statista, now this battle-royale type game has even collected 75 million players every day.

Like most games, cheater accounts are the developer's biggest enemy. This game developed by Activision is no exception. Early last January, the developer of Warzone Companion, Dmitry Shmyko, explained to Eurogamer that many players were abusing his tools.

“Players are misusing the anti-cheat feature to break through the matchmaking scheme. In fact, the tool actually functions to detect cheaters in the game lobby by displaying unusual kill and death ratios as well as other statistical benchmarks, "said Dmitry as quoted by Eurogames, Friday, February 4.

Activision developers have also been aware of the shortcomings in the game. Since its inception, Activision has always blocked players suspected of being cheaters. Until now, tens of thousands of accounts have been blocked by developers.

Recently, Activision has again blocked accounts that are confirmed to be using software to cheat Call of Duty games. Unmitigated, the number reached 60,000 accounts!

This is why I quit Warzone: https://t.co/7A18b1Uapp The fact players can livestream themselves blatantly hacking with zero repurcussions blows my mind. This guy is 2nd prestige & broadcasts hours of himself hacking. This NEEDS to be addressed & fixed @CallofDuty @RavenSoftware pic.twitter.com/jyfoEilyzJ

- Vikkstar ★ (@ Vikkstar123) January 30, 2021

Vice noted that the account blocking began after Call of Duty content streamer Vikkstar123 announced that he was retiring from the game. The reason is, Vikkstar123 found many players who broadcast the game hacking process live without getting a response from the developer.

Activision was reluctant to explain the type of software used by cheaters. However, based on a source contacted by Vice, this mass blocking movement is targeting EngineOwning users. This is a paid program that offers cheats for various game titles - such as Battlefield, Titanfall, and several Star Wars game titles.

In addition, the source also stated that Activision was targeting EngineOwning customers during the second blocking wave. Taking place in September, at that time Activision blocked more than 20,000 accounts.

Meanwhile, the first block of blocks took place in April 2020, one month after the launch of the game Call of Duty: Warzone. The company blocked more than 70,000 user accounts at that time.

We have zero tolerance for cheaters across Call of Duty and Warzone. 60,000 + accounts have been banned today. Follow @RavenSoftware for more #Warzone updates.Details here: https://t.co/d6De7tY3AB pic.twitter.com/fOGTJ43b8U

- Call of Duty (@CallofDuty) February 2, 2021

According to Vice's search, now EngineOwning has updated cheats for the game CoD Warzone. Meanwhile, the Call of Duty development team stated that "it will continue its efforts to identify and find cheat providers, who are distributing unofficial third-party applications to modify and hack."