‘Call Of Duty: Black Ops 7’ cheating crackdown in “full force” again

Activision has reassured Call Of Duty fans that they won’t have to worry about cheats when Black Ops 7 launches later this year.

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Activision Blizzard has constantly been battling Call Of Duty cheats who use a variety of custom-made tools to give themselves advantages with aim, reflexes and stealth.

Ahead of last year’s Black Ops 6, Activision confirmed its anti-cheat software Ricochet had been given a bumper upgrade, including new machine-learning behavioural systems that were focused on speed of detection and combat aim bots. When Ranked Mode went live a few months later, 19,000 cheats were banned in one week.

In April, Call Of Duty: Black Ops 6 introduced a console-only multiplayer mode, designed to keep PC cheats from ruining the game. However a lot of honest PC gamers were furious about the change.

In a new update, Activision has confirmed several upgrades to its anti-cheat software ahead of the Black Ops 7 launch. “Cheating is one of the most frustrating experiences in online gaming, and we know how quickly it can undermine fair play when it shows up in a match. It’s not a problem that can be solved with one update, one detection, or one new tool. It’s an evolving fight, and it’s one we’re committed to staying ahead of,” they explained.

As part of the ongoing effort to upgrade our security and combat cheating, we’d like to share a progress report on Season 05 and give a look at what’s coming soon in Black Ops 7.

Learn more in today’s S05 Progress Report from #TeamRICOCHET: https://t.co/HSLr4K78en pic.twitter.com/3vsBy9uZfr

— Call of Duty (@CallofDuty) September 10, 2025

According to the report, Activision has started “in-game mitigations” that are designed to disrupt cheaters while they’re still playing. “We use these mitigations to learn more about player behaviour and systems to help identify cheats faster in the future. We begin by nerfing a cheater’s ability to do any damage with weapons and vehicles, collect information that helps strengthen our system, and then permanently ban them from our games.”

They went on to say that the Black Ops 7 Beta will feature some Ricochet anti-cheat measures to “test” how they perform under live conditions but “the full force of our protections will be reserved for launch, when all systems come online together.” They’re presumably doing this to ensure cheatmakers don’t get a headstart on creating workarounds.

“We also want to be clear: there’s no one-and-done solution to solving the challenge of cheating. Every major game faces this issue, and cheaters are constantly looking for new ways to exploit systems,” explained Activision. “What matters, and where we’ve seen real improvement, is how quickly we adapt. In Black Ops 6, detections are faster, mitigations are stronger, and enforcement is cutting deeper into the networks that try to harm fair play. With Black Ops 7, hardware protections like Secure Boot and TPM 2.0 will add another layer of defence.”

Call Of Duty: Black Ops 7 is due to launch November 14 for PlayStation, Xbox and PC. It will also launch Day One for Xbox Game Pass. Players who pre-order the game will be able to play from October 2 while an open beta will start October 5 and run until October 8. For more details, head here.

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