Call of Duty: Warzone has a big cheating problem, enough to force popular streamers to abandon the game altogether. Activision has been trying to tackle the problem since last year, banning tens of thousands of massive cheating players – in fact, the video game giant has just banned 60,000 accounts for confirmed cases of cheating software use in War zone. Like Vice he noted, the bans came a day after the popular CoD streamer, Vikkstar123, announced that he ended the game, because people broadcast live hacks with zero repercussions.
That’s why I left Warzone: https://t.co/7A18b1Uapp
The fact that players can broadcast live hacking shamelessly with zero rebound makes me crazy. This guy is the second prestige and transmits hours of hacking.
This MUST be treated and corrected @Call of Duty @RavenSoftware pic.twitter.com/jyfoEilyzJ
– Vikkstar ★ (@ Vikkstar123) January 30, 2021
Although Activision did not say what cheating software banned players used, the sources that spoke Vice said that this wave targeted EngineOwning customers. The subscription-based cheat program offers cheats and hacks not just for Codfish games but also for Battle field, Fall of the Titan and Star Wars titles. Activision also targeted EngineOwning customers by banning 20,000 accounts in September last year, and this round reportedly wiped out all users of the game’s program. In April 2020, shortly after the launch of the Battle Royale video game, the company canceled 70,000 accounts.
According Vice, EngineOwning is “updating” its War zone cheat. Meanwhile, the Call of Duty team said in its announcement that it is “continuing [its] efforts to identify and address cheating vendors at the source, who distribute unauthorized third-party software for modding or hacking. “
We have zero tolerance for cheaters in Call of Duty and Warzone.
More than 60,000 accounts were 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